Software Development Engineer III, Maps API

What You’ll Do

As a Software Development Engineer III on the Maps API team, you will be responsible for balancing rapid development of new mapping tools against the reliability of our services as they scale into new request volumes, markets, and use cases. Your work will include writing robust application code, building and deploying microservices, diagnosing complex system behavior as global markets drive traffic in unexpected ways, and facilitating continuous delivery at Mapbox.

• Lead your engineering 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 architectural decisions that will keep pace with the rapid growth of Mapbox’s customer base.
• Mentor your peers through 1:1s, facilitating design and code reviews, and providing continuous guidance to foster professional growth and technical excellence.
• 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.

• 8–10+ years of experience building scalable, high‑volume, low‑latency backend services.
• Proficiency in Python, Typescript, and native AWS (CDK, ECS, Step Functions, Lambda, S3, RDS, Cloud Watch, Cloud Front).
• Able to perform independently all the development tasks, based on designs and specs.
• Self‑starter who is communication and outcomes‑oriented.
• An empirical analytical approach: you develop hypotheses, conduct spikes, and clearly communicate findings.
• A desire to share expertise through documentation, mentorship, pairing, and written and verbal discussion.
• A desire to work with and lead individuals with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
• High‑quality mindset: write unit tests, proactively remedy defects, and follow through to production.

• Familiarity with both raster and vector geospatial data.
• Experience building global imagery mosaics.
• Experience building global terrain mosaics.

• We value high‑performing creative individuals who dig into problems and opportunities.
• We believe in individuals being their whole selves at work, supporting health care, parental leave, flexibility, and innovative employee support.
• We emphasize an environment of teaching and learning to equip employees with the tools needed to succeed.
• We strongly believe in growing a diverse team and encourage people of all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, abilities, and sexual orientations to apply.

Our annual base compensation for this role ranges from $194,650 – $263,350 for most U.S. locations, with an additional 5–10 % higher range for high‑cost‑of‑living areas. Compensation is determined based on qualifications, market demand, and location. Please discuss exact details with your recruiter.

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