{"id":462082,"url":"https://alion.io/job/tenex-ai-senior-software-engineer","title":"Senior Software Engineer","company":{"id":177900,"name":"TENEX.AI","domain":"tenex.ai","url":"https://alion.io/company/tenex-ai","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Ashby","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":82,"open_postings":42,"ghost_share":0.214,"stale_share":0,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":70,"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"}},"role":"Backend","role_family":"Backend","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["San Jose, United States","Sarasota, United States","Kansas City, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":120000,"max":170000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":170000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":5,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"AWS","optional":false},{"name":"GCP","optional":false},{"name":"Go","optional":false},{"name":"MySQL","optional":false},{"name":"Next.js","optional":false},{"name":"PostgreSQL","optional":false},{"name":"Python","optional":false},{"name":"React.js","optional":false},{"name":"TypeScript","optional":false},{"name":"CI/CD","optional":true},{"name":"Docker","optional":true},{"name":"Edge AI","optional":true},{"name":"Google SecOps","optional":true},{"name":"JavaScript","optional":true},{"name":"Kubernetes","optional":true},{"name":"Prompt Engineering","optional":true},{"name":"RAG","optional":true},{"name":"SFT","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2025-09-09T21:42:43Z","employer_posted_date":"2025-09-09","last_verified_at":"2026-10-17T06:21:17Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":402,"trust":{"level":"ghost","repost_count":0,"flags":["stale","company_stale"],"days_open":402},"description":"Company Overview\nTENEX is an AI-native, automation-first, built-for-scale Managed Detection and Response (MDR) provider. We are a force multiplier for defenders, helping organizations enhance their cybersecurity posture through advanced threat detection, rapid response, and continuous protection. Our team is composed of industry experts with deep experience in cybersecurity, automation and AI-driven solutions. Backed by leading investors, we are rapidly growing and seeking top talent to join our mission of revolutionizing the AI-Native MDR landscape.\nWe're a fast growing startup backed by industry experts and top tier investors led by Crosspoint Capital Partners and also backed by Shield Capital, DTCP (formerly Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners), Deepwork Capital, and the Florida Opportunity Fund. Seed round led by Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). As an early employee, you'll play a meaningful role in defining and building our culture. Get in on the ground floor. We're a small but well-funded team that just raised a substantial round - joining now comes with limited risk and unlimited upside.\nWe are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our core engineering team. You will take ownership of major product and infrastructure initiatives, working across the stack to build scalable, reliable, and secure systems. In this role, you’ll balance being a strong individual contributor with providing technical guidance to peers, ensuring high standards in code quality, design, and execution.\nYou’ll collaborate closely with product and design teams, making key technical decisions and helping define how our platform evolves. This is an opportunity to work on challenging engineering problems in security, AI, and distributed systems, while growing into a leadership position as the company scales.\nLocation: This role will require Monday - Thursday onsite in any of our locations. WFH Friday.\nJob Responsibilities:\nDesign, develop, and deploy scalable backend services and APIs.\n\nBuild and maintain intuitive and performant frontend applications.\n\nTake ownership of projects end-to-end, from architecture through deployment and monitoring.\n\nCollaborate with product, design, and other engineers to define and implement new features.\n\nWrite clean, maintainable, and testable code.\n\nParticipate in design reviews and code reviews, raising the bar for engineering quality.\n\nTroubleshoot complex issues across the stack and ensure system reliability.\n\nContribute to improving engineering processes, tools, and team practices.\n\nStay current with emerging technologies and bring new ideas to the team.\n\nQualifications\nRequired:\n5+ years of professional software engineering experience.\n\nStrong understanding of software engineering principles and best practices.\n\nProficiency in at least one backend language such as Go, Python, or equivalent.\n\nExperience with at least one modern frontend framework (React, Next.js, TypeScript, or similar).\n\nStrong experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, or equivalent).\n\nFamiliarity with cloud platforms such as GCP or AWS.\n\nProven ability to take ownership of complex projects and deliver them end-to-end.\n\nExcellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.\n\nDesired (While experience in all is not required, any of the following would be a plus):\nExperience with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.\n\nExperience with CI/CD pipelines.\n\nExposure to AI/ML concepts and technologies, such as:\n\nPrompt Engineering\n\nRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)\n\nSupervised Fine-Tuning (SFT)\n\nVector Databases\n\nExperience working in an early-stage startup environment.\n\nEducation & Certifications\nBachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).\n\nGCP certifications such as Professional Cloud Developer or Professional Data Engineer are a plus.\n\nWhy Join Us?\nOpportunity to work with cutting-edge AI-driven cybersecurity technologies and Google SecOps solutions.\n\nCollaborate with a talented and innovative team focused on continuously improving security operations.\n\nCompetitive salary and benefits package.\n\nA culture of growth and development, with opportunities to expand your knowledge in AI, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies.\n\nIf you're passionate about combining cybersecurity expertise with artificial intelligence and have experience with Google SecOps and Chronicle, we encourage you to apply!\nWe practice pay transparency and reward performance. Offers reflect equity, experience, skills, education, and certifications. Base salary for this position in San Jose: $120,000 - $170,000","description_format":"text","description_chars":4661,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Equity"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Information Security","Incident Response","Managed Security","Cybersecurity AI"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-06T11:22:30Z"},{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-25T14:37:05Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":8,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.3,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":402,"expected_fill_days":70,"reasons":["conf:3","velocity","ghost","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-10-17T05:46:00Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":170000,"is_top_pay":false},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/tenex-ai-senior-software-engineer","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/tenex-ai-senior-software-engineer.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-17T08:22:36Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":11321,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-18T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":177900},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=177900"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Ftenex-ai-senior-software-engineer"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Ftenex-ai-senior-software-engineer"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Ftenex-ai-senior-software-engineer"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/tenex-ai-senior-software-engineer\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ftenex-ai-senior-software-engineer"}]}