Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform for a new generation of location-aware businesses. Mapbox is the only platform that equips organizations with the full set of tools to power the navigation of people, packages, and vehicles everywhere. More than 4 million registered developers have chosen Mapbox because of the platform’s flexibility, security and privacy compliance. Organizations use Mapbox applications, data, SDKs and APIs to create customized and immersive experiences that delight their customers.
What We DoWe build the mission-critical engine that powers real-time navigation for Mapbox's largest global customers. We process petabytes of geospatial data through a sophisticated blend of high-scale backend services, data pipelines, and AI Agentic workflows to detect, validate, and deliver live road updates - from traffic jams to road closures. The intelligent AI agents we build enhance our core algorithms, ensuring Mapbox maps are as dynamic as the roads themselves and that millions of drivers reach their destinations in the most optimal way possible.
Engineers on this team develop and deliver of every stage of the incident lifecycle:
Intelligent Ingestion and Detection: Build automated AI agents to gather data and discover closures using proprietary Mapbox signals.
Validation and Conflation: Leverage algorithms to invalidate stale data and merge duplicate reports into a single, high-fidelity source of truth.
Strategic Delivery: Design the systems that expose this data across the entire Mapbox ecosystem.
AI Collaboration: Partner with the MapGPT team to evolve our Feedback Agent, allowing us to refine the map using real-time customer insights.
As AI becomes embedded in modern engineering workflows, we value engineers who can thoughtfully integrate AI into design, development, and decision-making. Our interview process will include discussion of how you use AI in your engineering workflow.
What You'll DoAs a Software Development Engineer II (Senior) on the Incidents team, you can expect to:
Collaborate with your 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 decisions that will keep pace with the rapid growth of Mapbox’s customer base.
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.
Reduce technical debt, share your knowledge, and invest in your teammates’ health and happiness, while optimizing application performance and accelerating feature velocity.
Uphold a culture of collaboration, transparency, creativity, inclusion, and data-driven decisions.
5+ years of full-time backend focused development
3+ years of working with distributed systems. Preferably with AWS based tools or Azure/GCP alternatives
Experience leading cross-functional teams of 5+ people
3+ years of product focused development
Employment Type: Full-time
Location/Hybrid Policy: Fully remote
What We ValueIn addition to our core values, which are not unique to this position and are necessary for Mapbox leaders:
We value high-performing creative individuals who dig into problems and opportunities.
We believe in individuals being their whole selves at work. We commit to this through supportive health care, parental leave, flexibility for the things that come up in life, and innovating on how we think about supporting our people.
We emphasize an environment of teaching and learning to equip employees with the tools needed to be successful in their function and the company.
We strongly believe in the value of growing a diverse team and encourage people of all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, abilities, and sexual orientations to apply.
Our annual compensation for this role ranges from $92,000 - $133,000 (salaries are in EUR). Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role).
By applying for this position, you acknowledge that you have received the Mapbox Non-US Privacy Notice for applicants, which is linked here. Completing this application requires you to provide personal data, such as your name and contact information, which is mandatory for Mapbox to process your application.
We are committed to a fair and equitable hiring process. We do not discriminate against any protected class.
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of full-time backend-focused development
- 3+ years working with distributed systems
- Experience leading cross-functional teams of 5+ people
- 3+ years of product-focused development
- Experience with AWS (or Azure/GCP alternatives)
Mapbox Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mapbox and has not been reviewed or approved by Mapbox.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is positioned as a standout, including medical, dental, and vision options alongside HSA funding and mental-health support. Employee-only premiums are described as fully covered, with additional programs such as Lyra highlighted as part of the package.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity is framed as a meaningful component of total compensation, with stock options and perceived upside repeatedly emphasized. Vesting is described as structured over four years, supporting longer-term participation in the company’s value creation.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off policies are characterized as broad and flexible, including unlimited PTO with encouragement to take meaningful time away and additional paid volunteer time. Leave offerings are also described as strong, reinforcing the overall non-cash value of the rewards package.
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What We Do
Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform for a new generation of location-aware businesses. Mapbox is the only platform that equips organizations with the full set of tools to power the navigation of people, packages, and vehicles everywhere. More than 3.5 million registered developers have chosen Mapbox because of the platform’s flexibility, security and privacy compliance. Organizations use Mapbox applications, data, SDKs and APIs to create customized and immersive experiences that delight their customers.
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