Mapbox · 1 week ago
Senior Engineering Manager, Location AI
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$262K/yr - $315K/yr
7+ years expMapbox is the leading real-time location platform for a new generation of location-aware businesses. As the Senior Engineering Manager of Location AI, you will lead a multi-disciplinary team driving the development of conversational maps and MCP infrastructure while advancing Generative AI workflows at Mapbox.
Business IntelligenceFleet ManagementLogisticsMapping ServicesSaaS
Responsibilities
Deliver complex, high-impact projects while providing technical expertise and mentorship to your team
Operate your team’s day-to-day and be hands-on in project management and sprint planning
Manage operational best practices for on-call and related responsibilities
Empathize with internal and external customers delivering features that address their needs
Manage and develop the team through hiring, retaining, mentoring, and continually building the team’s capabilities
Drive company, product, and team objectives, carrying your team and relevant stakeholders along in the decision-making
Work with Product and Engineering teams to develop the long-term business strategy driving the team’s work
Establish, track, and iterate on operational metrics to ensure the team is delivering products that meet or exceed customer expectations
Determine best engineering practices and promote them within the team and across Mapbox
Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, diversity, and data-driven decisions on the team
Qualification
Required
7+ years of people management experience: You have managed remote engineering teams leading to product execution and business outcome, while growing and developing a team of engineering talent
Hire & Develop: You understand the importance of hiring the best diverse talent and creating a culture where your team members can learn & grow with the organization
Technical Expertise: You have experience leading engineering teams that deliver production-grade AI or ML-powered systems. You understand agentic systems, orchestration frameworks, or context protocols
AI Strategy & Thought Leadership: You drive AI strategy thinking across teams, translating emerging trends into actionable priorities. You stay current with rapid developments in AI and evaluate their relevance to Mapbox's mission and products. You educate, influence, and bring the broader business along on AI priorities, ensuring alignment between technical innovation and organizational strategy
Operational Excellence: You drive a culture of quality and continuous improvement within your team and personally embody a passion for monitoring, metrics, triage, resolving customer issues, and iterative improvement. You help foster the end-to-end development of clearly designed interfaces, documentation, thorough test coverage, and effective code reviews
Ownership & Execution: You own the vision, lead the strategy, and guide the team to execute towards building the future of your product
Customer Focus: You care deeply about your customers and their problems, and you work tirelessly to innovate on their behalf
Strong written and verbal communication: You can talk and write about complex ideas concisely to a wide audience
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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