Mapbox (SF) · Los Angeles
Software EngineeringPlatform RemoteFullTime
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.
The Cloud Platform team at Mapbox provides the infrastructure and frameworks that power Mapbox services in the AWS environment. This globally distributed team, with members in the US, Germany, and Finland, is responsible for managing infrastructure-as-code tooling, CI/CD platforms, test environments, and the foundational compute and networking resources for all Mapbox tools and services. We support over 700 Mapbox engineers (and growing) across North America, Europe, and Japan. We champion a collaborative environment, promoting individual growth and utilizing cloud-native technologies to make a broad impact.
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.
Cloud Platform core responsibilities encompass the following areas:
Infrastructure-as-Code: Maintaining secure, reliable, and cost-efficient infrastructure using Terraform/Terragrunt, as well as legacy CloudFormation/CDK.
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): Providing tools and processes for observability and disaster recovery.
Developer Experience: Delivering centralized, scalable, and reliable CI/CD pipelines for development teams, based on GitHub Actions.
We are seeking a Software Development Engineer II who is enthusiastic about delivering cloud-native containerized infrastructure and deployment platforms that adhere to GitOps principles and can support dynamic business growth.
In this role, you can expect to:
Actively onboard AWS resources to the declarative gitops-based framework utilizing Terraform and Terragrunt.
Maintain and troubleshoot legacy cloud infrastructure in AWS that is deployed with Cloudformation/CDK and utilizes ECS, Lambda, EMR, etc.
Architect and promote Kubernetes deployments for new services.
Lead migration of deployment pipelines from ECS and Cloudformation to EKS and ArgoCD.
Architect a centralized CI pipelines framework utilizing GitHub Actions and Runs-on.
Broadly influence and lead the Mapbox Cloud Platform strategy around AWS architecture, open-source tools and frameworks.
Configure and maintain a comprehensive observability platform, such as Datadog or Observe, to enable real-time monitoring, alerting, and analytics.
Promote a culture of operational excellence by testing and monitoring our systems and code, and providing on-call support for the platform services.
Document your work and decision-making processes, and lead presentations and discussions in a way that is easy for others to understand.
Uphold a culture of collaboration, transparency, creativity, inclusion, and data-driven decisions.
Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure our systems remain available to customers 24/7. Team members alternate as the on-call primary responder, which may require immediate response outside normal working hours, including weekends.
5+ years experience leveraging infrastructure-as-code frameworks to manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform, Terragrunt, Atlantis, CDK
4+ years experience orchestrating containerized workloads at scale using EKS, ECS
4+ years experience managing scalable CI/CD frameworks in a distributed engineering organization using Github Actions
Strong expertise with Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Istio
Proven ability to design and develop cost efficient, secure, and durable solutions on AWS using EKS, ECS, EC2, Lambda, Fargate, CloudFront, IAM, Route53, DynamoDB
Proficient in at least one programming language, such as Python, Nodejs, GoLang
Experience configuring and managing observability systems in a distributed large-scale environment using Datadog, CloudWatch, or similar
Experience with incident response practices including blameless post-mortems and resilience engineering concepts
A desire to share your expertise through documentation, mentorship, and both written and vocal discussion
Ability to work asynchronously and independently with minimal supervision, lead by example, and make decisions based on priorities and business goals
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.
Hybrid/Remote Options: Enjoy flexibility to work comfortably from home or periodically from an office where applicable.
Comprehensive Healthcare: Private medical coverage for you and your dependents.
Family-First Support: Generous maternity and paternity leave policies to support your growing family.
Fertility & Family Building: Inclusive fertility support. Grow your family on your terms.
Lifestyle Spending Account: Contributions to support your health, wellness, and personal growth.
Balance & Brainpower: Mental health support for you and your dependents.
Rest & Recharge: Flexible paid time away, company holidays, and generous absence policies.
Time Off to Give Back: Dedicated paid volunteering time in addition to your standard PTO.
Invest & Grow: Retirement plans with competitive matching.
Our annual base compensation for this role ranges from $157,675 - 213,325 for most US locations and 5% to 10% higher for US locations with a higher cost of labor. Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.
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