About the job
Join Mapbox, the forefront of real-time location technology, empowering a new wave of businesses that rely on location data. Our platform is the only one that provides organizations with a comprehensive suite of tools to navigate people, packages, and vehicles across the globe. With over 4 million developers choosing Mapbox for its unmatched flexibility, security, and privacy compliance, we enable our users to craft tailored and engaging experiences that captivate their audiences.
Our Mission
The Maps API team is dedicated to developing and maintaining the applications and infrastructure that underpin the creation and distribution of Mapbox maps. Our services are vital to thousands of customers, handling billions of requests daily, scaling in real-time during global events, and empowering designers, developers, and analysts to create and share innovative maps.
Delivering maps entails providing a dynamic representation of a constantly changing world, accommodating various edge cases, including diverse writing systems, fonts, local regulations, and international boundary disputes.
Our team oversees the highest-traffic read APIs at Mapbox, alongside the distributed ETL pipelines utilized by both internal and external clients to transform data into maps. We are innovating ways for users to visualize location data effectively.
As AI becomes increasingly integrated into engineering workflows, we seek engineers who can thoughtfully incorporate AI into design, development, and decision-making processes. Expect discussions about your AI applications in our interview process.
Your Role
In your position as a Senior Software Development Engineer on the Maps API team, you will navigate the balance between the swift development of new mapping tools and the reliability of our services as they adapt to new volumes of requests, markets, and applications. In a single week, you could be writing application code resilient to vast datasets, building and deploying microservices, diagnosing intricate system behaviors as global traffic fluctuates, or facilitating continuous delivery at Mapbox.
You can anticipate:
Collaborating with team members to identify and define precise tasks
Executing tasks with accountability for timely and quality deliverables
Designing systems and making decisions that align with the rapid expansion of Mapbox’s customer base
Fostering a culture of operational excellence by rigorously testing and optimizing our systems

