TENEX.AI

Staff Software Engineer

TENEX.AI

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

AWSCloudCyber SecurityDistributed SystemsDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaScriptKubernetesMySQLNext.jsPostgresPythonReactTypeScript

About the role

  • Own and drive architectural decisions for core systems and services, balancing speed, scalability, and security.
  • Lead design and development of distributed backend systems, APIs, and integrations.
  • Provide technical leadership across the stack, from backend services to frontend applications.
  • Mentor, coach, and up-level engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and pairing.
  • Collaborate with product, design, and leadership to shape technical roadmaps.
  • Identify and address cross-cutting concerns such as observability, reliability, and performance.
  • Champion engineering best practices, ensuring code quality, testing, and maintainability.
  • Stay ahead of industry trends in AI, automation, and security, bringing innovative approaches into our platform.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including leadership in designing and scaling complex systems.
  • Strong foundation in software engineering principles and distributed systems.
  • Expertise in at least one backend language such as Go, Python, or equivalent.
  • Experience with modern frontend frameworks (React, Next.js, TypeScript, or similar).
  • Proficiency with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or equivalent).
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical direction and mentor other engineers.
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
  • Experience with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes (desired).
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines (desired).
  • Exposure to AI/ML concepts and technologies such as Prompt Engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT), and Vector Databases (desired).
  • Experience working in an early-stage startup environment (desired).
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
  • GCP certifications such as Professional Cloud Developer or Professional Data Engineer are a plus.