Mapbox is 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, & vehicles everywhere. More than 3.9 million registered developers have chosen Mapbox because of the platforms flexibility, security, & privacy compliance. Organizations use Mapbox applications, data, SDKs, & APIs to create customized & immersive experiences that delight their customers.

What You'll Do

Solutions Architects (SA) are technical & business experts who partner with customers to help them design solutions to mapping related problems from live asset tracking, to data visualization, store location finder & turn-by-turn navigation applications. Solutions Architects drive customer adoption of Mapbox by leveraging techniques such as webinars, white-papers, workshops, reference architectures & demos.

Each SA has an area of technical expertise - mobile or web.  For this role, were looking for a Senior Solutions Architect with expertise in mobile development (Android or iOS). The Senior SA will work with our Enterprise customers to architect simple solutions to complex location problems. Your work as an SA results in increased customer value, solution adoption, & Mapbox product capabilities.

SAs are great problem solvers that love working with customers to solve their technical challenges.  Successful candidates typically have a mix of software engineering, product management, solutions engineering, & technical consulting experience prior to this role.

• Apply Mapbox & other cloud, web, & mobile technologies to solve customer challenges.
• Deliver high quality, engaging technical presentations & solutions to senior decision makers & senior engineers.
• Publish & own adoption of repeatable solution templates with reference code on mapbox.com.
• Increase Mapbox business opportunities by defining & building technical content including solution architectures, white papers, & quick start guides to show customers how to implement specific use cases for new technologies.
• Provide structured feedback & advocate for important features & use cases to Mapbox product & engineering teams.
• Lead efforts to capture & share best practice knowledge with the Mapbox solutions architect community.

What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role

• 4+ years experience in software engineering, technical consulting, solutions architecture, or product management. 
• 2+ years of experience working or building with one or more mobile programming languages - Java, Kotlin, Objective-C, or Swift.
• Demonstrated experience in full-stack development, e.g. with Javascript/HTML/CSS, Node JS, Java, or Python.
• Demonstrated experience solving large, complex customer problems in a consultative fashion.
• A strong communicator, both written & verbal, who is comfortable explaining complex concepts & architectures to audiences from developers to senior decision makers.
• A strategic & creative problem-solver that can both white board solutions, & champion strategies with CTOs & other senior stakeholders.
• Relentless focus on customer experience & solution quality, simplicity, & efficiency.
• Desire to explore, learn & teach new languages, skills, techniques, & platforms.
• Willing to travel up to 25% of the time for customer meetings & events.

What We Value

In addition to our core values, which are not unique to this position & are necessary for Mapbox leaders:

• We value high-performing creative individuals who dig into problems & opportunities.
• We believe in individuals being their whole selves at work. We commit to this through supportive health care, parental leave, flexibility for the things that come up in life, & innovating on how we think about supporting our people.
• We emphasize an environment of teaching & learning to equip employees with the tools needed to be successful in their function & the company.
• We strongly believe in the value of growing a diverse team & encourage people of all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, abilities, & sexual orientations to apply.

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