--- title: 'Software Engineer, Backend at Tessera Labs' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/software-engineer-backend-tessera-labs-san-jose-nx7448h2khsx' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # Software Engineer, Backend at Tessera Labs - **Company:** Tessera Labs - **Location:** San Jose, CA - **Compensation:** $180k–$250k - **Employment:** full-time - **Posted:** 2026-08-24 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/tessera-labs/0e719bf0-e1ef-4cad-ae3b-c16ab4e08307 ## Job description At Tessera Labs, we’re revolutionizing business process automation with cutting-edge AI technology. Backed by Foundation Capital and led by a world-class founding team, we’re building a high-impact engineering group to bring AI-powered automation to the enterprise world. Our multi-agent AI systems transform complex business workflows—eliminating inefficiencies, optimizing operations, and enabling seamless integrations across platforms like SAP, Salesforce, and Workday. We move fast, solve hard problems, and build at the bleeding edge of AI. ## About the Role We’re looking for a Backend Engineer (Mid-Level) who thrives in a fast-paced, high-ownership startup environment. You’ll help design, build, and maintain the backend systems that power Tessera’s AI automation platform — including scalable APIs, data pipelines, and integrations with enterprise systems. This role is hands-on and ideal for someone who enjoys building distributed systems, solving challenging backend problems, and contributing to architectural discussions in a collaborative, fast-moving team. ## Key Responsibilities Core Development - Design, develop, and maintain RESTful APIs and backend services using Python (FastAPI, SQLAlchemy). - Build reliable microservices that support data processing, automation, and AI system integrations. - Implement and optimize database schemas, queries, and caching for performance and scalability. - Contribute to data pipelines and synchronization services across enterprise integrations. AI & Systems Integration - Connect backend services with AI model servers, vector databases, and automation workflows. - Enable smooth data exchange between AI agents and enterprise systems like Salesforce, SAP, and Workday. Scalability & Reliability - Identify and fix performance bottlenecks in backend code and databases. - Implement caching, monitoring, and logging to ensure system reliability and observability. - Collaborate with DevOps to deploy and maintain cloud-based services on AWS or GCP. Security & Quality - Implement secure authentication and authorization (OAuth2, RBAC, SSO). - Follow best practices in code quality, testing, and documentation. - Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving backend architecture. Collaboration & Ownership - Work closely with frontend, AI, and product teams to deliver new features. - Take initiative in identifying improvements and building practical, scalable solutions. - Balance speed and long-term scalability in a fast-moving environment. ## Qualifications - 3–5 years of backend development experience with a focus on APIs, distributed systems, or cloud infrastructure. - Proficient in Python, with experience using FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, or similar frameworks. - Experience with PostgreSQL/MySQL and data modeling best practices. - Familiarity with Redis, message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pub/Sub), and asynchronous processing. - Experience with cloud storage solutions such as AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, or Azure Blob Storage. - Understanding of API authentication, security, and scalability principles. - Strong debugging, testing, and performance optimization skills. Bonus Points - Experience integrating AI/ML models into backend systems. - Familiarity with event-driven architectures or workflow automation systems. - Prior experience in startups or high-growth tech companies. No third party may recruit, solicit candidates, publish job opportunities, use Tessera Labs’ name or branding, or represent that they are acting on behalf of Tessera Labs without prior written authorization. Any such activity conducted without explicit written consent is strictly prohibited. ## About Tessera Labs ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Tessera Labs provides a multi-agent AI platform that accelerates and de-risks enterprise ERP and critical systems modernization. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series A; $60M raised) - **Headquarters**: San Jose, California, United States (also listed as Palo Alto, CA) - **Founded**: 2024 - **Founders**: Kabir Nagrecha, Ph.D. (CEO) and Anirudh Sriram (CTO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Enterprise Software & AI – focused on ERP transformation and system integration. - **Target customers**: Large enterprises running SAP, Salesforce, Workday, Oracle, and other systems of record (B2B, Enterprise). - **Mission or purpose statement**: “Unifying the disparate pieces of the enterprise into a coherent whole” – making complex transformations faster, safer, and more cost-effective. ## Products & Services - **Tessera Platform (Multi-Agent AI)**: An AI-native, vendor-agnostic platform that automates data harmonization, code remediation, cross-system orchestration, and governance for ERP and connected systems. It compresses modernization timelines from years to weeks and reduces costs by more than half. [tesseralabs.ai](https://www.tesseralabs.ai/) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Total funding raised: $60M in Series A (May 2026). [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/tessera-labs) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) led the Series A, with participation from Foundation Capital, Osage University Partners, Myriad Venture Partners, and A16Z GAMES. Key strategic advisors include Abdul Razack (EVP at Aon, ex-Google Cloud) and Prakash Gupta (founding CRO of Turing). [tesseralabs.ai/about](https://www.tesseralabs.ai/about) - **Growth Signals**: 35 employees with 4% monthly headcount growth; 38 active job postings (up 46.2% MoM); proven in $250M+ programs and regulated industries; Series A raised just one month ago (May 2026). [linkedin.com/company/tesseralabsai](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tesseralabsai) ## Competitive Advantages - **Vendor-agnostic platform** that works across SAP, Salesforce, Workday, and Oracle – avoiding lock-in unlike ERP vendor tools or point solutions. - **Pre-trained on thousands of enterprise landscapes** and backed by deep expertise (founders and leadership have backgrounds at SAP, Oracle, Google, Stanford AI Lab). - **Governance-first design**: every action is logged and traceable, built for regulated industries and audit compliance. - **Speed vs. incumbents**: compresses timelines by ~90% compared to traditional system integrators, and costs by more than half. ## Strategic Focus - **Current priorities**: Scaling the enterprise customer base, deepening multi-agent AI capabilities, and expanding the partner ecosystem. Hiring heavily across engineering, product, and consulting to support rapid go-to-market. - **Direction for growth**: Continue to displace legacy system integrators and internal IT teams with an AI-first, governed approach to ERP modernization. Target large-scale SAP S/4HANA migrations, CRM/HCM harmonizations, and connected-system orchestration. ## Why Work Here - **Culture highlights**: Described as “enterprise serious, AI forward” – a blend of deep enterprise gravity and cutting-edge AI research. Team includes PhDs, ex-Google/Microsoft/Netflix engineers, and former SAP directors. - **Remote/hybrid/office policy**: Not explicitly stated, but headquarters in San Jose (CA) and Palo Alto, and job postings suggest a mix of on-site and remote flexibility (e.g., multiple backend engineer roles, a Technical Program Manager). Expect hybrid with a strong in-office core. - **Notable perks or engineering culture**: Working on the frontier of enterprise AI with real-world impact on massive transformation projects. Opportunity to shape a new category of software. Leadership includes one of UC San Diego’s youngest PhDs and a YC alumnus. - **Open technical roles**: Backend engineers, data engineers (ERP data harmonization), DevOps, product design, SAP consultants – 38 open positions as of mid-2026. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/tessera-labs](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/tessera-labs) ## Sources 1. [tesseralabs.ai](https://www.tesseralabs.ai/) 2. [tesseralabs.ai/about](https://www.tesseralabs.ai/about) 3. [linkedin.com/company/tesseralabsai](https://www.linkedin.com/company/tesseralabsai) 4. [cbinsights.com/company/tessera-labs](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/tessera-labs) 5. 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