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Mapbox · 20 hours ago

Software Development Engineer II, Search

Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform for location-aware businesses. The role involves designing and implementing search retrieval algorithms, collaborating with various teams to enhance the search engine's efficiency and accuracy, and supporting the production system.

Business IntelligenceFleet ManagementLogisticsMapping ServicesSaaS
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Responsibilities

Designing and implementing search retrieval algorithms across multiple search engines
Making existing algorithms more efficient and/or highly performant
Writing technical design documents and participating in design and code reviews
Owning the efficiency and accuracy of your designs, as well as being responsible for overseeing your own work through the development and implementation lifecycle, ultimately delivering excellent end results
Collaborating with other engineers, PMs and teams internationally and cross functionally to deliver a high quality experience to our customers
Promoting a culture of operational excellence by meticulously testing and monitoring our systems and codes, and being available/on-call to support the health of our services

Qualification

Search techniquesAlgorithm efficiencyModern programming languagesCloud services (AWS)Data structuresAnalytical skillsProblem solvingCollaborationTechnical documentation

Required

Strong understanding of search techniques (such as information retrieval) and data structures
Practical experience in making an algorithms perform efficiently upon implementation
Ability to write sophisticated, highly performant, and reliable solutions
Excellent problem solving skills and analytical skills, valuing a scientific approach by using experimentation and critical thinking to drive and validate high quality solutions
Experience with modern programming languages (Java, C++, Rust, Typescript)
Proficiency with cloud services (preferably AWS) in implementing monitoring instrumentation, operational diagnostics, resolving customer issues, and continuous product improvement

Preferred

Experience with maps, routing, navigation
Experience with NLP/ML/Generative AI
Experience with search engines such as ElasticSearch, Solr, Lucene
Experience with solving challenging search problems
Experience with big data and scale, data mining and science

Benefits

Supportive health care
Parental leave
Flexibility for the things that come up in life

Company

Mapbox develops a location data platform for mobile and web applications.

H1B Sponsorship

Mapbox has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (15)
2024 (10)
2023 (17)
2022 (18)
2021 (12)
2020 (20)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$614.17M
Key Investors
SoftBankPremji InvestSoftBank Vision Fund
2023-09-19Series E· $280M
2021-03-01Series Unknown
2020-05-01Series D· $107M

Leadership Team

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Peter Sirota
Chief Executive Officer
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Scott Hill
Chief Financial Officer
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