ALSO.
Staff Cloud Backend Developer
$200K–$250K
Palo Alto · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jul 15, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years; must include at least one full lifecycle of managing remote devices.
About the job
Drives architecture and implementation of cloud backend systems powering ALSO’s connected EV platform, from secure IoT data ingestion to product APIs and fleet intelligence.
What you'll do
- Build and improve scalable IoT infrastructure, shared cloud services, APIs, databases, event handling, and integrations.
- Design for security, high availability, geographic redundancy, production readiness, and reliable deployment.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to technical decisions, hiring, and engineering practices.
What they ask for
- 10+ years building and scaling back-end systems, including at least one full lifecycle of managing remote devices.
- Proven ability to design, ship, and operate production systems from scratch.
- Strong experience with AWS and mastery of API design, schema design, and data exchange.
- Knowledge of event-driven architecture, message queueing, authentication/authorization protocols, and IoT protocols.
Pay
$200,000 - 250,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
AWS, Lambda, ECR/ECS, DynamoDB, S3, IAM, REST/GraphQL, gRPC/JSON-RPC
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