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 The Maps API team builds and maintains the applications and infrastructure responsible for creating and distributing Mapbox maps. Thousands of customers rely on our services to seamlessly handle billions of requests every day, scale in real-time to global events, and enable designers, developers, and analysts to make and share maps we've never dreamed of. Delivering maps means delivering a model of the world that's changing all the time and needs to automatically support the world's edge cases - writing systems, fonts, local regulations, and global boundary disputes. Our team maintains the highest-traffic read APIs at Mapbox and the distributed ETL pipelines used by internal and external customers to turn data into maps. We're building new ways for people to visualize location data. 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 Do 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 What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role 5+ years of experience building scalable high volume low latency backend services Proficiency in our tech stack - Python, NodeJs, TypeScript (backend), AWS (CDK/ECS/Step Functions/Lambda/S3) Familiarity with code versioning tools, such as GitHub Ability to engage, learn and contribute quickly to the initiatives 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 strong hypotheses, conduct spikes, and clearly communicate your findings A desire to share your expertise through documentation, mentorship, pairing and both written and verbal discussion A desire to work with individuals with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences High quality mindset write unit tests, proactively remedy defects and follow through to production Nice to Have Traits for This Role Experience and knowledge within the mapping domain Experience with Amazon RDS Experience with C++ Experience with various security standards and associated technical knowledge What We Value 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. We are committed to a fair and equitable hiring process. We do not discriminate against any protected class.
10/05/2026
Full time
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 The Maps API team builds and maintains the applications and infrastructure responsible for creating and distributing Mapbox maps. Thousands of customers rely on our services to seamlessly handle billions of requests every day, scale in real-time to global events, and enable designers, developers, and analysts to make and share maps we've never dreamed of. Delivering maps means delivering a model of the world that's changing all the time and needs to automatically support the world's edge cases - writing systems, fonts, local regulations, and global boundary disputes. Our team maintains the highest-traffic read APIs at Mapbox and the distributed ETL pipelines used by internal and external customers to turn data into maps. We're building new ways for people to visualize location data. 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 Do 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 What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role 5+ years of experience building scalable high volume low latency backend services Proficiency in our tech stack - Python, NodeJs, TypeScript (backend), AWS (CDK/ECS/Step Functions/Lambda/S3) Familiarity with code versioning tools, such as GitHub Ability to engage, learn and contribute quickly to the initiatives 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 strong hypotheses, conduct spikes, and clearly communicate your findings A desire to share your expertise through documentation, mentorship, pairing and both written and verbal discussion A desire to work with individuals with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences High quality mindset write unit tests, proactively remedy defects and follow through to production Nice to Have Traits for This Role Experience and knowledge within the mapping domain Experience with Amazon RDS Experience with C++ Experience with various security standards and associated technical knowledge What We Value 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. We are committed to a fair and equitable hiring process. We do not discriminate against any protected class.
Mapbox Inc. is seeking a backend engineer in the United Kingdom with over 5 years of experience. This role involves collaborating to identify tasks, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results, and designing systems that scale with Mapbox's growing customer base. Candidates should have proficiency in Python, NodeJs, and TypeScript, as well as AWS experience. The company fosters a dynamic work culture emphasizing collaboration and inclusion, offering flexibility and support for employees.
09/05/2026
Full time
Mapbox Inc. is seeking a backend engineer in the United Kingdom with over 5 years of experience. This role involves collaborating to identify tasks, ensuring timely delivery of high-quality results, and designing systems that scale with Mapbox's growing customer base. Candidates should have proficiency in Python, NodeJs, and TypeScript, as well as AWS experience. The company fosters a dynamic work culture emphasizing collaboration and inclusion, offering flexibility and support for employees.
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 As the 3D graphics team, we use our engineering skills and curiosity to push the boundaries of what's possible with interactive maps and how people use location technologies in their daily lives. We work on state of the art platforms, primary open source, for map interaction and visualization used by millions of people around the globe. 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 Do Work on the world's leading vector map rendering engines. Work on the entire graphics chain, from assisting in data processing pipeline creation to rendering. Work with a modern C+/17 and a modern TypeScript codebase, using the best practices of software engineering and tools. Solve interesting graphics programming, algorithms and architectural challenges. Improve the project's performance, stability, maintainability and simplicity. Experiment with new visualization techniques and fast graphics and geometry algorithms; and see them benefit millions of people in consumer mapping applications. What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role Curiosity, enthusiasm, eagerness to solve challenging technical problems in the geo and data visualization space using emerging technologies. Empathy and kindness; willingness to learn from different perspectives and patience to help others grow. Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with distributed teams. Strong in C++, JS/TypeScript, algorithms and performance optimization. Strong in Graphics programming (OpenGL, Metal, Vulkan, WebGL, WebGPU). Strong in 3D Graphic techniques and being able to apply them to a wide range of platforms. Helpful experience that is a plus but not a requirement: Maintaining or contributing to open source projects. Location technologies (maps, GIS). Other programming experience (JavaScript, iOS, Android). Embedded platforms (Linux embedded, Android, QNX). What We Value In 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. 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.
04/05/2026
Full time
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 As the 3D graphics team, we use our engineering skills and curiosity to push the boundaries of what's possible with interactive maps and how people use location technologies in their daily lives. We work on state of the art platforms, primary open source, for map interaction and visualization used by millions of people around the globe. 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 Do Work on the world's leading vector map rendering engines. Work on the entire graphics chain, from assisting in data processing pipeline creation to rendering. Work with a modern C+/17 and a modern TypeScript codebase, using the best practices of software engineering and tools. Solve interesting graphics programming, algorithms and architectural challenges. Improve the project's performance, stability, maintainability and simplicity. Experiment with new visualization techniques and fast graphics and geometry algorithms; and see them benefit millions of people in consumer mapping applications. What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role Curiosity, enthusiasm, eagerness to solve challenging technical problems in the geo and data visualization space using emerging technologies. Empathy and kindness; willingness to learn from different perspectives and patience to help others grow. Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively with distributed teams. Strong in C++, JS/TypeScript, algorithms and performance optimization. Strong in Graphics programming (OpenGL, Metal, Vulkan, WebGL, WebGPU). Strong in 3D Graphic techniques and being able to apply them to a wide range of platforms. Helpful experience that is a plus but not a requirement: Maintaining or contributing to open source projects. Location technologies (maps, GIS). Other programming experience (JavaScript, iOS, Android). Embedded platforms (Linux embedded, Android, QNX). What We Value In 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. 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.
Mapbox Inc. is hiring for an Engineering role focused on advanced vector rendering technologies. The ideal candidate will work on the entire graphics chain and use modern C+/17 and TypeScript codebases. Key responsibilities include solving graphics programming challenges and improving performance. Applicants should have strong skills in C++, JS/TypeScript, and graphics programming. Mapbox values diversity and encourages applicants from all backgrounds. This position is remote.
04/05/2026
Full time
Mapbox Inc. is hiring for an Engineering role focused on advanced vector rendering technologies. The ideal candidate will work on the entire graphics chain and use modern C+/17 and TypeScript codebases. Key responsibilities include solving graphics programming challenges and improving performance. Applicants should have strong skills in C++, JS/TypeScript, and graphics programming. Mapbox values diversity and encourages applicants from all backgrounds. This position is remote.