Mapbox · 5 hours ago
Principal Software Development Engineer, Navigation
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$269K/yr - $365K/yr
15+ years expMapbox is the leading real-time location platform for a new generation of location-aware businesses. As a Principal Software Development Engineer, you will lead the technical excellence and innovation for the Navigation organization, shaping the future of Navigation products and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive development and execution.
Business IntelligenceFleet ManagementLogisticsMapping ServicesSaaS
Responsibilities
Develop the Roadmap: Set and guide the long-term technical direction and roadmap for the Navigation organization, aligning with Mapbox’s business objectives while driving innovation
Shape the Vision: Lead and mentor a global team of ~80 engineers through the design, development, and execution of critical engineering components to shape the vision for exceptional customer experience
Promote Collaboration: Collaborate across teams to uncover and align complex technical requirements, evaluate design trade-offs, and influence product direction
Proactively Innovate: Evaluate, prototype, and roll out new technologies/frameworks to cultivate a culture of innovation that supports and scales for the company’s expansion into new markets
Advocate for Customers: Engage directly with customers to understand their needs, travel as needed to meet with them, discuss ideas and solutions, and effectively relay insights back to the team
Qualification
Required
15+ years of engineering experience: Extensive hands-on experience showcasing expertise and a strong track record in the field
Technical domain knowledge: Extensive experience coding in a variety of languages such as C/C++, Python, Javascript, Typescript. Deep knowledge of different data structures and algorithms, design patterns, memory management, multithreading, and performance optimization for high-efficiency applications
Cloud proficiency: Extensive experience with cloud database services, including AWS RDS, Google Cloud Spanner, and Azure SQL, as well as deploying and managing databases in cloud environments
Operational excellence: You drive a culture of quality and continuous improvement in your organization. Strong passion for clean code and robust architecture, with a drive to elevate engineering practices and design standards across the team
Ownership & execution: Own the technical vision, lead the strategy and guide the team to execute towards building the future of Navigation. Experience leading with empathy globally distributed engineering teams
Customer focus: You care deeply about your customers and their problems, and you work tirelessly to innovate on their behalf
Growth mindset: Have the humility to accept mistakes, learn and grow from them
Partnership: Experience collaborating across teams and domains including product, executives, design & key stakeholders to help drive key search decisions that influence the business
Strong written and vocal communication skills: You can talk and write about complex ideas concisely to a wide audience. You are able to lead and resolve company-wide technical discussions and are able to collaborate and include input from cross-functional teams (security, devops, data, compliance and product)
Data informed mindset: You believe in the value of data informed decision making and strive to measure things that are not straight forward but essential. You also have the right instincts to make speedy decisions in the absence of perfect & comprehensive data
Experience bringing products to market: You have a proven track record of shipping successful products. You have experience coordinating deadlines, setting pricing, developing a marketing strategy, and enabling support teams
High standards for work: You drive a culture of quality on the teams you work with and know how to drive healthy tension between quality and velocity
Preferred
Prior experience in Maps and/or Navigation
Advanced degree (Masters and/or PhD) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
Benefits
Supportive health care
Parental leave
Flexibility for the things that come up in life
Company
Mapbox
Mapbox develops a location data platform for mobile and web applications.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$614.17MKey Investors
SoftBankPremji InvestSoftBank Vision Fund
2023-09-19Series E· $280M
2021-03-01Series Unknown
2020-05-01Series D· $107M
Leadership Team
Peter Sirota
Chief Executive Officer
Scott Hill
Chief Financial Officer
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