Security Engineer II at Mapbox

Role overview

Mapbox’s Security & Compliance team builds scanning, threat-detection and compliance automation for its AWS-native, container-based cloud deployment and digital assets.

This remote Senior Software Engineer role helps product teams build secure-by-default systems and improves security services across a globally distributed organisation.

Responsibilities

• Conduct deep AWS security reviews and validate that cloud best practices are followed.
• Recommend security improvements and work with production-support teams to implement them.
• Partner with the lead security architect to fix custom security tools and bots.
• Review application code with developers so security issues are addressed during coding and testing.
• Work with product teams to implement secure-by-default design in their products.
• Participate in an on-call rotation supporting customer-facing systems 24/7.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science or a similar discipline.
• At least five years of product or application security and related software engineering experience.
• Experience with AWS services including GuardDuty, CloudTrail, IAM, Security Groups, CloudFront, CloudFormation, S3, ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB and RDS.
• Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, Node.js or TypeScript, together with testing and documentation practices.
• Security best-practice expertise and the ability to make risk assessments that prioritise company benefit.

Technology in this role

• Python: Python JavaScript TypeScript Node.js .
• JavaScript: Python JavaScript TypeScript Node.js .
• TypeScript: Python JavaScript TypeScript Node.js .
• Node.js: Python JavaScript TypeScript Node.js .
• AWS: Python JavaScript TypeScript Node.js .
• CAN: In this role, you can expect .
• DynamoDB: Experience with AWS services including GuardDuty, CloudTrail, IAM, Security Groups, CloudFront, CloudFormation, S3, ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB and .

Role-specific candidate guide

Preparation notes based on the employer’s stated responsibilities and qualifications.

Understanding the scope. This Security Engineer II position at Mapbox is best assessed through the work described in the employer’s posting, rather than the title alone. The available role overview says: “Mapbox’s Security & Compliance team builds scanning, threat-detection and compliance automation for its AWS-native, container-based cloud deployment and digital assets.” Read that statement together with the responsibilities below to understand the likely balance between delivery, coordination and technical decision-making. The role belongs to the security area, but that label is only a guide to the work; the employer’s own requirements remain decisive. Before applying, check the original listing for reporting lines, product or team assignment, employment terms and any details that may have changed since this copy was checked. Where this page says a fact is not specified, treat it as an open question rather than an implied promise.

What the responsibilities signal. The posting specifically names “Conduct deep AWS security reviews and validate that cloud best practices are followed.”; “Recommend security improvements and work with production-support teams to implement them.”; “Partner with the lead security architect to fix custom security tools and bots.”. For each duty, identify a project where you performed comparable work and be ready to describe the context, your own contribution, constraints, decisions, and measurable result. Explain how you moved from the initial need to implementation, review, release or operational follow-through, where those stages apply. If the work involved other teams or users, distinguish your decisions from the group’s contribution. Avoid presenting a technology keyword as proof by itself: connect it to the problem you solved, the scale or complexity involved, and what changed after your work. The source may contain additional duties; review it directly before preparing your application.

How to read the requirements. The listed qualifications include “Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science or a similar discipline.”; “At least five years of product or application security and related software engineering experience.”; “Experience with AWS services including GuardDuty, CloudTrail, IAM, Security Groups, CloudFront, CloudFormation, S3, ECS, Lambda, DynamoDB and RDS.”. Mark each requirement as demonstrated, adjacent experience or a genuine gap, then use a concise example for the first two categories. A strong example explains what you personally owned, how you made trade-offs, how you validated the result and what you learned. If the posting specifies years of experience, language ability, certifications, location or eligibility, address those facts plainly in your CV or application rather than relying on the employer to infer them. Do not claim a qualification from exposure alone. For a requirement you do not meet, describe relevant transferable experience accurately and ask the recruiter whether it is mandatory.

Technology and working evidence. The technology terms.

Benefits

• Remote or hybrid flexibility as applicable to the listed country.
• Private medical coverage, family leave and fertility or family-building support.
• Lifestyle spending, mental-health support, flexible paid time away and company holidays.
• Paid volunteering time and retirement plans with competitive matching.

About Mapbox

Mapbox provides developer tools and cloud services for maps, navigation, search and geospatial data. Its platform combines map rendering, location search, routing and navigation capabilities with continuously updated geographic information that organizations can embed in applications, websites, vehicles and logistics systems.

The company serves product teams across areas such as mobility, automotive, delivery, travel and enterprise software. Its work sits at the intersection of geospatial data, developer platforms and real-time user experiences, with an engineering environment that can involve large data pipelines, SDKs, rendering, APIs and distributed systems. The job posting identifies which of those areas and tools apply to the specific position.

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