Senior Engineer at Mapbox

Compensation

$63,000 – $102,000/yr

Setup: Remote
Location: Dörentrup, North Rhine-Westphalia
Type: Full-time
Level: Senior
Posted: Mar 11, 2026

Description

Mapbox is seeking a Senior Engineer to design, develop, and operate significant areas of their routing services. The role involves creating scalable services for API and routing engines, improving data consumption and storage, and shaping internal tools and automation. This engineer will also drive quality metrics and analytics, run experiments, and participate in feature implementations. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in web services, containerized environments, and distributed systems, with a focus on high availability and scalability.

Required Skills

Web Services
Rust
TypeScript
Containerization
Docker
ECS
Kubernetes
AWS
Monitoring Instrumentation
Incident Resolution
Continuous Product Improvement
Operating Systems
Distributed Systems

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: Experience in engineering web services in either Rust or Typescript (Node.js)
Experience building highly-available API services within container-based environments (e.g., Docker, ECS, Kubernetes, etc.).
Proficiency in implementing monitoring instrumentation, triaging incidents, resolving customer issues, and continuous product improvement.
Knowledge of operating systems and distributed systems (e.g., fault-tolerance, consistency, service discovery, etc.).
Proven ability to design long-term technical strategies that balance immediate product delivery with the reduction of systemic technical debt across multiple departments.
Extensive experience driving high-visibility initiatives that improve engineering standards and operational excellence for the cross-functional teams
Preferred Qualifications: Experience or interest in solving geo-spatial problems.
A desire to work with individuals with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
Enthusiasm for learning and knowledge sharing in a multidisciplinary environment, supported by mentorship experience and strong written and verbal communication skills.
A rigorous approach to problem solving, using experiments and data analysis to drive quality of service improvements.