Platform Engineering Lead — SDKs, APIs & DX

Tensec; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Tensec is seeking a Developer Platform Engineer to spearhead the development of its developer-facing platform. You will design and maintain SDKs for real-time Speech AI APIs, work on API contracts and documentation, and manage the developer portal.

This role requires strong engineering experience, particularly with developer tools and APIs. Ideal candidates should be comfortable with both frontend and backend development and have a proven track record of API design and developer experience focus.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 2 years on developer-facing products.
• Experience designing REST or WebSocket APIs from scratch.
• Ability to build full-featured applications in React and manage backend services.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain SDKs for real-time Speech AI APIs.
• Own the design of the public API surface including documentation.
• Build and evolve the web-based developer portal including API key management.

Skills

Software engineering experience

API design

SDK development

Full-stack development

Strong engineering taste

Job description

Tensec is seeking a Developer Platform Engineer to spearhead the development of its developer-facing platform. You will design and maintain SDKs for real-time Speech AI APIs, work on API contracts and documentation, and manage the developer portal.

This role requires strong engineering experience, particularly with developer tools and APIs. Ideal candidates should be comfortable with both frontend and backend development and have a proven track record of API design and developer experience focus.