Remote Machine Learning Engineer III, Routing Cost

Description:

• Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform for location-aware businesses, providing tools for navigation of people, packages, and vehicles.
• The Navigation team at Mapbox develops web services for strategic navigation initiatives across consumer, automotive, and logistics sectors.
• As a Machine Learning Engineer III on the Routing Cost team, you will lead the design, development, and delivery of recommendation systems for the routing cost engine.
• You will lead engineering teams to execute end-to-end feature implementation within a larger organization of approximately 80 engineers.
• Responsibilities include designing and building new ML and data pipelines, optimizing existing ones, and creating tools for automated quality assurance and data exploration.
• You will leverage geospatial algorithms for pipeline optimization and develop automated tuning and outlier detection algorithms.
• Collaboration with data scientists is essential to improve models for identifying movement and traffic patterns.
• Mentoring colleagues and participating in code and design reviews are key aspects of the role.
• You will participate in an on-call rotation to ensure system availability 24/7, which may require immediate responses outside normal working hours.

Requirements:

• You should have 8-10+ years of backend engineering and machine learning experience, demonstrating a strong track record in the engineering field.
• Extensive technical knowledge is required, including experience with Python, distributed processing pipelines (Hadoop, Spark, Airflow, Dask), and handling very large datasets.
• Proficiency in cloud and infrastructure services is necessary, along with experience in deploying and managing infrastructure in cloud environments.
• A commitment to operational excellence is important, with a focus on quality, clean code, and robust architecture.
• You must demonstrate ownership and execution capabilities, leading the technical vision and strategy for the routing cost engine.
• A strong customer focus is essential, with a dedication to innovating on behalf of customers.
• A growth mindset is required, with the ability to learn from mistakes.
• Experience in mentoring and leading engineering teams is necessary for developing skill sets and career growth.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are essential for discussing complex ideas and leading technical discussions across teams.
• A data-informed mindset is important, valuing data-driven decision-making and the ability to make timely decisions in the absence of complete data.

Benefits:

• Mapbox offers supportive healthcare and parental leave, promoting a work-life balance.
• The company provides flexibility to accommodate personal life events and commitments.
• There is a strong emphasis on teaching and learning, equipping employees with the necessary tools for success.
• Mapbox values diversity and encourages individuals from all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, abilities, and sexual orientations to apply.