Software Development Engineer III, Android, Navigation SDK

9 Months ago • All levels • Mobile Development

Job Summary

Job Description

Mapbox is seeking a Software Development Engineer III with expertise in Android and Navigation SDKs to join their team. This role involves defining architectural direction, leading technical initiatives, and designing scalable features. Responsibilities include overseeing large-scale projects, improving development processes and code quality, and mentoring the team. Hands-on development will focus on creating user-friendly APIs, delivering high-quality features, and optimizing SDK functionality. The engineer will also debug, profile, and address performance issues within the Android stack and potentially C++ implementations.
Must have:
  • Shipped complex Android applications and SDKs
  • Experience with Kotlin and Java
  • Experience with testing methodologies
  • Focus on usability and user experience
  • Desire to build frameworks and developer tools
  • Desire to learn and teach
  • Passion to earn customer trust
Good to have:
  • Experience debugging and profiling for performance issues
  • Familiarity with C++ or desire to learn
Perks:
  • Supportive healthcare
  • Parental leave
  • Flexibility for life events

Job Details

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 Navigation SDK team builds frameworks and applications that power navigation everywhere. Customers of our SDK include automotive, logistics and consumer apps on Android, iOS and Linux, small and large. Our developers build apps 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 app, an AI powered experience, a popular consumer app, or an autonomous driving experience.

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.

By applying for this position, you acknowledge that you have received the Mapbox Non-US Privacy Notice for applicants, which is linked here.  Completing this application requires you to provide personal data, such as your name and contact information, which is mandatory for Mapbox to process your application. 

We are committed to a fair and equitable hiring process. We do not discriminate against any protected class.

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