Senior Software Engineer, Mapping
ALSO
About the role
About ALSO.
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.
The Role
We’re seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Mapping, to help build and evolve our end-to-end navigation experience. The foundation is in place: a working routing stack, cloud services, and mobile and on-vehicle integrations. Now we need someone to take it further, shipping new features and closing gaps across every layer, from routing engine internals to the app in a rider’s hand to the bike’s display.
This is a hands-on, high-autonomy role for an engineer who moves comfortably across the stack and takes an ask from idea to production with minimal handholding. You’ll work closely with our firmware, mobile, algorithms/ML, and product teams, but you won’t be waiting on them. When something needs doing, you can do it.
What You’ll Do
Take navigation features and fixes end to end: building, testing, deploying, and supporting them in production.
Work across the stack as needed: C++ in our Valhalla-based routing engine, Python and JavaScript tooling and services, and Swift/Kotlin on iOS and Android.
Extend and operate our mapping and routing infrastructure, including map data pipelines, tile and routing services, and vehicle-specific routing behavior.
Build and maintain cloud services on AWS, including containers, storage, and deployments.
Work with firmware on BLE protocols and the bike’s constrained display, and dip into that layer when needed.
Handle real-world edge cases such as offline fallback, rerouting, device reconnects, and poor connectivity.
Partner with our algorithms/ML engineer on routing quality and data analysis.
Contribute to team practices through code review and documentation.
What You’ll Bring
Solid professional experience shipping production software.
Ability to learn and be productive in unfamiliar languages and layers of the stack. We value range over narrow specialization.
Working proficiency in several of: C++, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift, Kotlin, and Go.
Understanding of geospatial, mapping, and routing concepts (map data, tiles, routing graphs, map matching, geocoding). Experience with Valhalla, OSRM, or similar engines, or with Mapbox, HERE, TomTom, or Google Maps APIs, is a plus.
Hands-on AWS experience (compute, containers, storage) and comfort deploying and debugging your own services.
A track record of owning features end to end without close direction.
Good judgment on scope and tradeoffs, and a bias toward practical, working solutions.
Clear communication and documentation skills.
Bonus: Experience with BLE, GPS, embedded or firmware interfaces, GitLab CI/CD and runners, or mobile navigation apps.
The salary for this position ranges from $165,000 - $210,000 per year, depending on experience, qualifications, and location.
Perks & 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
401(k) match
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Why ALSO.
We’re passionate about helping the world find a better way to get there—wherever it is you’re headed.
We’re located in the heart of Silicon Valley and have brought together a world-class team from some of the biggest brands in the technology, automotive, cycling, outdoor recreation and retail spaces.
Together we’re working hands-on to imagine, design and build an entirely new solution to a global set of transportation challenges.
Responsibilities
- Build, test, deploy, and support end-to-end navigation features and fixes.
- Develop across the routing engine, cloud services, mobile apps, and vehicle display integrations.
- Extend and operate mapping and routing infrastructure, including map data pipelines and routing services.
- Build and maintain AWS services, deployments, and supporting infrastructure.
- Collaborate with firmware and algorithms/ML teams on device integrations and routing quality.
- Handle real-world navigation edge cases, including offline fallback, rerouting, and connectivity issues.
- Contribute to code reviews and documentation.
Qualifications
- Professional experience shipping production software.
- Working proficiency in several of C++, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Swift, Kotlin, and Go.
- Ability to learn unfamiliar languages and work across multiple layers of the stack.
- Understanding of geospatial, mapping, and routing concepts.
- Hands-on AWS experience and ability to deploy and debug services.
- Experience owning features end to end with minimal direction.
- Strong judgment, communication, and documentation skills.
- Mapping engine, mapping API, BLE, GPS, embedded, firmware, CI/CD, or mobile navigation experience is a plus.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance covered up to 100%, 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.
Skills mentioned
About ALSO
We’re ALSO, an electric mobility company on a mission to build the world’s best small vehicles for moving people and goods, driven and autonomous. Originally incubated within Rivian, we’re rethinking transportation from first principles to create a new generation of smaller, smarter, and more connected electric vehicles. Our team combines automotive rigor with advanced software, autonomy, sensing, and vertically integrated EV technologies to build products designed around the realities of modern mobility. We believe small vehicles are not a niche category, but a foundational shift in how people, goods, and communities will move through the world in the decades ahead. At ALSO, details matter. We’re builders, technologists, designers, and dreamers who care deeply about craft, innovation, and the everyday experiences our products create. Because movement is more than transportation—it’s connection, culture, freedom, and collective impact. We’re building that future now.
H-1B sponsorship history
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