Software Development Engineer III, Logistics API
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 Do
Our team is responsible for the Directions and Logistics APIs, which power everything from a single driver's route request to the complex logistics optimization for major delivery companies. We handle millions of requests daily, operating under strict latency requirements, making our work both challenging and highly rewarding. Given the essential nature of our services, we maintain a responsible on-call rotation and treat alarms seriously to ensure system stability without excessive noise.
We have an exciting roadmap for 2026, and this is the perfect time to join us to be a part of this exciting journey!
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 a discussion of how you use AI in your engineering workflow.
What You’ll Do
As a Staff Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing and operating significant areas of our routing services. In this role, you can expect to:
Design and implement scalable services for our API and routing engine tiers, following best practices for deployment, resilience, and observability.
Design and improve services that power the data consumption and storage of the routing data.
Drive the design, development, and testing of Mapbox tools
Shape internal tools and automations to make the whole engineering life easier and fun.
Drive design and development of services quality metrics and analytics.
Run and design experiments to evaluate the quality, reliability, and capacity requirements of our user-facing navigation products.
Participate in end-to-end feature implementation within the larger navigation team; review code and design documents, shepherd feature releases, and participate in an on-call rotation.
Work with product owners, sales engineering, and management to drive future product direction.
Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure our systems remain available to customers 12/7. Team members alternate as the on-call primary responder, which may require immediate response outside normal working hours, including weekends.
Navigation API services interact with many internal systems at Mapbox, making this a high-visibility team with great opportunities to collaborate across the company.
What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role
Experience in engineering web services in either Rust or Typescript (Node.js)
Experience building highly-available API services within container-based environments (e.g., Docker, ECS, Kubernetes, etc. on AWS).
Proficiency in implementing monitoring instrumentation, triaging incidents, resolving customer issues, and continuous product improvement.
Knowledge of operating systems and distributed systems (e.g., fault-tolerance, consistency, service discovery, etc.)
Proven ability to design long-term technical strategies that balance immediate product delivery with the reduction of systemic technical debt across multiple departments.
Extensive experience driving high-visibility initiatives that improve engineering standards and operational excellence for the cross-functional teams
Strong English verbal and written communication skills. Mapbox has offices across the globe. You should communicate about complex ideas concisely to an audience worldwide.
Experience or interest in solving geo-spatial problems.
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