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Staff Software Engineer, Mapping

United States, Palo Alto 220000.00 - 250000.00 USD / Year · Job Posted February 20, 2026
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At Also, we’re reimagining how people move through the world—starting with the ride itself. This role is a rare opportunity to lead the development of our end-to-end navigation experience from the ground up. 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. You’ll collaborate closely with experts in firmware and mobile to bring a modern, thoughtful navigation solution to life. 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. You’ll work in a fast-moving, high-ownership environment where decisions you make today will shape the product and user experience for years to come.

Job Responsibility

  • 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

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
  • Comfort working cross-functionally with firmware, mobile, and product stakeholders
  • Strong communication and documentation skills

Nice to have

Familiarity with BLE, GPS, and/or hardware-software interfaces

What we offer

  • 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
  • 401(k) match
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