What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer, Mapping Services position at Niantic?
Niantic’s mission is to use emerging technology to enrich our experiences as human beings in the physical world. We build products that inspire movement, exploration, and face-to-face social interaction.
The information below covers the role requirements, expected candidate experience, and accompanying qualifications.
Niantic’s Engineering Team is searching for a Software Engineer / Senior Software Engineer to develop and refine advanced mapping and geospatial data services that support our games, applications, and the Lightship developer community. In this role, you will be responsible for constructing data pipelines that assimilate geospatial information from multiple sources and transform it into formats ready for use. You will also develop backend services and APIs to supply the processed geodata to both internal and external clients, potentially involving backend service integrations and frontend / client solutions. You will work closely with other developers in a small, tightly knit team to build these solutions.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain scalable map data pipelines for processing data from diverse sources into servable formats for various levels of details.
- Innovate and maintain services and APIs for delivering POIs and semantic map data according to customers' needs.
- Collaborate with various teams and stakeholders to weave services into their offerings, providing support with data analysis and ongoing maintenance.
- Perform code reviews, maintain high coding standards, and contribute to the continuous improvement of our development processes.
- Contribute to the entire product release cycle, including QA testing, load testing, and the establishment of metrics, monitoring, and alerts.
- Troubleshoot and optimize performance for map-related services to ensure seamless user experiences.
- Collaborate with cross-functional team members and stakeholders, including regular and reliable attendance and participation in meetings.
- Required in-office 3 days on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
Qualifications
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The total compensation package for this position includes a new hire offer base salary range of $158,400.00 - $212,000.00 bonus equity benefits.
Individual pay within this salary range is determined by work location and additional factors, including assessed job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can answer any questions about new hire total compensation during the hiring process.
Join the Niantic team!
Niantic's global-scale augmented reality platform and digital map powers spatial computing experiences in the real world. Incubated out of the Maps team at Google, Niantic first created Ingress and then Pokémon GO, a cultural phenomenon and hit game played by tens of millions of people each month. Niantic’s Lightship platform, which powers Pokémon GO, also supports the company's other games including Pikmin Bloom, Peridot and Monster Hunter Now.
We believe that cultivating a workplace where our people are supported and included is essential to creating great products our community will love. Our mission emphasizes seeking and hiring diverse voices, including those who are traditionally underrepresented in the technology industry, and we consider this to be one of the most important values we hold close.
Niantic is a hybrid first company. We believe that in person interaction and collaboration fosters creativity, a sense of community, and is critical to our future success as a company. Our hybrid work schedules allow for a mix of remote and in-office work.
We're a hard-working, fun, and exciting group who value intellectual curiosity and a passion for problem-solving!
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Salary : $158,400 - $212,000
