Principal Solutions Architect, Auto

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 3.9 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

Solutions Architects (SA) are technical and business experts who partner with customers to help them design solutions to location problems from live asset tracking, to data visualization and in-car navigation. 

SA’s turn their expertise and intuition from work

Solutions Architects (SA) are technical and business experts who partner with customers to help them design solutions to location problems from live asset tracking, to data visualization and in-car navigation. 

 

SA’s turn their expertise and intuition from working with customers on solution reviews into repeatable solutions.  SA’s drive solution adoption by customers using leveraged techniques such as webinars, white-papers, conference talks, and Solution Integrator (SI) partner training.

 

Each SA has an area of technical expertise - mobile, cloud, or web.  For this role, we’re looking for a Principal Solutions Architect with expertise in mobile development (Android or iOS). The Principal SA will work with our largest logistics, automotive, and consumer application customers to architect simple solutions to complex location problems.  Your work as an SA results in increased customer value, solution adoption, and Mapbox product capabilities. 

 

SA’s are great problem solvers that love working with customers to solve their technical challenges.  Successful candidates typically have software engineering, product management, solutions engineering, or technical consulting experience prior to this role.

What You'll Do

As a Principal Solutions Architect (SA), you’ll partner with our largest customers to help them build simple, efficient, and scalable location solutions using Mapbox. You’ll combine your expertise from working with customers on specific problems into repeatable blueprints with a website, configuration guidance, and reference code implementation on Github that you publish on mapbox.com.  

• 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.
• Mentor and lead junior members of the team

 

What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role

• 5+ years experience in software engineering, technical consulting, solutions architecture, or product management. 
• 3+ 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