Description:

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 complex system behavior, and facilitating continuous delivery.
The role emphasizes collaboration, accountability, system design, operational excellence, technical debt reduction, and a culture of inclusion and data-driven decisions.

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.
The ability to engage, learn, and contribute quickly to initiatives is essential.
Candidates should be able to perform all development tasks independently based on designs and specifications.
A self-starter attitude with a focus on communication and outcomes is important.
An empirical analytical approach is required, including developing hypotheses and communicating findings.
A desire to share expertise through documentation, mentorship, and discussions is expected.
Candidates should value working with individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences.
A high-quality mindset, including writing unit tests and proactively remedying defects, is essential.

Mapbox offers supportive healthcare and parental leave to promote work-life balance.
The company provides flexibility for personal matters that arise in life.
Employees are equipped with tools for success through a culture of teaching and learning.
Mapbox values diversity and encourages individuals from all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, abilities, and sexual orientations to apply.