CareerPlan

Machine Learning Engineer III

UKFull-time2026-10-29 → 2026-11-09

Core

Lead the design, development, and delivery of highly trafficked recommendation systems for the routing cost engine within Mapbox's navigation platform.

Role type

Senior IC Machine Learning Engineer (Routing Systems)

Builds

Recommendation systems, ML and data pipelines, automated quality assurance tools, and tuning algorithms for routing cost optimization.

Domain

Geospatial technology, navigation, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, distributed processing pipelines (Hadoop, Spark, Airflow, Dask), geospatial algorithms, statistical analysis, data quality control, cloud infrastructure management, automated tuning, outlier detection, team leadership, code review, on-call rotation management

Preferred skills

Experience mentoring engineering teams, driving technical vision and strategy, cross-functional collaboration

Technologies

AWS, Python, 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 an on-call rotation to ensure 24/7 system availability