ALSO
Senior Software Engineer, Mapping
Palo Alto · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$10k-$50kDetected 96 days ago
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About the role
- At ALSO, we're reimagining how people move through the world-starting with the ride itself.
- As one of our earliest engineering hires, you'll shape the cloud, mobile, and on vehicle architecture that powers intelligent, vehicle-specific routing and real-time, on-vehicle navigation that doesn't exist in the market today.
- This is a greenfield opportunity: no legacy systems, no entrenched technical debt-just the chance to architect a clean, scalable system using best-in-class tools.
Responsibilities
- Own the implementation of our flagship navigation experience, from routing to rendering.
- Collaborate with firmware, mobile, and product teams to define the navigation system interface between bike hardware, the mobile app, and cloud services.
- Deep understanding of real-time or near real-time system design-especially in latency-sensitive use cases.
- Excellent technical judgment and a system design mindset that balances robustness, performance, and maintainability.
Requirements
- Extensive experience with mapping and navigation platforms and integration (e.g., Google Maps APIs, Mapbox, HERE, TomTom)
Nice to have
- Familiarity with BLE, GPS, and/or hardware-software interfaces
Skills
- no legacy systems, no entrenched technical debt-just the chance to architect a clean, scalable system using best-in-class tools.
Compensation
- The salary for this position ranges from $165,000 to $210,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.
Benefits
- 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.
- Rich fertility and family building benefits with Progyny.
- Flexible time off.
Company info
- We're ALSO, an electric mobility company originally conceived as a part of Rivian.
- We're a passionate team of builders, dreamers, doers and innovators, focused on creating entirely new (not to mention, innovative and delightful) vertically integrated, small EVs designed to meet the global mobility challenges of today and tomorrow.
- Our mission is to inspire everyone to ride ALSO-replacing many local car, truck and SUV miles with ones on vehicles that are more affordable, more enjoyable and 10-50x more efficient.
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