Mira Carey
Senior Vice President Of Engineering - Core Database Platform & Developer Interfaces
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMira Carey is a seasoned engineering leader with 14 years building core database systems and developer-facing interfaces, now leading Core Database Platform & Developer Interfaces as Senior VP of Engineering at MongoDB in Austin. She progressed through technical and leadership roles at MongoDB from hands-on software engineer to VP, combining deep C/C++/BSON driver expertise with strategic platform stewardship. Mira has contributed directly to widely used open-source projects like the official MongoDB C and C++ drivers and libbson, fixing subtle memory and protocol issues and shipping stable releases—work that reflects a habit of improving data integrity and robustness at the protocol layer. Her background includes architecting large-scale messaging and data systems at Experian CheetahMail, showing she pairs low-level systems rigor with product-scale operational thinking. Collectedly, she brings a rare blend of hands-on driver-level contributions and executive experience running cross-functional engineering organizations.
14 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Computer Science, Japanese Studies, BA, Computer Science, Japanese Studies at Connecticut College
Github Skills (25)
c-language10
lib10
code-library10
c1110
mongodb-database10
c1710
database-driver10
mongodb-driver10
cplus10
bson10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
mongodb10
authentication9
serialization9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mongodb/libbson
Oct 2013 - Jun 2015
ARCHIVED - libbson has moved to https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-c-driver/tree/master/src/libbson
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:3 releases, 57 commits, 5 PRs in 1 year 7 months
Contributions summary:Mira's primary contributions revolve around enhancing and maintaining the `libbson` library, a core component for working with BSON data within the MongoDB ecosystem. They fixed a deprecated binary format handling issue, improving data integrity. The user also implemented features such as the `bcon_extract` and `bcon_append` features. They have demonstrated a focus on improving data handling and validation within the library, and contributed to improvements in code reliability and documentation.
mongomastersrcarchivedmongodb
mongodb/mongo-cxx-driver
Mar 2014 - May 2016
C++ Driver for MongoDB
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 13 PRs, 11 pushes in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Mira contributed to the MongoDB C++ driver, focusing on enhancements within the `bsoncxx` library. The commits primarily involve modifications to the builder and types components, indicating a focus on improving data serialization and deserialization functionalities. Specific changes include support for new data types and improved handling of various BSON structures, with a focus on making the driver more robust. The changes also included the enhancement of the iterator and document view features.
drivernosqlc-plus-plus-17cppbson
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