Mapbox

2 months ago

Software Development Engineer III, Maps API

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Job Summary

Senior Maps API engineer responsible for balancing rapid feature development with reliability as maps scale globally. Lead and mentor teammates, design scalable systems, enforce operational excellence, and drive code quality and performance in a high-traffic backend that processes geospatial data for billions of requests.

Location: United States

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time · Permanent

Job Function: Product Management

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•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.

Key Requirements

•8-10+ years of experience building scalable high-volume low-latency backend services.
•Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, and native AWS (CDK, ECS, Step Functions, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, CloudFront).
•Familiarity with both raster and vector geospatial data.
•Able to perform independently all development tasks, based on designs and specs.
•Self-starter who is communication and outcomes-oriented, with mentoring and leadership skills.

Experience:8-10 yearsGeospatialMapsBackendLocation-based

Skills:CommunicationLeadershipMentorshipProblem-solvingCollaboration

Tech Stack:PythonTypescriptAWSCDKECSStep FunctionsLambdaS3RDSCloudWatchCloudFrontGeospatial

Company Brief

Mapbox

Provides a location platform of maps, APIs, SDKs and data for developers and enterprises to build custom maps, navigation, and location-aware applications across mobile, web, logistics, and automotive use cases.

Industry: API Platforms

Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)

Revenue: USD 100M to 250M

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: Washington, United States

Founded: 2010

Glassdoor: 3.7

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Mapbox

2 months ago

Software Development Engineer III, Maps API

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 3 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: United States

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time · Permanent

Job Function: Product Management

Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•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.

Key Requirements

•8-10+ years of experience building scalable high-volume low-latency backend services.
•Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, and native AWS (CDK, ECS, Step Functions, Lambda, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, CloudFront).
•Familiarity with both raster and vector geospatial data.
•Able to perform independently all development tasks, based on designs and specs.
•Self-starter who is communication and outcomes-oriented, with mentoring and leadership skills.

Experience:8-10 yearsGeospatialMapsBackendLocation-based

Skills:CommunicationLeadershipMentorshipProblem-solvingCollaboration

Tech Stack:PythonTypescriptAWSCDKECSStep FunctionsLambdaS3RDSCloudWatchCloudFrontGeospatial

Company Brief

Mapbox

Industry: API Platforms

Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)

Revenue: USD 100M to 250M

Growth: Scaleup

Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)

Funding: Series E+

Headquarters: Washington, United States

Founded: 2010

Glassdoor: 3.7

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor