Backend Systems Engineer II - Fully Remote

Mapbox; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 91,365 - 151,895; Full time

Job summary

Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform, delivering navigation data, APIs, and tools to a global developer community. The engineering team builds back-end systems handling live data and AI-assisted workflows across Mapbox’s ecosystem.

This full-time, fully remote role emphasizes scalable design, high-quality code, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable services. We value thoughtful AI integration and data-driven decision making within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of full-time backend focused development.
• 3+ years of working with distributed systems, preferably with cloud tools (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Experience leading cross-functional teams of 5+ people.
• 3+ years of product focused development.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Backend development

Distributed systems

AWS/Azure/GCP

Team leadership

Product focus

Job description

Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform, delivering navigation data, APIs, and tools to a global developer community. The engineering team builds back-end systems handling live data and AI-assisted workflows across Mapbox’s ecosystem.

This full-time, fully remote role emphasizes scalable design, high-quality code, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable services. We value thoughtful AI integration and data-driven decision making within a supportive environment.