Senior Software Engineer, Mapping

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

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.

 

WHAT YOU WILL DO

- 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 case...