Tenex Engineer · 2 days ago
Backend Engineer (Database / OLAP Focus)
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$150K/yr - $200K/yr
2+ years expTenex Engineer is a YC-backed company helping enterprise brands transition to AI search. They are seeking a Backend Engineer with a strong focus on databases and data-intensive systems to own the data foundation and scale core workflows.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Build core backend platform features that serve enterprise customers and fast-growing tech companies
Design clean data models and write high-performance SQL for large datasets (millions+ of rows)
Own data architecture decisions across Postgres + OLAP storage/processing
Improve latency and reliability through indexing, partitioning, query tuning, and caching strategies
Build durable business logic for long-running processes (monitoring → detection → action → audit trail) using workflow orchestration (Temporal-style)
Partner with product/GTMs to translate messy business problems into scalable technical implementations
Contribute to architectural and tech choices as the system scales
Qualification
Required
2–10 years backend engineering experience with a strong database focus
Excellent SQL skills and intuition for performance tradeoffs (query plans, indexing, schema design)
Strong problem-solving and analytical ability
High agency: you take ownership, move fast, and thrive in ambiguity
Comfort building robust systems that scale (observability, retries, idempotency, failure modes)
Preferred
Experience with OLAP databases (or analytics-heavy data systems)
Temporal / durable workflow orchestration experience
Familiarity with marketing tech / CMS / analytics domains
Comfort collaborating across the stack (TypeScript / Next.js familiarity is a plus)
Distributed systems knowledge: queues, backpressure, caching, consistency tradeoffs
Benefits
Equity
Visa sponsorship (limited)
H‑1B transfers OK
Company
Tenex Engineer
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase