Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform for location-aware businesses, providing tools for navigation of people, packages, and vehicles.
The Navigation API team develops and operates web services for Mapbox’s navigation initiatives across consumer, automotive, and logistics sectors.
The team works on distributed systems on AWS, geospatial localization, traffic telemetry, and mapping.
Responsibilities include balancing rapid development of navigation solutions with service reliability as they scale.
Daily tasks may involve writing application code, building and deploying microservices, diagnosing system behavior, and facilitating continuous delivery.
Team collaboration is essential for identifying and scoping tasks, executing on them, and ensuring timely delivery with quality.
The role promotes operational excellence through testing, monitoring, documentation, and on-call support.
The position emphasizes reducing technical debt, sharing knowledge, and optimizing application performance.
Requirements:
Candidates must have 5+ years of experience in building scalable, high-volume, low-latency backend services.
Proficiency in Python, TypeScript (backend), and AWS (CDK/ECS/Step Functions/Lambda/S3) is required.
Familiarity with code versioning tools, such as GitHub, is necessary.
Candidates should be able to engage, learn, and contribute quickly to initiatives.
The ability to perform independently on development tasks based on designs and specifications is essential.
A self-starter attitude with a focus on communication and outcomes is important.
An empirical analytical approach is needed, including developing hypotheses and communicating findings.
A desire to mentor and share expertise through documentation and discussions is expected.
Candidates should value working with individuals from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
A high-quality mindset is required, including writing unit tests and proactively addressing defects.
Benefits:
Mapbox offers supportive healthcare, parental leave, and flexibility for personal life events.
The company emphasizes teaching and learning to equip employees for success.
Mapbox values diversity and encourages individuals from all backgrounds to apply.
The annual base compensation for this role ranges from $157,675 to $213,325, with potential increases for higher cost of labor locations.
Compensation is determined based on qualifications, market demands, and specific work location.
