Software Development Engineer II, Search

USA🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $160,650–$160,650🗓 2026-08-03 → 2026-09-26

Core

Building a real-time location-based search engine for navigation of people, packages, and vehicles using geocoding, query understanding, and ranking algorithms.

Role type

Senior IC search algorithm engineer

Builds

Production search geocoding engine and ranking systems for Mapbox's location platform

Domain

Location services, search, and geospatial data

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Search techniques (information retrieval), data structures, algorithm optimization, modern programming languages (Javascript, Python, Rust, Java, Typescript, C++, Go), cloud services (AWS)

Preferred skills

Maps/routing/navigation, NLP/ML/Generative AI, search engines (ElasticSearch, Solr, Lucene), big data and scale

Technologies

AWS, ElasticSearch, Solr, Lucene, Rust, Python, Go, Javascript, Java, Typescript, C++

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About mapbox

Software Development956Washington, District of Columbia, USFounded 2011

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 3.5 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.