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As a Backend Developer on the Also backend team, you will drive technical excellence and architectural decisions for our core infrastructure that delivers an excellent customer experience on Also’s flagship connected EVs. You’ll lead the evolution of our connected EV platform, from secure data ingestion to product facing APIs, and influence how we build and scale at Also. You balance speed and rigor, know how to scale systems, and thrive in fast paced 0→1 environments. The systems you build will power core product features and enhance our analytics and fleet intelligence capabilities.
Job Responsibility:
Contribute to the architecture and implementation of backend systems to support secure, scalable IoT infrastructure for our fleet of connected EVs
Drive improvements to core cloud infrastructure: API design, database schema, service interactions, event handling, observability, and deployment workflows
Contribute to shared services for API gateway, caches, schema upgrades
Build data and API integrations with external services and partner platforms
Strengthen security and privacy across the platform, including user authentication
Design and implement systems for high availability and geographic redundancy, ensuring reliability across global deployments
Ensure production readiness with automated testing, performance monitoring, and deployment safety
Partner with external agencies to scale team capacity effectively
Mentor engineers and contribute to technical decision-making, hiring processes, and engineering best practices
Drive and define a team culture of technical excellence, collaboration, and continuous learning
Requirements:
8+ yrs building and scaling back-end systems, including at least one experience with the full lifecycle of managing remote devices
Proven ability to design, ship, and operate production systems from scratch
Experience with AWS (e.g. Lambda, ECR/ECS, DynamoDB, S3, IAM)
Strong knowledge of API design (REST/GraphQL), schema design, and data exchange (gRPC/JSON-RPC)
Strong knowledge of event-driven architecture and message queueing systems (e.g. Kafka, Redis, SQS/SNS, pub/sub patterns)
Experience with authentication/authorization protocols (OAuth2, OID, JWT, SAML, mTLS)
Familiarity with IoT protocols (MQTT, CoAP), device lifecycle management, and telemetry pipelines
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