5 months ago
New York, NY, USAMid Level / Senior
Base Salary
$180k - $180k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own client-facing software features end-to-end, including architecture, implementation, deployment, and collaboration with client engineers.
- Build and ship AI agents and workflows that operate in production and deliver measurable business outcomes.
- Use agentic coding tools to improve development throughput and quality.
- Ramp into unfamiliar client codebases and technology stacks.
- Design reliable, auditable agent systems that keep humans involved where appropriate.
- Share workflow improvements across engagements and contribute to firm-wide engineering practices.
- Partner with Strategists, Solution Architects, client engineering teams, and external partner teams.
Requirements
- 3 to 8 years of experience building and shipping production software end-to-end.
- Track record of turning complex problems into clean, scalable systems.
- Experience using AI and agentic coding tools as a core part of the development workflow.
- Ability to learn unfamiliar codebases and become productive with limited hand-holding.
- Ability to manage parallel workstreams across multiple clients while maintaining clarity and quality.
- Strong collaboration, knowledge-sharing, prioritization, and operational discipline.
- Public artifacts such as open-source contributions, widely used side projects, blog posts, or talks on applied AI engineering are a bonus.
- Experience shipping a production agentic system end-to-end, rather than only a proof of concept, is a bonus.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical coverage with PPO and HSA options, plus dental and vision insurance.
- HSA, Healthcare FSA, and commuter benefits.
- 100% employer-paid life insurance and AD&D coverage.
- 100% employer-paid long-term disability insurance.
- Responsible PTO with employees encouraged to take what they need.
- Work in person at the New York City office five days per week.
- Travel to client sites approximately once per month.
Tech Stack
Vercel
Categories
Forward Deployed
About Tenex
Tenex is an AI consulting firm that embeds cross-functional teams to design and deploy AI strategy, workflows, and applications for companies. It sells project-based and embedded services, pairing AI strategists with forward-deployed engineers to operationalize AI across functions, including for private equity portfolios. Founded in 2025 and headquartered in New York, the company is privately held.