Software Engineer, Backend

Tensec is looking for an experienced Software Engineer to develop and architect our banking core platform, which encompasses technologies such as Real Time Payments, Bank-as-a-service, OCR, Machine Learning, and more.  As part of the team, you will not only be an employee but also a cornerstone of our company. You'll have a direct hand in shaping the trajectory of our startup, building the product from the ground up, and setting the technical direction for our future. This role is for those driven by the thrill of creating something new, the excitement of uncertainty, and the ambition to redefine an industry.

About the role

Location: Palo Alto, CA

Positions in our hubs are hybrid and include core working days of Tuesday and Wednesday in the office. We provide flexible work options based on distance from our hubs. Tensec believes in the power of face-to-face, personal connection. As a result, we prioritize in-person candidates.

As a software engineer, you would expect to:

• Play a foundational role in designing, developing, and maintaining our banking core platform.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to translate our vision into a tangible product.

• Develop secure, clean, reliable, thoroughly tested, well-documented code across the backend tech stack, including the infrastructure.

• Define and implement best practices and strategies regarding application development from scratch, including testing, deployment, and monitoring.

• Prototype quickly but also focus on scalable and maintainable solutions.

• Proactively monitor, identify, and resolve issues in our product environment to ensure our system runs securely and reliably.

• Work with people across time zones and regions effectively.

To thrive in this role, you have:

• Professional experience in software development, with hands-on expertise in end-to-end backend development, including API development and database design.

• Proven experience with popular frameworks; Node.js or comparable is a plus.

• Hands-on experience with modern cloud platforms, CI/CD, and monitoring tools.

• A technology and language stack-agnostic mindset with the versatility to quickly adapt and learn.

• Exceptional problem-solving skills and an entrepreneurial spirit.

• Passion for deep involvement in product development.

• Strong empathy for our customers and a user-centric mindset and a fervent passion for elevating user experience.

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to interact with a diverse team and stakeholders.

• Experience or strong desire to work in early-stage startup environments.

• Prior fintech industry experience.

Perks & benefits

• We comply with the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, and our rewards philosophy includes fair, equitable, geo-based compensation that is performance- and potential-based. Our compensation packages are competitive based on robust market research and are a combination of a cash salary, equity, and benefits.

• Equity options: As a software engineer, you'll have a stake in our future success.

• Tensec is a developmental organization. We are organized around the simple but radical conviction that we will best prosper as a company when we are collectively aligned with our people’s professional growth, and we weave our people’s development into the daily fabric of our operations. We will invest and expect you to dedicate time to coach, mentor and be mentored and to technical subjects and courses of use to your professional growth.

• Paid time off every year, which we also highly encourage you to take.

• Medical, dental, and vision plans.

• Mental health coverage.

• Volunteer days and opportunities.

• Team meetups and events.

Tensec is a diverse and inclusive company committed to growing a diverse and inclusive team. We invite people of all backgrounds and identities to apply. We do not discriminate based on gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, race, religion, age, national origin, citizenship, disability, pregnancy status, veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by US federal state or local laws, or the laws of the country or jurisdiction where you work. Additionally, we encourage everyone to share which pronouns you wish for us to use when addressing you (i.e., she/her, he/him, they/them).