Software Development Engineer II, Search

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Mapbox · 2 weeks ago

Software Development Engineer II, Search

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

$158K/yr - $213K/yr

Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform for a new generation of location-aware businesses. The Software Development Engineer II will be responsible for designing and implementing search retrieval algorithms, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and ensuring the efficiency and accuracy of their designs to deliver high-quality user experiences.

Big DataLogisticsSaaSBusiness IntelligenceFleet ManagementLocation Based ServicesMapping ServicesNavigation

H1B Sponsor Likely

Unicorn with $1.3B valuation

Responsibilities

Designing and implementing search retrieval algorithms across multiple search engines

Making existing algorithms more efficient and/or highly performant

Writing technical design documents and participating in design and code reviews

Owning the efficiency and accuracy of your designs, as well as being responsible for overseeing your own work through the development and implementation lifecycle, ultimately delivering excellent end results

Collaborating with other engineers, PMs and teams internationally and cross functionally to deliver a high quality experience to our customers

Promoting a culture of operational excellence by meticulously testing and monitoring our systems and codes, and being available/on-call to support the health of our services

Qualification

Search techniquesData structuresAlgorithmsJavaC++RustTypescriptAWSNLPMachine LearningElasticSearchData miningBig dataProblem solvingAnalytical skills

Required

Strong understanding of search techniques (such as information retrieval) and data structures

Practical experience in making an algorithms perform efficiently upon implementation

Ability to write sophisticated, highly performant, and reliable solutions

Excellent problem solving skills and analytical skills, valuing a scientific approach by using experimentation and critical thinking to drive and validate high quality solutions

Experience with modern programming languages (Java, C++, Rust, Typescript)

Proficiency with cloud services (preferably AWS) in implementing monitoring instrumentation, operational diagnostics, resolving customer issues, and continuous product improvement

Preferred

Experience with maps, routing, navigation

Experience with NLP/ML/Generative AI

Experience with search engines such as ElasticSearch, Solr, Lucene

Experience with solving challenging search problems

Experience with big data and scale, data mining and science

Benefits

Supportive health care

Parental leave

Flexibility for the things that come up in life

Company

Mapbox

Glassdoor

3.6

APIs and SDKs for maps, navigation, and geospatial data.

Founded in 2010

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

501-1000 employees

http://www.mapbox.com

H1B Sponsorship

Mapbox has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)

Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship

71%

Represents job field similar to this job

Engineering and Development

Product Management

Creatives and Design

Management and Executive

Customer Service and Support

Accounting and Finance

Trends of Total Sponsorships

*2026 (10)

2025 (13)

2024 (9)

2023 (17)

2022 (18)

2021 (12)

2020 (20)

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Total Funding

$614.17M

Key Investors

SoftBankPremji InvestSoftBank Vision Fund

2023-09-19Series E

• $280M

2021-03-01Series Unknown

2020-05-01Series D

• $107M

Leadership Team

Peter Sirota

Chief Executive Officer

Scott Hill

Chief Financial Officer

Recent News

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2026-02-03

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2026-01-06

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