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title: 'Principal Architect at Tenna'
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# Principal Architect at Tenna

- **Company:** Tenna
- **Location:** Nationwide
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-04-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/tenna/1d802720-7687-4ed0-9da3-dfdbea25530e

## Job description

Why Tenna? We take pride that our roots are in the construction industry. With this experience and knowledge, we have built a platform that revolutionizes construction equipment fleet operations. We provide innovative solutions to customers looking for competitive ways to better manage and track their assets, such as heavy and light equipment, large fleets, tools, and materials. At Tenna, we believe the best is right in front of all of us and that each day holds more potential than the one before. We believe that every new discovery can lead to something better than we thought possible. When we boil it down, the top five qualities that define the Tenna Team are quality-obsessed, gritty, continuous learners, collaborative problem solvers, and just plain awesome. Sound like you? Join us as we empower our customers to control their mixed assets on one comprehensive platform anytime, anywhere. Position Description We are looking for a Principal Architect to execute on the long-term technical direction of Tenna’s platform. As a Principal Architect, you’ll operate across teams to design scalable systems, guide architectural decisions, and ensure we’re building for both current needs and future growth. You’ll establish standards, lead design reviews, and ensure a high bar for technical quality across the organization, while providing hands-on guidance to solve complex challenges. Reporting to the CTO, you’ll partner closely with engineering leadership to ensure designs translate cleanly into what gets built and that those designs reflect real world constraints. You’ll play a central role in improving how reliably and efficiently we deliver software. We need a world class doer for this role, someone who can listen to a vision and personally drive the execution to make it a reality.

## Responsibilities

- Own the execution of the Executive Team's technical strategy, turning high-level goals into actionable milestones and scalable system designs.
- Lead by example by personally building prototypes, core libraries, and foundational projects that set the standard for how the rest of the team builds.
- Set and enforce technical standards, ensuring every design choice handles failure modes, scalability, and performance in our production environment.
- Run a rigorous design review process that prioritizes backward compatibility and solid verification for our data-heavy systems.
- Evolve our microservices (Node.js/EKS/AWS), focused on reducing technical debt and making the system run more efficiently as we scale.
- Partner with Product and Engineering to make sure requirements are crystal clear and that what actually gets built stays true to the original vision.
- Master the data lifecycle, from IoT ingestion to storage and processing, building the foundations that our teams will eventually own.
- Roll up your sleeves to implement observability and monitoring standards, ensuring our platform hits the highest possible bar for uptime.

## Qualifications

- 12+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- 4+ years of experience in an architectural leadership role (Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer, or equivalent) where you owned technical standards and design quality across multiple engineering teams.
- Experience turning high-level concepts into clear, documented patterns and designs that teams can implement independently—not just designing systems yourself, but enabling others to build them well.
- Deep expertise in distributed systems and microservices architecture, including operating and evolving a mature microservices environment (not just greenfield design).
- Strong hands-on experience with JavaScript and Node.js in service-based architectures. Our backend is built on Node.js microservices communicating via RabbitMQ and HTTP, running on AWS (EKS, Aurora PostgreSQL). You should be comfortable and opinionated in this stack, including API design, service boundaries, and asynchronous communication patterns.
- Strong data architecture experience, including designing systems that handle high-volume, real-time data (e.g., IoT or event-driven systems), and making tradeoffs across storage, processing, and access patterns
- Experience improving system reliability and performance at scale, including observability, monitoring, and fault tolerance.
- Demonstrated ability to influence across teams, driving alignment without relying solely on authority.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.

Benefits, Perks, & Additional Information:

- Full-time opportunity.
- Location: Remote - nationwide.
- Travel is required, 8 - 10%.
- Opportunities for growth and personal development within a highly dynamic team.
- Robust, low-cost benefit packages offered.
- Benefit coverage begins on the first date of employment.
- Paid Time Off and Volunteer Time Off offered.
- 401k match.
- Dependent Care offered.
- Employee referral bonuses.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Tenna is committed to building a diverse team. We welcome different perspectives and opinions to foster innovation, authenticity, and excellence across all parts of our company, and are committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.

