THE MISSION THAT MOVES US

At Tensor Planet , we keep medium and heavy commercial vehicles on the road longer in mission-critical industries- waste management, construction, and agriculture. We help fleet owners cut breakdowns by up to 50% and lower repair costs by up to 30%. Backed by a venture accelerator, we are scaling fast across the $18B US market.

ROLE OVERVIEW

We are hiring an Engineering Lead to become the technical backbone of our engineering team. You will design and build scalable backend and data systems, own delivery end-to-end, and mentor a small team of engineers and interns. You work directly with our fractional CTO and report to the Founder/CEO.

This is a fully hands-on role at a fast-moving startup. You need to be comfortable operating in ambiguity, owning outcomes (not just tasks), and building things that did not exist before. Engineers from large enterprises who need fully defined specs and large support teams will not thrive here.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Design and own real-time data pipelines that ingest telematics and sensor streams from medium and heavy-duty fleet vehicles.
• Build and maintain scalable backend services processing high-frequency time-series data reliably in production.
• Drive DevOps practices: CI/CD pipelines, Docker-based deployments, infrastructure automation, and monitoring.
• Lead integrations with telematics and maintenance platforms and third-party APIs.
• Collaborate with the ML team to productionize predictive models and automate maintenance alert pipelines.
• Mentor engineers on code quality, design standards, and engineering practices; own sprint planning and technical roadmap with the CTO.
• Reduce onboarding time for new fleet customers from days to hours through platform automation and stability improvements.

WHO YOU ARE

• 10+ years of hands-on systems or backend engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a senior or lead role.
• Strong systems thinker: you reason about distributed systems, failure modes, and scalability trade-offs naturally.
• Proficient in Python (primary) plus at least one of Go, Rust, or Java; comfortable picking up new languages fast.
• Solid command of databases and queuing systems: PostgreSQL (or equivalent RDBMS), Kafka or similar message brokers.
• Hands-on with containerization and deployment: Docker, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure (AWS / GCP / Azure).
• Experience with workflow orchestration tools (Prefect, Airflow, or equivalent) is a strong advantage.

NICE-TO-HAVE

• Background in IoT, telematics, vehicle data, or any domain with high-frequency sensor or streaming data (such as industrial, logistics, fintech).
• Experience building integrations with third party APIs.
• Familiarity with ML model deployment, time-series analysis, or anomaly detection pipelines.
• Prior experience running technical hiring or mentoring junior engineers through steep learning curves.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Your decisions directly shape the product and the outcomes fleet customers see.
• Scale with a venture accelerator-backed startup as we scale up with speed.
• Competitive salary benchmarked to experience plus equity participation.

WHAT'S OUR CULTURE?

We dream big, move with urgency, learn from failures, and thrive on collaboration. We value transparency, curiosity, and the right attitude. 

Business context matters here- engineers relate to the customer problems they are addressing, not just solving technical challenges. 

Tensor Planet is an equal-opportunity employer building a team as diverse as the fleets we serve.

COME BUILD WITH US

If you are energized by hard infrastructure problems and want to see your work matter immediately, we want to hear from you. Email careers@tensorplanet.com with your resume, portfolio and a brief note on a system you built from scratch.