Mapbox
Mapbox provides location data and mapping tools for developers, with over 3.5 million registered users on its platform. The company has raised $614M, including a Series E in September 2023.
The growth story
Mapbox grew from 614 to 979 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $614M along the way, most recently a Series E in September 2023.
About
Mapbox sells APIs and SDKs that let businesses build custom mapping and navigation features into their apps. Its tools are used by developers to add location tracking, routing, and geospatial visualization to applications.
The company has nearly 1,000 employees and attracts talent from major tech firms, with Amazon and AWS being the top sources. Its $614M funding suggests strong investor confidence in location-based services despite being founded in 2011.
Founders and leadership
Engineering makes up the largest department with 271 staff. The company has a median tenure of 2 years, indicating moderate retention in the competitive mapping space.
The Mapbox org chart
Peter Sirota (Chief Executive Officer) leads 59 mapped leaders with 10 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 406 (+14% YoY), Information Technology 152 (+6% YoY), Sales 57 (+16% YoY), Arts and Design 46 (+5% YoY), Human Resources 40 (-7% YoY), Program and Project Management 30 (+15% YoY).
Talent flow
Mapbox hires heavily from Amazon (39 alumni) and AWS (29), with EPAM and Microsoft also being key sources. Alumni most often move to Google (17), Watershed (16), and Meta (13).
Most common previous employers of Mapbox staff: Amazon (39), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (29), EPAM (27), Microsoft (17), Yandex (16), Apple (14). Former Mapbox employees most often moved to Google (17), Watershed (16), Meta (13), Amazon (9), Capital One (8), Salesforce (7).
Alumni worth knowing
The Mapbox mafia
47 Mapbox alumni have founded companies, including SimForge (30 staff), OneSolve (27), and LGND AI (24). Belarusian universities dominate their education pipeline, with 34 from Belarusian State University.
47Prafulla P., was Head of IT, Security & Enterprise Applications (CIO Scope) until 2024Bruno Sanchez-Andrade Nuño, was Science Advisor until 2020Maksim Bakanau, was Deputy Director / Operations manager until 2022Alexander Matveenko, was Belarus country head until 2018Philip Smart, was Product Management Intern until 2019
Seth Kimmel, was Software Engineer until 2021
Adam Koeppel, was Product Manager until 2019
Scott Farley, was Team Lead, Search until 2021
Tom MacWright, was Engineer until 2017
Lukas Martinelli, was Engineering Director & General Manager for Search, Data Services, Navigation until 2024
Yuzhe Yan, was Software Engineer until 2020
Paul Veugen, was VP of Product Marketing until 2018
Tamim Ahmed, was Technical Support Engineer until 2019
Zach Blank, was General Manager, Straightaway until 2021
Dan McSwain, was VP Brand Marketing until 2019
Heidi M., was Global, Senior Human Resources Business Partner until 2025
Kajari Ghosh, was Backend Engineer until 2019
Divya Sharma, was Senior Director of Global Revenue Strategy & Operations until 2023
Peter Sullivan, was Corporate Sales until 2019
Andrew Muzychuk, was Senior Salesforce Engineer until 2020
Peter Wheeler, was Government Marketing & Sales Enablement Consultant - Mapbox until 2019
Johnny Austin, was Engineering Director, Navigation until 2019
Jimmy Dendrinos, was Driving Data Collector for Mapbox until 2017
Andrei Mikhalenia, was Software Engineer until 2023
Kevin McMahon, was Marketing Operations Manager until 2021
Alex Shefrin, was Business Development & Strategy Lead | APAC until 2022
Shuba Swaminathan, was General Manager, Directions until 2021
Craig Lindahl, was Sales until 2019
Garrett Miller, was Labs until 2015
Will W., was Founding Team until 2024
Kate Jester, was Head of HR until 2022
Jeff Butler, was Product & Engineering Leadership until 2022
Khaya L., was Staff Accountant until 2021
Ramakanth Vanga, was Staff Data Engineer until 2023
Firdavs Abdunazarov, was Product Manager, Logistics until 2023
Shelby Coder, was Account Executive - Government until 2018
Yuma Tsukura, was Director of CEO Office, Mapbox Japan until 2025
Mathias Holzmann, was Special Projects until 2016
Sadie Wilhelm, was Analytics - Data Engineering until 2018
Jody Willson, J.D., Post-Bacc Psychology, was Corporate Attorney and Global Employment Law Director until 2018
Justyna Janczyszyn, was Platform Engineer until 2020Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 49% direct, 31% search, 3% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Mapbox: Python (Programming Language) (337), SQL (273), JavaScript (264), Git (249), C++ (224), Java (210), Software Development (209), Linux (192).
Where the team actually sits
Mapbox people are concentrated in Minsk, Belarus (81), Uusimaa, Finland (60), California, United States (35), District of Columbia, United States (20).
Search footprint
Mapbox attracts about 39,160 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $245K a month if bought through ads. It gained 4,779 ranking keywords and lost 3,069 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.90 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.50 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.10 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.20 / 5
Frequently asked
Mapbox has 979 employees as of September 2026.
Mapbox has raised $614M in total, most recently a Series E round in September 2023.
Peter Sirota (Chief Executive Officer) sits at the top of Mapbox's reporting structure, with 10 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Mapbox staff are Amazon (39 people), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (29 people), EPAM (27 people).
Former Mapbox employees most often move to Google (17), Watershed (16), Meta (13).
At least 47 companies have a founder who previously worked at Mapbox, including SimForge, OneSolve, LGND AI.
Mapbox attracts about 39,160 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $245K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Mapbox staff are Python (Programming Language), SQL, JavaScript, Git, C++.
Mapbox staff are concentrated in Minsk, Belarus (81), Uusimaa, Finland (60), California, United States (35).
Mapbox has about 406 people in Engineering, up 14% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Mapbox has about 152 people in Information Technology, up 6% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 585 current and 888 former Mapbox profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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