ALSO.
Senior Cloud Backend Developer
$182K–$215K
Palo Alto · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 9, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years; includes at least one experience with the full lifecycle of managing remote devices.
About the job
Build and scale cloud backend infrastructure, APIs, and connected-device services for ALSO’s electric vehicle fleet.
What you'll do
- Architect and implement secure, scalable IoT and cloud systems, including APIs, data services, and integrations.
- Improve reliability, security, observability, and deployment readiness, including high availability and geographic redundancy.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to technical decisions, hiring, and engineering practices.
What they ask for
- 8+ years building and scaling backend systems, including at least one full lifecycle managing remote devices.
- Ability to design, ship, and operate production systems from scratch.
- Strong knowledge of API design, schema design, data exchange, event-driven architecture, and message queueing systems.
- Experience with authentication/authorization protocols; familiarity with IoT protocols, device lifecycle management, and telemetry pipelines.
Nice to have
- Experience in Fleet Management.
Pay
USD $182,500 - $215,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
REST/GraphQL, gRPC/JSON-RPC, Kafka, Redis, SQS/SNS, OAuth2, OID, JWT, SAML
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