Hybrid Staff Software Engineer

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About the role

  • Staff Software Engineer leading technical decisions and architecture at TENEX, an AI-first cybersecurity startup. Join a core engineering team impacting the future of threat detection and response.

Responsibilities

  • 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 (a plus).
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines (a plus).
  • Exposure to AI/ML concepts and technologies (a plus).

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and benefits package.
  • Culture of growth and development, with opportunities to expand your knowledge in AI, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies.

Job title

Staff Software Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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