Manager, Software Engineering, Maps

Jobtailor; California (MO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in the United States seeks a Senior Backend Engineering Manager to lead and grow a talented team building scalable services and data infrastructure for location-based features.

You will partner with Product, Operations, Data Science and executives, shaping roadmaps, mentoring engineers, and driving AI-enabled systems with high availability and security.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• 9+ years of post-Bachelor's software development experience, or advanced degree with more years.
• 1+ years of experience managing a team or acting as a tech lead.
• Experience with distributed systems and backend service development.
• Background building high-availability and mission-critical backend systems.
• Experience leading an engineering team with accountability for metrics.
• Ability to lead large, complex technical initiatives.
• Proficiency with AI tools and auditing for architecture, performance, and security.
• Adaptability in learning evolving AI systems and tools.
• Preferred: geospatial/location-based systems, map data pipelines, routing, spatial indexing.
• Preferred: drive large-scale initiatives from ideation to completion.

Responsibilities

• Manage and mentor a team of backend engineers.
• Set strategy, build a roadmap, create measurable goals, and lead the team to deliver.
• Collaborate with Product, Operations, Data Science, Engineering, and executives.
• Evaluate technical tradeoffs and provide technical mentorship.
• Hire, grow, and retain high-performing team members.
• Use AI tools and high-velocity workflows to design and ship scalable services.
• Uphold standards for code correctness, security, and production-ready quality.
• Build backend services and data infrastructure for Snap Map features.

Skills

Team management

Backend service development

Distributed systems

AI tools proficiency

Geospatial systems

Technical mentorship

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

PhD

Tools

Geospatial data tools

Map data pipelines

Job description

• Manage and mentor a team of backend engineers
• Set strategy, build a roadmap, create measurable goals, and lead the team to deliver
• Collaborate with Product, Operations, Data Science, Engineering teams, and executive stakeholders
• Evaluate technical tradeoffs of major decisions and provide technical mentorship
• Hire, grow, and retain high-performing team members
• Use AI tools and high-velocity engineering workflows to design and ship scalable services
• Uphold rigorous standards for code correctness, security, and production-ready quality
• Build backend services and data infrastructure for Snap Map, including friend location, places, and map content

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant technical field such as computer science, or equivalent years of practical work experience
• 9+ years of post-Bachelor's software development experience, or Master's degree plus 8+ years of post‑graduate experience, or PhD plus 5+ years of post‑graduate experience
• 1+ years of experience managing a team or acting as a technical lead
• Experience with distributed systems and backend service development
• Background building high‑availability and mission‑critical backend systems
• Experience leading an engineering team
• Experience building platform or infrastructure used by other teams and shipping user‑facing features with accountability for metrics
• Ability to lead and execute large, complex technical initiatives
• Proficiency in or strong aptitude for leveraging AI tools, including auditing generated output for architecture, performance, and security
• Adaptability in learning and applying evolving AI systems and tools
• Preferred: experience with geospatial or location‑based systems, map data pipelines, place and POI data, routing, or spatial indexing
• Preferred: familiarity with driving large‑scale initiatives from ideation to completion
• Preferred: track record of delivery in rapidly changing, collaborative, multi‑stakeholder environments
• Preferred: experience with Ops‑heavy systems/products

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in managing and mentoring backend engineering teams while driving the development of scalable services and data infrastructure. Proficient in leveraging AI tools and ensuring high standards for code quality and security.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Team Management
• Backend Service Development
• AI Tools Proficiency
• Distributed Systems
• Geospatial Systems Experience

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Software Development
• Backend Development
• Distributed Systems
• High‑Availability Systems
• Data Infrastructure
• Technical Mentorship
• Code Quality Standards
• AI Tool Utilization
• Geospatial Systems
• Map Data Pipelines

Soft Skills

• Leadership
• Collaboration
• Adaptability
• Strategic Planning
• Mentoring

Certifications & Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• Master's Degree
• PhD

Industry Keywords

• Mission-Critical Systems
• User-Facing Features
• Technical Initiatives
• Ops-Heavy Systems
• Multi-Stakeholder Environments