Operational Research Scientist/ Engineer, Logistics

Mapbox is building a live location platform. Our maps represent the ever-evolving world, accessing, aggregating, and adapting anonymous data from millions of sensors and phones in real-time. Mapbox has the exciting opportunity to power devices and products across the next frontier in location-based data. Whether you’re watching the delivery of your grocery order on Instacart, tracking your personal best mile on Strava, sending snaps on Snapchat, monitoring your gas budget on Metromile, or checking today’s forecast on The Weather Channel, Mapbox is the location and maps within those apps. We’re changing how people move by live-mapping the world. 

What We Do

We are builders. The Logistics team is a group of innovators creating solutions to challenges in the last mile delivery space from resource planning to delivery execution and beyond--and we are growing. We solve complex geospatial data problems and leverage algorithms and statistical analysis for use cases ranging from turn-by-turn navigation to delivery route planning for fleets of thousands of trucks. Our services are at the heart of the operations of our customers’ businesses. We get people, products, and services from start to finish effectively and on time whether it’s delivering meals or going on a road trip. Our customers are primarily developers, like us. We also sell to more business oriented users and know we have users with multiple needs; as such, we build and ship solutions from data to APIs to SDKs to applications.

What You’ll Do

• You will develop and implement algorithms for last mile delivery optimization, route planning, fleet management, delivery tracking
• You will work with engineers, product owners, sales engineering, and management to drive future product direction.
• You will write well tested and scalable code to build libraries and services that power Mapbox’s Logistics Solutions
• You will design and run experiments to evaluate and improve quality and reliability of Mapbox Logistics Solutions
• You will uphold a culture of collaboration, transparency, creativity, inclusion, and data-driven decisions.

What We Believe are Important Traits for This Role

• B.S., M.S., or PhD. in Operations Research, Math, Computer Science, or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience in Logistics or Vehicle routing or Fleet planning
• Strong knowledge of optimization and algorithms like Traveling Salesman problem, Route optimization, Applied Graph theory, vehicle routing
• Strong programming fundamentals
• An empirical analytical approach. You develop strong hypotheses, conduct experiments, and clearly communicate your findings
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a large distributed team
• Demonstrated ability to write testable and scalable production quality code
• Unrelenting customer focus

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.

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