Software Development Engineer II - Android, MapGPT

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 4 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 team is revolutionizing mobile and in-car experiences with MapGPT, an advanced voice assistant powered by location intelligence. Our product enables natural and in-depth conversations about directions, landmarks, roads, and other highly dynamic aspects of the world, constantly updated with Mapbox location data. Our team is at the forefront of developing and implementing the cutting-edge models and tools like Feedback Agent that power MapGPT's conversational abilities.

We use models to integrate sophisticated natural language understanding into real-world applications for both cloud and on-device use. Our work spans across multiple domains, including natural language processing, speech recognition, and machine learning-based recommendations, all tailored for the unique challenges of voice-driven experiences.

What You'll Do

• Build and evolve our popular mapping and location SDKs

• Craft expressive and easy to use APIs for developers using our SDKs

• Dive deep into the underlying cross-platform implementations that power our frameworks

What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role

• A focus on native technologies, such as Kotlin and Java

• Experience with Jetpack Compose, and Android Automotive is a plus

• Experience building SDKs in any language

• Experience with testing methodologies and frameworks, commitment to high quality

• Being open-minded to explore new languages, skills, techniques, and platforms

• Being able to go deep in the Android stack in particular its Text-to-Speech and Speech-to-Text components.

• Desire to build frameworks and developer tools

• Passionate to earn and keep customer trust

• Desire to learn and to teach

• Familiarity with or a desire to learn more about LLMs, MCP, and AI Agents is a plus

What We Value

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

• 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 $157,675 - $213,325 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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