Software Development Engineer II (C++)

Mapbox; Germany (OH); Remote; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading navigation technology provider is looking for an experienced Engineer to design and operate their routing services. You will tackle complex challenges and create cutting-edge guidance experiences. Ideal candidates should have over 5 years of experience with backend services, especially in C++ and Linux, and be eager to learn new skills. This position supports remote work.

Benefits

Supportive health care

Parental leave

Flexibility in work schedule

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in relevant backend services.
• Experience in performance-critical systems like Go, Rust, or JVM.
• Familiarity with distributed systems principles.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and operate routing services.
• Solve complex guidance scenarios for navigation.
• Build tools for innovative mapping and navigation solutions.

Skills

Building scalable high volume low latency backend services

Engineering modern C++

Experience with Linux server applications

Knowledge of operating systems

Problem solving and data analysis

Adaptability to learn new skills

Job description

What We Do

The Navigation team develops and operates web services powering virtually all of Mapbox’s strategic navigation initiatives in consumer, automotive, and logistics. This is a highly multidisciplinary team, with work spanning distributed systems on AWS to geospatial localization, traffic telemetry, and mapping.

What You'll Do

As an Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing and operating significant areas of our routing services. In this role, you can expect to:

• Solve complex guidance scenarios that don’t have good solutions today
• Develop best-in-class guidance experiences that make routing enjoyable, not robotic
• Provide highly customizable guidance solutions for large OEMs as well as very niche customers with unique use cases
• Build the tools others will use to unlock incredible mapping and navigation solutions never seen before

What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role

• 5+ years of experience building scalable high volume low latency backend services
• Experience engineering modern C++ and Linux server applications in a commercial or open-source development environment, or equivalent performance-critical systems experience with Go, Rust, or the JVM.
• Knowledge of operating systems and distributed systems (e.g., fault-tolerance, consistency, service discovery, etc.)
• A rigorous approach to problem solving, using experiments and data analysis to drive quality of service improvements
• Willingness to go beyond your comfort zone and develop new skills across the full range of our stack

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.

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We are committed to a fair and equitable hiring process. We do not discriminate against any protected class.

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