6 months ago
Base Salary
$165k - $210k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own implementation of the flagship navigation experience from routing through rendering.
- Integrate external mapping and navigation APIs for route planning, turn-by-turn directions, and map metadata.
- Define navigation system interfaces across bike hardware, the mobile app, and cloud services.
- Design low-latency APIs and cloud systems for location, routing logic, vehicle-specific optimization, and data synchronization.
- Support offline fallback, route recalculation, device reconnects, and display rendering on constrained hardware.
- Define BLE protocols and vector graphic rendering constraints for the bike’s microcontroller-powered display.
- Contribute to engineering culture and development practices through documentation, mentoring, and hands-on leadership.
Requirements
- Strong backend engineering experience in a production-grade environment, ideally using Golang and AWS.
- Proven ability to architect and ship complex systems in a fast-moving startup or 0-to-1 product environment.
- Deep understanding of real-time or near-real-time system design, especially for latency-sensitive use cases.
- Extensive experience with mapping and navigation platforms and integrations such as Google Maps APIs, Mapbox, HERE, or TomTom.
- Strong system design judgment balancing robustness, performance, and maintainability.
- Ability to work cross-functionally with firmware, mobile, and product stakeholders.
- Strong communication and documentation skills.
- Familiarity with BLE, GPS, and hardware-software interfaces is a bonus.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance covered up to 100% by ALSO, with FSA and HSA options
- One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates
- Fertility and family-building benefits through Progyny
- Flexible time off
- 401(k) match
About ALSO
ALSO builds small, efficient electric vehicles for moving people and goods in dense urban settings, with options planned for both driver-operated and autonomous use. The privately held company, founded in 2025 and headquartered in Palo Alto, was originally incubated within Rivian and follows a vertically integrated approach spanning vehicle hardware, software, and sensing, selling directly through demos, retail experiences, and community activations.