Senior Solutions Architect

Job Description

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. Whether you’re watching the delivery of your grocery order on Instacart, tracking your personal best mile on Strava, monitoring your gas budget on Metromile, or checking today’s forecast on The Weather Channel, Mapbox is the location and maps within those apps.

What You'll Do

• Apply Mapbox and other cloud, web, and mobile technologies to solve customer challenges.
• Deliver high quality, engaging technical presentations and solutions to senior decision makers and senior engineers.
• Publish and own adoption of repeatable solution templates with reference code on mapbox.com.
• Increase Mapbox business opportunities by defining and building technical content including solution architectures, white papers, and quick start guides to show customers how to implement specific use cases for new technologies.
• Provide structured feedback and advocate for important features and use cases to Mapbox product & engineering teams.
• Lead efforts to capture and share best practice knowledge with the Mapbox solutions architect community.
• Mentor and lead junior members of the team.

What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role

• 7+ years experience in software engineering, technical consulting, solutions architecture, or product management.
• 4+ years of experience working or building with one or more mobile programming platforms - Java, Kotlin, Objective-C, or Swift.
• Demonstrated experience using other software platforms for full-stack development, such as Javascript, Java, or Python.
• Demonstrated experience solving large, complex customer problems in a consultative fashion.
• A strong communicator, both written and verbal, who is comfortable explaining complex concepts and architectures to audiences from developers to senior decision makers.
• A strategic and creative problem-solver that can both white board solutions, and champion strategies with CTOs and other senior stakeholders.
• Relentless focus on customer experience and solution quality, simplicity, and efficiency.
• Desire to explore, learn and teach new languages, skills, techniques, and platforms
• Willing to travel 25% traveling time for customer meetings and events

What We Value

In addition to our core values , which are not unique to this position and are necessary for Mapbox leaders:

• We value high - performing creative individuals who dig into problems and opportunities.
• We believe in individuals being their whole selves at work. We commit to this through supportive health care, parental leave, flexibility for the things that come up in life, and innovating on how we think about supporting our people.
• We emphasize an environment of teaching and learning to equip employees with the tools needed to be successful in their function and the company.
• We strongly believe in the value of growing a diverse team and encourage people of all backgrounds, genders, ethnicities, abilities, and sexual orientations to apply.

Mapbox is an EEO Employer - Minority/Female/Veteran/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity

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