MongoDB
New York, NY · founded 2009
MongoDB is a widely-adopted NoSQL database company (public 2017; Atlas cloud service is now ~70% of revenue) that has deliberately built a strong culture, earning Glassdoor Best-Led Company 2025 and consistently strong employee satisfaction ratings, particularly for family leave and wellness benefits. A real caveat: MongoDB has a documented history of security breaches from permissive default configurations—these vulnerabilities are well-known and avoidable with standard hardening, but speak to how the defaults work. The company's 2018 shift to the Server Side Public License sparked open-source licensing debate, though it hasn't slowed commercial adoption.
see the full file on MongoDBdocumented benefits (23)
| Birthing-parent leave | 20 weeks |
|---|---|
| Partner leave | 20 weeks |
| How leave is framed | equal_all_parents |
| Fertility support | yes |
| Fertility allowance | $50,000 |
| IVF specifically | yes |
| Egg freezing | yes |
| Adoption & surrogacy support | offered |
| Backup care | yes |
| Stock purchase plan | yes |
| Mental health | yes |
| Therapy platform | Spring Health |
| Gender-affirming care | yes |
| Dental | yes |
| Vision | yes |
| Disability | yes |
| Life insurance | yes |
| Office policy | Hybrid working model for US-based candidates; individual roles may instead be based out of a US office or worked fully remotely in the US region. |
| Fully remote roles | yes |
| Unlimited PTO | yes |
| Offices | New York City, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco |
| Median filed wage | $198,800 |
| Fertility benefit through | Carrot |
what MongoDB pays
Median of 37 certified wages filed with the US Department of Labor: $198,800.
Half of MongoDB's certified filings fall between $169,541 and $215,154.
| role | median | filings | range |
|---|---|---|---|
| software engineer | $161,637 | 7 filings | $131,750 to $198,800 |
| senior software engineer | $187,574 | 6 filings | $156,998 to $226,138 |
| software engineer, storage layer services | $180,000 | 2 filings | $160,805 to $180,000 |
| principal solutions architect | $210,584 | 2 filings | $200,850 to $210,584 |
Source: US Department of Labor, FY2025 Q4. Read 2026-07-27.
notable perks
- Cleo membership giving expecting and new parents personalized 1:1 counseling on the journey to parenthood, plus live parenting workshops
- Four extra weeks of fully paid flexible work arrangements to ease back in after the 20-week parental leave
- 15 days of subsidized backup care per year for when your usual childcare or eldercare falls through
- Free Headspace subscription for employees and their family members, with hundreds of themed meditation sessions
- MongoDB Bloom wellness program: virtual yoga and bootcamp classes, meditation and mindfulness sessions, nutrition sessions and fitness challenges
- A trained volunteer Mental Health First Aiders team, staffed by employees across every part of the company, offering peer support
- Bright Funds giving platform where MongoDB covers the transaction fees so 100% reaches any of 300,000+ vetted charities
- Enhanced Gender Affirmation care on Cigna plans, including dedicated advocates to help navigate coverage and resources to educate family and friends
- From mental health resources to fertility assistance and an amazing parental leave policy, we want to support the emotional, physical, financial, and family well-being of all employees.
- New parents receive up to 20 weeks of fully paid parental leave, as well as an additional four weeks of fully paid flexible work arrangements to assist with returning to work.
- Our employees in the U.S., Canada, and some countries in Europe can also take advantage of 15 days of subsidized backup care per year.
- MongoDB partners with Carrot globally to provide customized fertility benefits.
- This includes but is not limited to IVF treatments, genetic testing, egg freezing, donor eggs, donor sperm surrogacy, and adoption, regardless of whether an employee has an infertility diagnosis or not.
- All global MongoDB employees can sign up for Carrot, connect with a fertility expert, and find a clinic that is best for them.
- For employees who undergo a fertility treatment or adoption, MongoDB reimburses 90% of covered costs, up to a $50,000 USD lifetime maximum for U.S.
the legal floor where they are
Set by law, not by MongoDB. It applies to every employer in NY.
| IVF cycles the state covers | New York requires three IVF cycles, from large groups only. Insurance Law §§ 3221(k)(6)(C) and 4303(s)(3) require large group policies to cover 'three cycles of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) used to treat infertility and prescription drugs that are prescribed for the IVF treatment'. Large group means more than 100 employees, and the law applies to policies issued or renewed on or after 1 January 2020. Age restrictions are not permitted, and an insurer may not discriminate on age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status or gender identity. Small group and individual plans must cover basic infertility treatment such as intrauterine insemination but are NOT required to cover IVF. THE LIMIT THAT DECIDES WHETHER THIS REACHES YOU: the Department of Financial Services states that 'the IVF law does not apply to self-funded ERISA plans', nor to Medicaid managed care, the Essential Plan or Medicare. KFF's 2025 employer survey puts 67% of covered workers in a self-funded plan and 80% at firms of 200 or more, so at most large New York employers this law does not apply and the fertility benefit on the page is the company's own choice. (New York Insurance Law §§ 3221(k)(6)(C) and 4303(s)(3), effective 1 January 2020.) |
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| Adoption leave the law gives | 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period on the placement of a child for adoption or foster care, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. There is no federal paid adoption leave. (Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(B) and 2612(c); eligibility at 29 U.S.C. 2611(2) and (4). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code.) |
| Pay when you are ill | No federal law requires any paid sick leave. The FLSA does not require payment for time not worked, and the FMLA gives 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period for a serious health condition, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. Any paid sick time comes from a state or city law, or from the employer's own choice. (Fair Labor Standards Act, per the Department of Labor's statement on payment for time not worked; Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(D) and 2612(c). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code on govinfo.gov.) |
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