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title: 'Team Lead, Software Engineering at Tenna'
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# Team Lead, Software Engineering at Tenna

- **Company:** Tenna
- **Location:** Nationwide
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2022-09-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/tenna/c72caf2d-2193-42ab-86eb-b6c844d31187

## 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 Tenna seeks a Software Team Lead to enhance our connected equipment solution. In this role, you'll lead a skilled feature-driven development team, actively contribute to our collaborative development process, and influence the future of connected equipment through innovative code design and implementation. With a passion for IoT, you'll delve into innovative possibilities and embrace the latest technologies. If you are excited to mentor and inspire a team, design cutting-edge solutions, and solve complex challenges - Apply now!

## Your Responsibilities

- Leads and provides technical mentorship and direction to a small team of software engineers.
- Conducts pull request reviews to ensure security, stability, performance, and readability.
- Actively manages the development process for the team, scoping and defining work regardless of perceived ambiguity or degree of clarity.
- Writes lots of bug-free, efficient, scalable, and reusable code.
- Designs and develops components and features with performance and scalability in mind.
- Builds APIs and web applications that can handle complex data efficiently.
- Unit tests and takes responsibility for the quality of your own code and the code of your team.
- Decomposes monolithic applications into more modern microservices.
- Provides input on our architecture, databases, and APIs.
- Consults with product managers to define, scope, and plan new features.
- Works with QA to ensure that cohesive, quality, usable solutions are produced.
- Tests, evaluates, and recommends technologies to improve our overall solutions.
- Is a key participant in our agile development process.
- Produces excellent documentation.

## Qualifications

- 12+ years of professional development experience.
- 2+ years’ experience successfully providing technical direction to engineers.
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science required or equivalent experience.
- Intimately familiar with the fundamentals of computer science and software architecture.
- Substantial experience with React.js, JavaScript and HTML/CSS.
- Substantial experience with web development in at least one of Java, C#, or Python.
- Substantial experience with SQL; experience with NoSQL is a plus.
- Experience with Node.js, especially in microservices, is highly preferred.
- Experience with containerized application deployments, especially using Docker, is highly preferred.
- Experience with large-scale data systems is highly preferred.
- Has a passion for decomposing monolithic applications into more modern microservices.
- Experience with message queueing architectures, especially RabbitMQ, is preferred.
- Experience with Amazon Web Services, especially EC2, S3, VPC, Elasticsearch, and Kinesis.
- Any IoT experience is a huge plus.
- Can create designs and build an application from requirements and discuss with product and engineering stake holders.
- Experience executing products, features, or enhancements utilizing the full development lifecycle.
- Experience supporting production products.

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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