Full-Time

Senior Data Engineer

IoT

Posted on 8/19/2025

ALSO

ALSO

201-500 employees

Designs compact electric micromobility vehicles

Compensation Overview

$165k - $220k/yr

Palo Alto, CA, USA

In Person

Category
Data & Analytics (3)
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Required Skills
Python
SQL
Machine Learning
Requirements
Responsibilities
  • Stand up the foundational data infrastructure, from ingestion through transformation to visualization
  • Collaborate and direct third party agencies, as well as a growing backend and data team to define and implement data schemas, ingestion flows, and warehouse structure
  • Build real-time and batch data pipelines for telemetry, event logs, ride data, and product usage metrics
  • Design and maintain data warehouses and/or lakehouse systems to support analytics, reporting, and machine learning use cases
  • Develop dashboards and internal tools to surface key insights for engineering, operations, and product teams
  • Write queries and conduct analyses to answer high-value business and product questions using data from connected devices and mobile app ecosystem.
  • Implement data governance, access controls, and privacy policies from the start
  • Monitor data integrity, pipeline health, and cost/performance metrics across the stack
  • Contribute to building a modern, collaborative data culture grounded in documentation and best practices as the team grows
Desired Qualifications
  • 6+ years of experience in data engineering roles with production infrastructure
  • Strong experience with AWS data services (e.g. Kinesis, SQS, S3, Glue, etc.) and commonly used data warehouse services (e.g. Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks, etc.)
  • Proven ability to work with IoT and time-series data, including schema design, rollups, and lifecycle management
  • Solid SQL skills and experience with Python or other scripting languages for data tooling and automation
  • Strong judgement in database architecture, for example, accounting for access patterns, consistency, and scaling requirements, as well as designing for the right level of application coupling.
  • Familiarity with event-driven systems, data normalization, and analytics for real-time products
  • Experience bringing up dashboards and visualization tools (e.g. Tableau, Looker, QuickSight, Grafana, or custom solutions) and extracting quick insights (Hex, Jupyter)
  • Understanding of data privacy and security best practices (e.g., PII handling, encryption at rest/in transit, IAM policy management)
  • Able to operate independently and prioritize for impact in a startup environment
  • Bonus: Experience with connected devices, mobility products, or usage-based analytics pipelines
  • Bonus: Exposure to ML pipelines, metrics instrumentation, and/or embedded data integrations

Also is a micromobility company spun out from Rivian Automotive in 2025 that designs compact electric vehicles for urban travel, including e-bikes, scooters, and small four-wheel models for consumer and commercial use. It follows a vertically integrated approach, developing electric motors, batteries, and software in-house to improve efficiency and design flexibility. Its Transcendent Mobility concept aims to make short trips more engaging and connected while reducing emissions. With Rivian retaining a minority stake and the founder serving as chairman of the board, Also plans to launch its first product in 2026 in the United States and Europe and pursues logistics and delivery applications to broaden urban mobility.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series C

Total Funding

$505M

Headquarters

Palo Alto, California

Founded

2025

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What believers are saying

  • DoorDash partnership develops autonomous delivery vehicles post-$200M Series C.
  • Amazon multi-year deal supplies TM-Q e-cargo quads for US and Europe fleets.
  • $1B valuation with $505M total funding accelerates 2026 TM-B and TM-Q launches.

What critics are saying

  • DoorDash's Dot robot captures Phoenix market before Also's 2026 autonomous launch.
  • Taiwan manufacturing faces US-China tariffs raising costs 20-30% within 12 months.
  • Regulatory bans in San Francisco and London block bike-lane autonomous vehicles by 2027.

What makes ALSO unique

  • Also's TM-B e-bike uses generator pedaling with software simulating natural cycling.
  • Transcendent Mobility integrates automotive engineering into micromobility vehicles.
  • Vertically integrated in-house motors, batteries, and software from Rivian spinoff.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Company Match

Flexible Work Hours

Family Planning Benefits

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

-10%

2 year growth

-16%
Ars Technica
Apr 16th, 2026
Also's generator-driven e-bike uses software to simulate — and improve — traditional cycling

San Francisco-based startup Also has developed an electric bicycle that completely reimagines the connection between pedaling and motion. When riders pedal the TM-B, they turn a generator, with software controlling how that power combines with battery output to drive a motor. The bike emerged from conversations with Rivian, the electric car company that helped launch Also. The startup designed most components in-house, including a custom motor housed in cast magnesium and a modular seating system that allows quick configuration changes. During testing, the bike felt natural during normal riding whilst automatically adjusting resistance and power during sudden acceleration, functioning like an automatic transmission. The system responds instantly to changes in pedaling force without requiring manual gear shifts. The TM-B will be manufactured in Taiwan using Also-owned equipment and trained staff.

