Senior/Lead Software Data Engineer (Roads Team)
About this role
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
Data forms the foundation of everything we do at Mapbox. It is integral to every product we offer, be it maps, navigation, or search, and it directly benefits our customers. The Mapbox Roads team plays a crucial role in constructing comprehensive global road networks for both visual and navigational purposes.
Responsibilities
- Joining us as a Software Development Engineer, you'll play a key role in one of the aspects of developing software/tech for best-in-class road features, navigation, and high-definition maps. You'll bring your experience and skills to our exciting project within a competent, cross-functional, passionate, and self-organized team.
- In this role, you will:Take ownership, improve, scale, and iterate on existing data processing pipelines.
- Design and implement new data processing pipelines.
- Collect and monitor performance metrics.
- Play a key role in discussing and implementing security best practices.
- What We Believe are Important Traits for This RoleGood knowledge of at least one programming language (C++, Python, Scala, or Java).
- Experience with AWS services (S3, EC2, IAM, EMR, Glue, Athena, Kinesis) or any other cloud platform.
- Comfortable with SQL and have a good understanding of SQL engine basics.
- Proficient understanding of distributed computing principles.
- Experience with at least one workflow management tool, such as Airflow, Oozie, or Luigi.
- Strong analytical thinking and the ability to justify technical decisions.
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