Senior Cloud Backend Engineer for Connected EV IoT Platform

ridealso; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

One Medical membership

Fertility benefits with Progyny

Flexible time off

401(k) match

Job summary

ALSO is an electric mobility company building fully integrated, small EVs to meet today’s mobility challenges. As a Senior Cloud Backend Developer, you will shape our core IoT platform, from secure data ingestion to customer-facing APIs, and scale systems for global deployments.

You will lead architecture decisions, strengthen security, and mentor engineers while partnering with external agencies to scale team capacity. The role is rooted in fast-paced 0→1 development with high-impact outcomes.

Qualifications

• 8+ yrs building and scaling backend systems, including remote devices
• Proven ability to design, ship, and operate production systems from scratch
• 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 (Kafka, Redis, SQS/SNS)
• Experience with authentication/authorization protocols (OAuth2, OID, JWT, SAML, mTLS)

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the architecture and implementation of backend systems for secure, scalable IoT infrastructure
• Drive improvements to core cloud infrastructure: API design, database schema, service interactions
• 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
• Ensure production readiness with automated testing, performance monitoring, and deployment safety
• Mentor engineers and contribute to technical decision-making

Skills

API design

Event-driven architecture

IoT protocols

Authentication/Authorization

Fleet Management (bonus)

Tools

Kafka

Redis

SQS/SNS

Job description

ALSO is an electric mobility company building fully integrated, small EVs to meet today’s mobility challenges. As a Senior Cloud Backend Developer, you will shape our core IoT platform, from secure data ingestion to customer-facing APIs, and scale systems for global deployments.

You will lead architecture decisions, strengthen security, and mentor engineers while partnering with external agencies to scale team capacity. The role is rooted in fast-paced 0→1 development with high-impact outcomes.