Software Development Engineer III, Maps API
Job description
Software Development Engineer III on the Maps API team, responsible for building and scaling the high-traffic mapping APIs and distributed ETL pipelines that turn data into maps. The role balances rapid development of new mapping tools with the reliability of services as they scale.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Remote
- Languages
- English
What you'll do
- Lead your engineering team to identify and scope out well-defined tasks.
- Execute on the scope and be accountable for delivering on time with quality.
- Design systems and make architectural decisions that will keep pace with the rapid growth of Mapbox's customer base.
- Mentor your peers through 1:1s, facilitating design and code reviews, and providing continuous guidance to foster professional growth and technical excellence.
- Promote a culture of operational excellence by meticulously testing and monitoring our systems and code, writing documentation, and being on-call to support the health of our services.
- Reduce technical debt, share your knowledge, and invest in your teammates' health and happiness, while optimizing application performance and accelerating feature velocity.
- Uphold a culture of collaboration, transparency, creativity, inclusion, and data-driven decisions.
- Write application code robust to a world's worth of data, build and deploy microservices, diagnose complex system behavior, and facilitate continuous delivery.
What we're looking for
- 8-10+ years of experience building scalable high volume low latency backend services.
- Proficiency with Python, NodeJS, and native AWS (CDK, ECS, Step Functions, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, CloudFront).
- Experience building mapping and geospatial related products.
- Familiarity with code versioning tools, such as GitHub.
- Able to perform independently all the development tasks, based on designs and specs.
- Self-starter who is communication and outcomes-oriented.
- An empirical analytical approach: develop strong hypotheses, conduct spikes, and clearly communicate findings.
- A desire to share expertise through documentation, mentorship, pairing, and both written and verbal discussion.
- A desire to work with and lead individuals with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
- High quality mindset -- write unit tests, proactively remedy defects and follow through to production.
Nice to have
- Proficiency in C++
Your team
Maps API team
Builds and maintains the applications and infrastructure responsible for creating and distributing Mapbox maps; maintains the highest-traffic read APIs at Mapbox and the distributed ETL pipelines used by internal and external customers to turn data into maps.
Benefits
Country-Specific Care & Coverage: private health, dental, and income protection plans tailored to elevate your regional statutory benefits.
- Hybrid/Remote Options: flexibility to work comfortably from home or periodically from an office where applicable.
- Family-First Support: family care, maternity and paternity leave policies.
- 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
- 1Interview process will include 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.
Key facts
- Location platform / mapping and geospatial technology
- More than 4 million registered developers have chosen Mapbox.
- Thousands of customers rely on Mapbox services to handle billions of requests every day.
What they value
- High-performing creative individuals who dig into problems and opportunities
- Individuals being their whole selves at work
- An environment of teaching and learning
- Growing a diverse team