Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform for a new generation of location-aware businesses.

What You'll Do

As the Senior Engineering Manager of Location AI, you will lead a multi-disciplinary team of engineers driving the development of conversational maps and MCP infrastructure, and drive forward Generative AI workflows and initiatives at Mapbox.

You will be responsible for organizing your team’s day-to-day work, fostering the growth and development of the people on the team, and aligning the team’s work with the company's priorities.

Deliver complex, high-impact projects while providing technical expertise and mentorship to your team.
Operate your team’s day-to-day and be hands-on in project management and sprint planning.
Manage operational best practices for on-call and related responsibilities.
Empathize with internal and external customers delivering features that address their needs.
Manage and develop the team through hiring, retaining, mentoring, and continually building the team’s capabilities.
Drive company, product, and team objectives, carrying your team and relevant stakeholders along in the decision-making.
Work with Product and Engineering teams to develop the long-term business strategy driving the team’s work.
Establish, track, and iterate on operational metrics to ensure the team is delivering products that meet or exceed customer expectations.
Determine best engineering practices and promote them within the team and across Mapbox.
Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, diversity, and data-driven decisions on the team.

What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role

7+ years of people management experience: You have managed remote engineering teams leading to product execution and business outcome, while growing and developing a team of engineering talent.
Technical Expertise: You have experience leading engineering teams that deliver production-grade AI or ML-powered systems.
AI Strategy & Thought Leadership: You drive AI strategy thinking across teams, translating emerging trends into actionable priorities.
Operational Excellence: You drive a culture of quality and continuous improvement within your team and personally embody a passion for monitoring, metrics, triage, resolving customer issues, and iterative improvement.
Ownership & Execution: You own the vision, lead the strategy, and guide the team to execute towards building the future of your product.
Customer Focus: You care deeply about your customers and their problems, and you work tirelessly to innovate on their behalf.
Strong written and verbal communication: You can talk and write about complex ideas concisely to a wide audience.

Our annual base compensation for this role ranges from $261,800 - $315,200 for most US locations and 5% to 10% higher for US locations with a higher cost of labor.

Mapbox is the leading real-time location platform for a new generation of location-aware businesses.

What You'll Do

You will be responsible for organizing your team’s day-to-day work, fostering the growth and development of the people on the team, and aligning the team’s work with the company's priorities.

Deliver complex, high-impact projects while providing technical expertise and mentorship to your team.
Operate your team’s day-to-day and be hands-on in project management and sprint planning.
Manage operational best practices for on-call and related responsibilities.
Empathize with internal and external customers delivering features that address their needs.
Manage and develop the team through hiring, retaining, mentoring, and continually building the team’s capabilities.
Drive company, product, and team objectives, carrying your team and relevant stakeholders along in the decision-making.
Work with Product and Engineering teams to develop the long-term business strategy driving the team’s work.
Establish, track, and iterate on operational metrics to ensure the team is delivering products that meet or exceed customer expectations.
Determine best engineering practices and promote them within the team and across Mapbox.
Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, diversity, and data-driven decisions on the team.

What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role

7+ years of people management experience: You have managed remote engineering teams leading to product execution and business outcome, while growing and developing a team of engineering talent.
Technical Expertise: You have experience leading engineering teams that deliver production-grade AI or ML-powered systems.
AI Strategy & Thought Leadership: You drive AI strategy thinking across teams, translating emerging trends into actionable priorities.
Operational Excellence: You drive a culture of quality and continuous improvement within your team and personally embody a passion for monitoring, metrics, triage, resolving customer issues, and iterative improvement.
Ownership & Execution: You own the vision, lead the strategy, and guide the team to execute towards building the future of your product.
Customer Focus: You care deeply about your customers and their problems, and you work tirelessly to innovate on their behalf.
Strong written and verbal communication: You can talk and write about complex ideas concisely to a wide audience.

Our annual base compensation for this role ranges from $261,800 - $315,200 for most US locations and 5% to 10% higher for US locations with a higher cost of labor.

Senior Engineering Manager, Location AI

What You'll Do

What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role

Senior Engineering Manager, Location AI

What You'll Do

What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role