ALSO is looking to solve global mobility challenges by creating vertically integrated, small EVs. The specific business problem for this role is to lead the development of an end-to-end navigation experience from the ground up, creating intelligent, vehicle-specific routing and real-time, on-vehicle navigation that does not currently exist in the market.
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→1 product environment.
- Deep understanding of real-time or near real-time system design—especially in latency-sensitive use cases.
- Extensive experience with mapping and navigation platforms and integration (e.g., Google Maps APIs, Mapbox, HERE, TomTom)
- Excellent technical judgment and a system design mindset that balances robustness, performance, and maintainability.
- Familiarity with BLE, GPS, and/or hardware-software interfaces
Responsibilities
- Own the implementation of our flagship navigation experience, from routing to rendering.
- Integrate with external mapping/navigation APIs to power route planning, turn-by-turn directions, and rich map metadata.
- Collaborate with firmware, mobile, and product teams to define the navigation system interface between bike hardware, the mobile app, and cloud services.
- Design robust, low-latency APIs and cloud systems that handle location, routing logic, vehicle-specific optimizations, and data synchronization.
- Enable critical edge cases like offline fallback, route recalculation, device reconnects, and display rendering on constrained hardware.
- Work alongside the firmware engineer to define BLE protocols and vector graphic rendering constraints for the bike’s microcontroller-powered display.
- Shape our engineering culture and development practices through documentation, mentoring, and hands-on leadership.
Other
- Comfort working cross-functionally with firmware, mobile, and product stakeholders.
- Strong communication and documentation skills.
- Flexible time off.
- Robust health coverage. Excellent health, dental and vision insurance covered up to 100% by ALSO with FSA & HSA options.
- One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates.
