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Machine Learning Engineer III, Routing Cost

Mapbox GermanyRemoteFull-time2026-11-02 → 2026-11-10
Remote

Core

Lead the design, development, and delivery of highly trafficked recommendation systems for Mapbox's routing cost engine to optimize navigation for people, packages, and vehicles.

Role type

Senior IC Machine Learning Engineer (Routing Cost)

Builds

Recommendation systems and ML/data pipelines for the routing cost engine

Domain

Geospatial navigation, logistics, and automotive

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Reinforcement Learning, Python, distributed processing pipelines (Hadoop, Spark, Airflow, Dask), geospatial algorithms, automated tuning and outlier detection, cloud infrastructure management, team leadership, code and design reviews

Preferred skills

Experience mentoring engineering teams, statistical analysis, data quality control, optimizing storage

Technologies

AWS, Hadoop, Spark, Airflow, Dask

Responsibilities

Lead engineering teams to execute end-to-end feature implementation; Design and build new ML and data pipelines; Build tools for automated quality assurance and data exploration; Partner with data scientists to improve models for movement and traffic patterns; Mentor colleagues and participate in code and design reviews; Participate in on-call rotation for 24/7 system availability

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with team leadership