The Next Web
Mar 31st, 2026
ALSO raises $200M Series C at $1B valuation

Rivian spinoff ALSO hits $1B valuation with a $200M Series C led by Greenoaks and a commercial partnership with DoorDash.

FySelf
Mar 31st, 2026
Rivian spinoff also plans to build autonomous delivery vehicles for DoorDash.

Rivian spinoff also plans to build autonomous delivery vehicles for DoorDash. By March 31, 2026 No Comments 3 Mins Read Also, a micromobility company founded within Rivian and spun out last year, will work with DoorDash to develop self-driving delivery vehicles, the companies announced Tuesday. As part of the deal, DoorDash participated in Also's $200 million Series C funding round led by previous investor Greenoaks Capital. DoorDash also has a seat on Also's board of directors. This raise brings Alsoo's total funding to $505 million and a valuation of more than $1 billion. The startup took off with a $105 million investment from Eclipse. Eclipse is also backed by Mind Robotics, an external industrial AI company that Rivian founded late last year. This also began in 2022 as an internal Skunk Works project at Rivian. As first reported by TechCrunch last year, the EV maker initially set out to make electric bikes and also worked with Jony Ive's design company LoveFrom. And while the company's first product is a high-end, funky-looking electric bike, it's also showing off designs for smaller, pedal-assisted delivery vehicles. Amazon, a major investor and partner in Rivian, ordered thousands of these delivery vehicles late last year. It also says it can carry more than 400 pounds while being small enough to fit in bike lanes. The deal with DoorDash marks the first time that Also will develop self-driving versions of small electric vehicles. Rivian founder RJ Scaringe and CEO Chris Yu told TechCrunch last year that almost any form factor was on the table, within practical limits. Rivian and Ars said micromobility startups not only leverage automakers' technology in their products, but also leverage their retail presence and economies of scale. It's also unclear whether it will take advantage of the autonomy technology Rivian is working on. tech crunch event San Francisco, California | October 13-15, 2026 Rivian currently plans to use a combination of cameras, ultrasonic sensors, radar, and eventually LIDAR to bring autonomy to its vehicles. And late last year, Rivian revealed it had developed its own custom silicon and autonomous computers to further enhance the self-driving capabilities of its vehicles. Scaringe has already hinted that Mind Robotics will use this chip, so it's possible that Also will use it as well. TechCrunch has reached out to both Rivian and Also and will update this article if they respond. DoorDash may handle self-driving technology. The company has its own autonomous division and has spent several years developing a robotic vehicle called Dot that is equipped with lidar, radar and camera sensors and can autonomously navigate roads, bike lanes and sidewalks. The brightly colored, cartoon-eyed vehicles can travel up to 20 miles per hour and make deliveries in the metro Phoenix area.

Bloomberg L.P.
Mar 31st, 2026
Rivian spinoff Also reaches $1B valuation with $200M funding, partners with DoorDash

Also, an electric bike and transportation startup spun out of Rivian Automotive, has raised $200 million in a funding round that values the company at $1 billion. The Palo Alto-based firm also announced a partnership with DoorDash to develop autonomous deliveries. The financing was led by existing investor Greenoaks Capital, with participation from Prysm and DoorDash. The deal marks a significant milestone for Also as it expands beyond electric bikes into broader transportation solutions. The DoorDash partnership will focus on autonomous delivery technology, leveraging Also's expertise in electric mobility.

Transport Topics
Jul 9th, 2025
Rivian-Backed Also Hits Unicorn Status With $200M Raise

A Rivian-backed startup developing small electric vehicles was valued at $1 billion in a new investment from Greenoaks Capital, according to people familiar with the matter.

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