Mapbox · Germany
Join Mapbox’s Logistics API team to design and develop scalable routing services that power millions of daily requests for delivery companies and navigation systems. This is a high-impact, on-call role where you’ll shape technical strategy, improve system resilience, and collaborate across departments to drive innovation in real-time logistics.
About the Role
Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform for location-aware businesses, serving 4 million developers with flexible, secure, and privacy-compliant tools. Our Logistics API team manages everything from single-driver routes to complex delivery optimization for major companies. As a Staff Engineer, you’ll design and operate core routing services, improve data storage and consumption, and build internal tools to enhance engineering efficiency. You’ll work with product, sales engineering, and management to shape future product direction. We value engineers who can thoughtfully integrate AI into workflows and who thrive in a global, multidisciplinary environment. You’ll be part of a high-visibility team that collaborates across the company and operates under strict latency requirements. We’re looking for someone with 5+ years of experience in Rust or TypeScript, container-based environments, distributed systems, and strong communication skills. This is a remote role based in Germany, with a flexible, supportive culture that values diversity, learning, and innovation.
What You Will Do
Design and implement scalable services for our API and routing engine tiers, following best practices for deployment, resilience, and observability.
Design and improve services that power the data consumption and storage of the routing data.
Drive the design, development, and testing of Mapbox tools.
Shape internal tools and automations to make the whole engineering life easier and fun.
Drive design and development of services quality metrics and analytics.
Run and design experiments to evaluate the quality, reliability, and capacity requirements of our user-facing navigation products.
Participate in end-to-end feature implementation within the larger navigation team; review code and design documents, shepherd feature releases, and participate in an on-call rotation.
Work with product owners, sales engineering, and management to drive future product direction.
What We Are Looking For
5+ years of 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. on AWS).
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.
Strong English verbal and written communication skills (B2 level minimum).
Experience or interest in solving geo-spatial problems.
Nice to Have
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.
If you’re ready to shape the future of real-time logistics and thrive in a global, innovative team, apply now.