Software Development Engineer, Mapbox
Search API
Location data platform for web and mobile
Job no longer available
Location data platform for web and mobile
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To power navigation for people, packages, and vehicles everywhere.
Role
Who you are
- 4+ years of industry experience
- Strong proficiency in Javascript, Node.js, and performance optimization
- Experience working on search engines (e.g. ranking, relevance, recommendations, etc.)
- Experience building highly-available API services within container-based environments (e.g. Docker, ECS, etc. on AWS)
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with globally distributed teams
- Implementation of automated testing platforms and unit tests (Jest, Codebuild)
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools such as Git
Desirable
- Experience engineering web services in Rust
- Experience with geospatial data analysis and processing
What the job involves
- As a Senior Software Engineer on the Search API team, you'll be responsible for designing, developing, and operating significant areas of our search services
- A key focus will be on improving aspects of our ranking algorithm and query understanding of our search engine to make our customers’ experience as smooth as possible
- Optimize algorithms in Node.js to build the best search engine on the market and grow your search-specific knowledge and tech stack
- Design and implement scalable services for our API and search engines, following and establishing best practices for deployment, resiliency, and observability
- Participate in end-to-end feature implementation within the larger search organization; review code and design documents, shepherd feature releases, and participate in an on-call rotation
- Evaluate the quality, reliability, and capacity requirements of our user-facing search products and become a well-rounded owner of what you deliver
- Work with product owners, sales engineering, and management to drive future product direction
- Mentor other software engineers to develop all aspects of their engineering skill sets
Our take
Location data platform Mapbox provides custom online maps for an impressive list of apps and websites including Facebook, IBM, Lonely Planet, and Snapchat. It has more than 3.5 million registered developers using its toolkit because of the platform's flexibility, security, and privacy, and has rapidly expanded to become a leading provider of custom map services, competing with companies like Google and Here.
Its more flexible and less costly service is winning it a real edge - and some major Google clients, like Foursquare, who defected in 2012. Its service Mapbox Dash uses the increasingly popular what3words service to offer highly accurate dashboard navigation. Mapbox Dash has already been integrated into General Motors vehicles as Maps+, indicating significant industry support for Mapbox’s software - and a strong strategic eye for new ways of embedding itself into lucrative markets.
Such a promising performance helped Mapbox reach Unicorn status, and more recently secure a strategic partnership with Toyota Motor Europe to provide its maps and location platform in a number of its car models. Paired with its work in digital twinning with Snowflake and recent partnerships with Michelin Mobility, it's clear that Mapbox is doing exciting and important work on a service that has promising, multi-industry applications in a market expected to reach $33.18 billion by 2027.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-11% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Sep 2023
$280m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
May 2020
$107m
SERIES D
Total funding: $614.2m
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance premium coverage for our team and generous premium contributions for all dependents
- 401(k)/Roth
- Additional mental health and mindfulness solutions along with a quarterly benefit dedicated toward your wellness expenses
- Everyone is encouraged to take a minimum of three weeks accrued vacation per year (with no maximum), in addition to the week off between Christmas and New Years Day
- Generous paid time off, flexible return to work and a financial contribution when your family grows
Company HQ
Connecticut Ave/ K Street, Washington, DC
Leadership
Eric Gundersen
(Chair of the Board)Having studied at American University, Eric spent 7 years at Development Seed, leaving his President role in 2010 to co-found Mapbox as CEO.
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