Software Development Engineer III, Android, Maps SDK

Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform for a new generation of location-aware businesses. Mapbox is the only platform that equips organizations with the full set of tools to power the navigation of people, packages, and vehicles everywhere. More than 4 million registered developers have chosen Mapbox because of the platform’s flexibility, security and privacy compliance. Organizations use Mapbox applications, data, SDKs and APIs to create customized and immersive experiences that delight their customers.

What We Do

The Maps SDK team builds the public library that powers our mobile maps. Customers of our SDK include apps on Flutter, Android and iOS, small and large. We work with devices of all shapes and forms, from the latest flagship phone to tablets, laptops, smartwatches, HMD, and embedded boards. Our developers build apps, games and navigation experiences that top the App Store and Play Store rankings, and we are constantly working together to help them build what’s next, whether that’s an Augmented Reality game, a popular consumer app, or an autonomous driving experience.

As AI becomes embedded in modern engineering workflows, we value engineers who can thoughtfully integrate AI into design, development, and decision-making. Our interview process will include discussion of how you use AI in your engineering workflow.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will play a critical part in defining architectural direction, leading technical initiatives, and designing scalable features. Your primary focus will be on developing innovative solutions that integrate multiple Mapbox SDKs (Navigation, Maps, and Search), enabling customer applications to deploy quickly and efficiently.

Your responsibilities will include

• Defining and overseeing the implementation of large-scale, cross-functional projects and initiatives.
• Ensuring quality by driving improvements in our development processes, code quality standards, and best practices across teams
• Engaging in technical conversations and decisions that affect long-term strategic direction and scalability.
• Acting as a technical mentor and resource for the team, fostering professional development and knowledge-sharing.

In addition, you’ll actively participate in hands-on development work to maintain high-quality standards across our SDKs:

• Design expressive and user-friendly APIs for developers using our SDKs.
• Delivering high-quality features in collaboration with peers and cross-functional teams.
• Implementing improvements to our SDK's functionality and developer experience.
• Dive into the cross-platform implementations underlying our frameworks to ensure seamless integration and functionality.
• Debugging, profiling, and optimizing performance issues.

What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role

• Demonstrated history of shipping complex Android applications and SDKs.
• Experience with native technologies, such as Kotlin and Java.
• Experience with testing methodologies and frameworks.
• Focus on usability and great user experience.
• Desire to build frameworks and developer tools.
• Desire to learn and to teach.
• Passion to earn and keep customer trust.
• Readiness to go deep in the Android stack and navigate AOSP code when needed.
• Experience debugging and profiling to resolve performance issues is a plus.
• Familiarity with or a desire to learn more about C++ is a plus.

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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