Software Development Engineer III, Logistics API
Job description
Staff Engineer role on the Directions and Logistics APIs team, designing, developing and operating scalable routing services and the routing engine tiers. The position is remote from any city in Germany.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
- Work mode
- Remote · Germany
- Languages
- English – B2 minimum
What you'll do
- Design and implement scalable services for our API and routing engine tiers, following best practices for deployment, resilience, and observability.
- Design and improve services that power the data consumption and storage of the routing data.
- Drive the design, development, and testing of Mapbox tools.
- Shape internal tools and automations to make the whole engineering life easier and fun.
- Drive design and development of services quality metrics and analytics.
- Run and design experiments to evaluate the quality, reliability, and capacity requirements of our user-facing navigation products.
- Participate in end-to-end feature implementation within the larger navigation team; review code and design documents, shepherd feature releases, and participate in an on-call rotation.
- Work with product owners, sales engineering, and management to drive future product direction.
- Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure our systems remain available to customers 12/7, which may require immediate response outside normal working hours, including weekends.
What we're looking for
- 5+ years of experience in engineering web services in either Rust or Typescript (Node.js)
- Experience building highly-available API services within container-based environments (e.g., Docker, ECS, Kubernetes, etc. on AWS)
- Proficiency in implementing monitoring instrumentation, triaging incidents, resolving customer issues, and continuous product improvement
- Knowledge of operating systems and distributed systems (e.g., fault-tolerance, consistency, service discovery, etc.)
- Proven ability to design long-term technical strategies that balance immediate product delivery with the reduction of systemic technical debt across multiple departments
- Extensive experience driving high-visibility initiatives that improve engineering standards and operational excellence for the cross-functional teams
- Strong English verbal and written communication skills (B2 level minimum)
- Experience or interest in solving geo-spatial problems
- A desire to work with individuals with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences
- Enthusiasm for learning and knowledge sharing in a multidisciplinary environment, supported by mentorship experience and strong written and verbal communication skills
- A rigorous approach to problem solving, using experiments and data analysis to drive quality of service improvements
Your team
Directions and Logistics APIs
Responsible for the Directions and Logistics APIs, which power everything from a single driver's route request to the complex logistics optimization for major delivery companies; handles millions of requests daily under strict latency requirements.
Benefits
Country-Specific Care & Coverage: Private health, dental, and income protection plans tailored to elevate your regional statutory benefits.
- Hybrid/Remote Options: Enjoy flexibility to work comfortably from home or periodically from an office where applicable.
- Family-First Support: Family care, maternity and paternity leave policies to support your growing family.
- Lifestyle Spending Account: Contributions to support your health, wellness, and personal growth
- Balance & Brainpower: Mental health support for you and your dependents.
- Rest & Recharge: Paid time away, company holidays, and generous absence policies.
- Time Off to Give Back: Dedicated paid volunteering time in addition to your standard PTO.
How to get hired
- 1Our interview process will include a discussion of how you use AI in your engineering workflow.
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About Mapbox
The leading real-time location platform for a new generation of location-aware businesses
Mapbox is the only platform that equips organizations with the full set of tools to power the navigation of people, packages, and vehicles everywhere. Organizations use Mapbox applications, data, SDKs and APIs to create customized and immersive experiences that delight their customers.
Key facts
- More than 4 million registered developers have chosen Mapbox
- Platform flexibility, security and privacy compliance
- Mapbox has offices across the globe
What they value
- We value high-performing creative individuals who dig into problems and opportunities.
- We believe in individuals being their whole selves at work.
- We emphasize an environment of teaching and learning to equip employees with the tools needed to be successful in their function.
- We strongly believe in the value of growing a diverse team and encourage people of all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, abilities, and sexual orientations to apply.