👋 hey friends
I've not talked much about work here, but our company (and the team I'm on!) is pretty great, and we're looking to grow. So I work at www.mapbox.com. We build software to make it possible for developers to add maps & location data to their websites and apps.
I can talk a little more about the particular job in a minute but first I want to talk about what I think makes us special:
My team in particular is working with GPS data to make the map better by:
- creating realtime & predictive traffic modeling
- finding unmapped areas
- learning more about how people move all over the world
We've got a job post out here: https://www.mapbox.com/jobs/652511/ (there are also many other posts too)
As we have at the bottom of all our posts, "Sound interesting, but not sure you tick all the boxes? Please apply – we emphasize teaching and learning, and there's tons of room to grow"
@tcql Any workplace that says this and means it is going to pull in (and retain) higher-quality staff https://octodon.social/media/qkLAwUu5Z5NYD1JKJ9E
@paulsheprow yea, we do our best 😁 it's a bit harder as you grow in size, because the demand for "ready to run" employees is higher, but we're also a group whose leadership is dedicated to the idea of fostering growth in tech
@tcql yeah, y'all are ok I GUESS
@tcql will you be in Boston for that shindig in August?
@sarasomewhere not sure yet! I know there'll be some folks from Mapbox there though, and some talks by us.
@tcql cool cool - I feel like a geo-masto-IRL-meetup should happen
@sarasomewhere definitely! are there many other geo folks on here that you've connected with?
TBH pretty much all of the people I'm connected with on mastodon are total randos (which I sort of actually like)
@tcql I know @Ianturton & @Geomenke & @bitner, @Spatial_Punk will be there, probably many others that I'm forgetting right now (check my follows for more geo folks)!
@tcql I notice very few "remote" postings. I'm not on the market, but that would deter me. FWIW. As a total stranger.
OTOH, ✨everything✨ else about y'all's hiring process and philosophy looks 🌈amazing🌈.
Our of curiosity: What's y'all's tech stack like?
@benhamill we do remote, but usually it depends on the person / team so we don't directly advertise in postings.
AWS, mostly node.js, some C++, other stuff
@tcql Cool. Y'all's HTTP API documentation is real nice at a glance. Layout's very similar to Stripe's and something else I don't recall. Y'all generate it from some kinda spec, or...?
(I have Opinions about API docs).
@benhamill uh depends, some sections of our documentation are curated more or less by hand, other things are autogenerated
@tcql Well, my compliments to whoever does that work. It looks real nice.
Our top requirements for ALL jobs are communication, empathy and fire. We don't have room for jerks or people who can't work with others (🙅 techbro "code ninjas"); we want you to learn and grow with us.
Most of us have non-engineering backgrounds. We recruit from bootcamps, mentoring networks, events, etc. We're regulars at Lesbians Who Tech, and we're tight with Women Who Code & local groups like DCFemTech.
We're want to grow diversity because we believe that a diverse team is a better team