Director of Engineering, Search

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.

What We Do

Our mission is to revolutionize the way information is accessed and utilized, and we are seeking a seasoned engineering leader to help lead our search organization into the next phase of growth. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in scaling organizations, a deep understanding of search technologies, high bar for data quality, and a proven track record in navigating through ambiguous environments. As the Director of Engineering for Search, you will leverage cutting-edge technology, while shaping the future of location search services. You will pioneer the vision, create strategy through operational excellence, and drive the execution to achieve market success by delighting our customers.

• Mapbox Blog | Search Services
• Mapbox Blog | Smarter Search with Searchbox API
• Mapbox Blog | Search Anywhere, Go Anywhere with Search SDK
  
  

What You'll Do

• Own the technical vision, lead the strategy and guide the team to execute towards building the future of Search.
• Partner with product, design & key stakeholders to help drive key search decisions that influence the business.
• Coordinating deadlines, setting pricing, developing a marketing strategy, and enabling support teams.
• Work closely with product to figure out what our customers need, and develop a strategic plan to address their pain
• Manage and develop our engineering teams through hiring, retaining, mentoring, and continually building the team’s capabilities
  
  

What’s Important For This Role

• 10 years of software development leadership experience.
• Conceptualized and delivered B2B2C or consumer-facing products.
• Strong leadership and communication skills, with the ability to establish a realistic yet ambitious product roadmap and effectively communicate it to the market and across the organization.
• Experience in a high-accountability environment, with the ability to build, operationalize, and scale technically distributed organizations (engineering, product, data scientists, etc.).
• Demonstrated ability to drive go-to-market strategies that have resulted in successful product adoption and revenue generation.
• Previous experience with full profit and loss responsibility for a business unit.
  
  

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.
  
  

Our annual base compensation for this role ranges from $269,875- $365,125 for most US locations and 5% to 10% higher for US locations with a higher cost of labor. Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.

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