GoGoGrandparent (YC S16) is hiring back end engineers
We built GoGo for our own grandparents and were amazed to see it grow to touch the lives of hundreds of thousands of seniors across the United States and Canada. What shocked us then and it still does now, is that between 30 - 40% of our new signups have smartphones. When we called and asked a few, they told us that Uber and Lyft had 'stopped working' for them.
- ▪We built GoGo for our own grandparents and were amazed to see it grow to touch the lives of hundreds of thousands of seniors across the United States and Canada.
- ▪What shocked us then and it still does now, is that between 30 - 40% of our new signups have smartphones.
- ▪When we called and asked a few, they told us that Uber and Lyft had 'stopped working' for them.
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| Original publisher | Y Combinator |
| Canonical URL | https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/gogograndparent/jobs/2vbzAw8-backend-engineer |
| Publication time | Fri, 28 Aug 2026 03:35:15 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-08-28T04:25:44.256Z |
| Last seen | 2026-08-28T04:25:44.256Z |
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We built GoGo for our own grandparents and were amazed to see it grow to touch the lives of hundreds of thousands of seniors across the United States and Canada. What shocked us then and it still does now, is that between 30 - 40% of our new signups have smartphones. We didn’t understand why. When we called and asked a few, they told us that Uber and Lyft had 'stopped working' for them. After puzzling over that for months, we realized what the problem was. Managing transportation - on Lyft, Uber, cab companies, etc is not easy. It’s a ‘self-serve’ experience. The ride requester has to be aware of things like the driver cancelling, getting lost, the driver arriving, the driver not-quite-being-lost-just-down-the-street-a-couple-houses.
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