## About Tenna

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Tenna provides a construction operations software and technology platform that goes beyond basic equipment tracking to connect every aspect of fleet management—from field to shop to office.
- **Entity Type**: Private (listed as a subsidiary of Deere & Company on LinkedIn) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tennaco)
- **Headquarters**: New Hope, Pennsylvania, United States (with an additional office in Edison, New Jersey) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tennaco) [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/tenna)
- **Founded**: 2015 (originally founded as BuildSourced, later renamed Tenna) [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed in available sources

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Construction technology, IoT/telematics, equipment fleet management, safety & compliance
- **Target customers**: B2B — mid-size to large-scale construction contractors, equipment fleet operators, and firms managing mixed (owned + rental) fleets [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
- **Mission/purpose**: To help contractors gain control over their mixed fleets through integrated hardware and software solutions that reduce costs, drive productivity, and increase profitability [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)

## Products & Services
- **Tenna Platform (Software Suite)**: Cloud-based construction fleet management platform with modules for Equipment Maintenance, Safety & Compliance, Construction Resource Management (requesting, planning, dispatching), Cost Codes, Mechanic Time Cards, Parts Inventory Management, and a Reporting Engine with construction-specific reports [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
- **TennaMINI GPS Tracker**: Ultra-small GPS hardware for tracking heavy equipment, replacing older TennaGO hardware [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
- **TennaCAM 2.0 (Heavy Equipment Camera)**: Dual-facing dash camera with AI technology for mitigating risk and monitoring driver behavior on construction jobsites; includes a first-to-market Safety and Operations Scorecard (launched May 2025) [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
- **TennaINTEL Smart Equipment Tracker**: Tracks equipment and also reads surrounding BLE-tagged assets [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
- **TennaBLE RT1 & Steel Puck SP2**: BLE beacons for tracking tools and miscellaneous small assets; SP2 launched April 2025 [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
- **Integrations & Ecosystem**: Integrations with Procore, Viewpoint Vista, Sunbelt Rentals, Boom & Bucket, and OEM telematics systems per ISO 15143-3 (AEMP 1.2/2.0) standards [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
- **Action QR**: Feature that shortcuts field workers directly to forms or screens to speed up daily recurring tasks [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue estimated at $3.5M (per LinkedIn company data) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tennaco)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Deere & Company (listed as parent company), Sunbelt Rentals, Procore, Viewpoint Vista (Trimble), Boom & Bucket [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tennaco) [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Serving 650+ customers [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
  - Headcount: 124 employees, up 16.7% YoY (+23 people) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tennaco)
  - LinkedIn followers grew 34.9% year-over-year [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tennaco)
  - Continuous product launches: Safety & Operations Scorecard (May 2025), Steel Puck SP2 (April 2025), TennaINTEL, Action QR, enhanced Reporting Engine — all in 2024–2025 [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
  - Expanding OEM integrations and rental house partnerships [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep industry roots**: Over 100 years of combined construction experience on the team — building technology as insiders, not outsiders [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
- **Integrated hardware + software suite**: Covers tracking, safety cameras, BLE asset tracking, maintenance, and resource management in one platform — beyond pure telematics [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
- **OEM-agnostic mixed fleet support**: Works with diverse fleets including owned and rental assets, with standards-based OEM integrations (AEMP 1.2/2.0) [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
- **First-to-market innovations**: Recent releases like the Safety & Operations Scorecard and the dual-facing heavy equipment camera demonstrate product leadership [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
- **Hands-on customer partnership**: In-house customer success teams travel onsite; strong communication and follow-through are core to their model [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)

## Strategic Focus
- **Expanding AI and safety capabilities**: Continued investment in AI-driven dash cameras, safety scorecards, and risk mitigation tools [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
- **Deepening integrations**: Growing partnerships with rental houses (e.g., Sunbelt Rentals) and OEMs to provide unified visibility across owned and rented assets [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
- **Enhancing operational planning tools**: Building out Construction Resource Management with scheduling, cost codes, and robust reporting [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
- **Extending asset tracking ecosystem**: Launching next-gen BLE beacons and trackers for tools and small assets to complement heavy equipment tracking [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)

## Why Work Here
- **Remote-friendly**: Many open roles are listed as Remote – Nationwide across the U.S. [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/careers/) [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/tenna)
- **Impactful mission**: Opportunity to directly improve construction safety, efficiency, and profitability through technology used in the field, shop, and office [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
- **Multifaceted team**: Roles span software engineering, product management, customer success, design, and more — with an emphasis on collaboration and industry expertise [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/careers/)
- **Commitment to DE&I**: Partnering with local community organizations and focused on building a diverse, equitable, inclusive team [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/careers/)
- **Benefits & support**: Competitive benefits including 401(k) and HSA, plus discount programs [tenna.com](https://www.tenna.com/careers/)
- **Culture & ratings**: LinkedIn employer rating of 3.1/5 (44 reviews) with compensation at 3.9/5, work-life balance 3.1/5, culture 3.0/5, and career growth 3.2/5 — best rated for compensation, with candid feedback from employees [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tennaco)

## Sources
1. [tenna.com — About Us](https://www.tenna.com/about-us/)
2. [tenna.com — Careers](https://www.tenna.com/careers/)
3. [jobs.lever.co — Tenna](https://jobs.lever.co/tenna)
4. [linkedin.com — Tenna](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tennaco)
5. [builtin.com — Tenna](https://builtin.com/company/tenna)

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