Software Development Engineer II, Data Platform

Role Description

We are looking for a Software Development Engineer II (SDEII) who is passionate about building and delivering internal data tools, pipelines, and platforms that help grow the foundation of the Mapbox Platform.

As an SDEII on the Data Platform team, you can expect to:

• Support internal Mapbox engineers by building data infrastructure and tooling that addresses their needs.
• Work on our batch and streaming ingestion systems that ingest terabytes of data per day.
• Simplify and strengthen Mapbox’s processes and tools for designing, deploying, and monitoring data processing and querying workloads on AWS.
• Promote a culture of operational excellence by testing and monitoring our systems and code, and being on-call to support the health of our services.
• Document your work and decision-making processes, and lead presentations and discussions in a way that is easy for others to understand.
• Uphold a culture of collaboration, transparency, creativity, inclusion, and data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience.
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining internal tools and services on AWS.
• Experience with some or all of our tech stack: Node.js, Python, Spark, Airflow, and AWS (including Lambda, EMR, ECS, and Kinesis).
• Experience with distributed systems at scale.
• Track record of building self-service and high-quality tools for developers with a customer-driven mindset.
• A desire to share your expertise through documentation, mentorship, and both written and vocal discussion.
• A desire to work with individuals with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
• Autonomy and proactivity around driving work to completion in the face of ambiguity.

Requirements

• Experience with operational excellence practices.
• Ability to document and present technical information clearly.
• Commitment to collaboration and inclusion in the workplace.

Benefits

• Supportive health care and parental leave.
• Flexibility for personal life events.
• Opportunities for teaching and learning.
• Commitment to a diverse and inclusive team.

Company Description

Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform for a new generation of location-aware businesses. More than 4 million registered developers have chosen Mapbox because of the platform’s flexibility, security, and privacy compliance.

The Data Platform team provides the foundational infrastructure, products, and tools for data applications that Mapbox Engineers build upon to deliver external customer-facing products and services.

We are distributed across the US and Canada, working remotely and mostly asynchronously, fostering a collaborative team environment that supports growth and delivery at scale.