Mapbox US Remote (Global) Employment $157,675 - 213,325

Mapbox is hiring a Software Development Engineer II, Cloud Platform

About the Role

The engineer will contribute to building and operating cloud-based systems that power large-scale mapping and data processing platforms, ensuring high availability and efficient operations.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement cloud-native services for distributed systems
  • Collaborate with engineering teams to integrate platform capabilities
  • Monitor system performance and troubleshoot production issues
  • Develop automation tools to streamline deployment and operations
  • Improve reliability, scalability, and security of cloud infrastructure
  • Work with containerization and orchestration technologies
  • Support incident response and on-call operations
  • Contribute to technical documentation and system design reviews
  • Optimize resource utilization across cloud environments
  • Participate in code reviews and ensure code quality standards
  • Implement observability solutions for monitoring and alerting
  • Engage in capacity planning and system architecture discussions
  • Maintain compliance with security and operational policies
  • Evaluate new cloud technologies and assess integration potential
  • Drive improvements in deployment speed and system uptime
  • Collaborate on disaster recovery and backup strategies
  • Assist in onboarding new services to the platform
  • Contribute to internal developer tooling
  • Work closely with product teams to understand requirements
  • Support migration of legacy systems to modern architectures
  • Promote best practices in cloud engineering across teams
  • Participate in agile development cycles
  • Ensure infrastructure as code principles are followed
  • Help define service level objectives and error budgets
  • Contribute to post-incident reviews and remediation plans

Nice to Have

  • Experience with geospatial data systems
  • Knowledge of serverless architectures
  • Familiarity with Terraform or similar provisioning tools
  • Background in building developer-facing platforms
  • Experience with high-throughput data pipelines
  • Understanding of service mesh technologies
  • Contributions to open-source infrastructure projects
  • Experience in a SaaS-based environment
  • Knowledge of cost optimization strategies in cloud platforms
  • Exposure to multi-region deployment patterns

Compensation

Competitive salary and benefits package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model available

Team

Part of the Cloud Platform team focused on scalable infrastructure

Why This Role Matters

  • The platform team enables developers to build location-aware applications at scale by maintaining robust and efficient cloud infrastructure.
  • Engineers in this role directly impact the reliability and performance of services used by thousands of applications worldwide.

Technology Stack

  • Primary languages include Go and Python.
  • Infrastructure runs on Kubernetes with services hosted across multiple cloud providers.
  • Tools include Prometheus, Grafana, Terraform, and Jenkins.

Visa sponsorship available for qualified candidates

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Posted 2 months ago