Security Engineer II

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 Mapbox is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Security & Compliance team. As a member of our diverse and globally distributed team, you’ll help all Mapbox engineers build secure-by-default systems. Engineers on the Security & Compliance team build scanning and threat detection systems to monitor Mapbox’s cloud deployment (AWS-native, mainly container-based, 7 global regions including China) and other digital assets. They conduct risk assessments of new vendor integrations and product launches, and facilitate a bug bounty program that leverages the diverse expertise of a global community of security researchers. Lastly, they build and maintain core standards around security, quality, and privacy—reflected in our compliance certifications—and the automation to monitor and enforce these standards across Mapbox. What You'll Do We’re excited to share our passion for scalable, engineering-driven, security with you, and for your perspective to help shape our team’s goals. You will be responsible for contributing to, operating, and improving all things related to our security and compliance services. In this role, you can expect to: • Conduct AWS security reviews (deep dive into our AWS environment to validate security best practices are being followed). • Make security improvements recommendations and work with our production support teams to implement security improvement in AWS. • Partner with the Lead Security Architect in fixing custom-built security tools bots. • Conduct in-depth security reviews of application code, working closely with developers to code securely from the outset and address issues early during coding and testing phases. • Partner with internal product teams to implement a secure-by-default design into their own products. • Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure our systems remain available to customers 24/7. Team members alternate as the on-call primary responder, which may require immediate response outside normal working hours, including weekends. What We Believe are Important for This Role • Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science or similar • 5+ years of experience in product or application security and related software engineering roles • Experience with AWS services like GuardDuty, CloudTrail log review, IAM, Security Groups, CloudFront, CloudFormation, S3, ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB and RDS. • Proficiency in a programming language (e.g. Python, JavaScript or Node.js or TypeScript), testing practices, and documentation. • Subject matter expertise in security best practices and the ability to quickly make correct risk assessments that prioritize the overall benefit to the company. Employment Requirements • Employment Type: Full-time • Weekly Hours: 40 h per week • Location/Hybrid Policy: Remote (from any city in Germany) 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. How We Support You • Hybrid/Remote Options: Enjoy flexibility to work comfortably from home or periodically from an office where applicable. • Comprehensive Healthcare: Private medical coverage for you and your dependents. • Family-First Support: Generous maternity and paternity leave policies to support your growing family. • Fertility & Family Building: Inclusive fertility support. Grow your family on your terms. • Lifestyle Spending Account: Contributions to support your health, wellness, and personal growth. • Balance & Brainpower: Mental health support for you and your dependents. • Rest & Recharge: Flexible paid time away, company holidays, and generous absence policies. • Time Off to Give Back: Dedicated paid volunteering time in addition to your standard PTO. • Invest & Grow: Retirement plans with competitive matching. By applying for this position, you acknowledge that you have received the Mapbox Non-US Privacy Notice for applicants, which is linked here. Completing this application requires you to provide personal data, such as your name and contact information, which is mandatory for Mapbox to process your application. We are committed to a fair and equitable hiring process. We do not discriminate against any protected class. #LI-Remote Find more English Speaking Jobs in Germany on Arbeitnow