Staff Business Applications Engineer, IT

Tenstorrent; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Tenstorrent in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a technical leader to own the architecture behind our core enterprise applications and integrations. You will drive strategy across ERP, CRM, SaaS platforms, APIs, and iPaaS solutions, balancing speed, reliability, and security while guiding teams and partners.

You will lead scalable, secure integrations, review cloud-based patterns, and manage system health, upgrades, and performance as the company grows, with offers aligned to experience levels.

Qualifications

• Experience owning architecture decisions for enterprise applications.
• Proven ability to lead middleware and integration across ERP, CRM, SaaS.
• Design of scalable, secure APIs and microservices.
• Experience managing performance, upgrades, and long-term health.

Responsibilities

• Own development and oversight for core business apps and integrations.
• Lead middleware and integration architecture across ERP/CRM.
• Design scalable, secure APIs and cloud-based integration patterns.
• Proactively manage performance and risk.

Skills

Technical leadership

Enterprise integration

API design

Cloud architectures

Tools

ERP systems

CRM platforms

iPaaS

APIs & microservices

Job description

Tenstorrent is leading the industry on cutting-edge AI technology, revolutionizing performance expectations, ease of use, and cost efficiency. With AI redefining the computing paradigm, solutions must evolve to unify innovations in software models, compilers, platforms, networking, and semiconductors. Our diverse team of technologists have developed a high performance RISC-V CPU from scratch, and share a passion for AI and a deep desire to build the best AI platform possible. We value collaboration, curiosity, and a commitment to solving hard problems. We are growing our team and looking for contributors of all seniorities.

This role owns the technical strategy and architecture behind Tenstorrent’s core business applications, from ERP and CRM to the integrations that connect everything together. The focus is on building scalable, secure systems and integrations that hold up as the company grows, while providing hands-on technical leadership across SaaS, middleware, and custom services.

This role ishybrid, based out of Santa Clara, CA.

We welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role. During the interview process, candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level, and offers will align with that level, which may differ from the one in this posting.

Who You Are

• Technical leader who enjoys owning architecture decisions and setting engineering standards.
• Comfortable moving between strategy and hands‑on execution across enterprise systems.
• Naturally collaborative, able to guide teams and partners through complex integration work.
• Motivated by building systems that scale cleanly and stay reliable under change.

What We Need

• Ownership of development, customization, and technical oversight for core business applications and integrations.
• Leadership of middleware and integration architecture across ERP, CRM, SaaS platforms, APIs, and iPaaS solutions.
• Design and review of scalable, secure APIs, microservices, and cloud‑based integration patterns.
• Proactive management of system performance, upgrades, risk mitigation, and long‑term technical health.

What You Will Learn

• How a fast‑growing technology company scales its enterprise application ecosystem end to end.
• How integration strategy shapes operational efficiency across finance, sales, and go‑to‑market systems.
• How to influence tooling, architecture, and standards across a diverse SaaS and cloud environment.
• How to balance speed, reliability, and security in a constantly evolving business systems landscape.

Compensation for all engineers at Tenstorrent ranges from $100k - $500k including base and variable compensation targets. Experience, skills, education, background and location all impact the actual offer made.

Tenstorrent offers a highly competitive compensation package and benefits, and we are an equal opportunity employer.

This offer of employment is contingent upon the applicant being eligible to access U.S. export‑controlled technology. Due to U.S. export laws, including those codified in the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), the Company is required to ensure compliance with these laws when transferring technology to nationals of certain countries (such as EAR Country Groups D:1, E1, and E2). These requirements apply to persons located in the U.S. and all countries outside the U.S. As the position offered will have direct and/or indirect access to information, systems, or technologies subject to these laws, the offer may be contingent upon your citizenship/permanent residency status or ability to obtain prior license approval from the U.S. Commerce Department or applicable federal agency. If employment is not possible due to U.S. export laws, any offer of employment will be rescinded.