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 We Do

The Maps API team builds & maintains the applications & infrastructure responsible for creating & distributing Mapbox maps. Thousands of customers rely on our services to seamlessly handle billions of requests every day, scale in real-time to global events, & enable designers, developers, & analysts to make & share maps weve never dreamed of. 

Delivering maps means delivering a model of the world thats changing all the time & needs to automatically support the worlds edge cases writing systems, fonts, local regulations, & global boundary disputes. 

Our team maintains the highest-traffic read APIs at Mapbox & the distributed ETL pipelines used by internal & external customers to turn data into maps. Were building new ways for people to visualize location data.

What You'll Do

As a Software Development Engineer II on the Maps API team, you will be responsible for balancing rapid development of new mapping tools against the reliability of our services as they scale into new request volumes, markets, & use cases. In a single week on the Maps API team, you might write application code robust to a worlds worth of data, build & deploy microservices, diagnose complex system behavior as global markets drive traffic in unexpected ways, or facilitate continuous delivery at Mapbox. 

In this role, you can expect to: 

• Collaborate with your team to identify & scope out well-defined tasks
• Execute on the scope & be accountable for delivering on time with quality
• Design systems & make decisions that will keep pace with the rapid growth of Mapboxs customer base
• Promote a culture of operational excellence by meticulously testing & monitoring our systems & code, writing documentation, & being on-call to support the health of our services
• Reduce technical debt, share your knowledge, & invest in your teammates health & happiness, while optimizing application performance & accelerating feature velocity
• Uphold a culture of collaboration, transparency, creativity, inclusion, & data-driven decisions

What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role

• 5+ years of experience building scalable high volume low latency backend services
• Proficiency in our tech stack Python, TypeScript (backend), & AWS (CDK/ECS/Step Functions/Lambda/S3)
• Familiarity with code versioning tools, such as GitHub
• Ability to engage, learn & contribute quickly to the initiatives
• Able to perform independently all the development tasks, based on designs & specs.
• Self-starter who is communication & outcomes-oriented
• An empirical analytical approach. You develop strong hypotheses, conduct spikes, & clearly communicate your findings
• A desire to share your expertise through documentation, mentorship, pairing & both written & verbal discussion
• A desire to work with individuals with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, & experiences
• High quality mindset -- write unit tests, proactively remedy defects & follow through to production

Nice to Have Traits for This Role 

• Experience & knowledge within the mapping domain
• Experience with Amazon RDS
• Experience with SQL
• Experience with various security standards & associated technical knowledge

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.