Member of Technical Staff - Software Engineer
Role Summary
Join Tessl as a Software Engineer in London and contribute to innovative AI-native development. Exciting role in a fast-paced, dynamic startup environment.
Key Responsibilities
No two days will be the same at Tessl! You’ll have a high level of autonomy and be able to make decisions based on what you believe will help you deliver the most success. Here’s an insight into just a few of the things you would be doing:
- Design and implement new functionality that you discussed and reviewed with the product team
- Spin up a proof of concept to showcase an innovative idea you’ve been thinking about
- Rapidly prototype a new language integration for our code generation pipeline, then develop a plan for a scalable implementation.
- Pair with a designer to fine-tune interactions in the UI, CLI or existing AI coding agents, making the user experience more intuitive and slick
- Integrate a third-party service, e.g. for notifications, so we can focus our own cycles on Tessl’s core capabilities
- Collaborate with other teams to plan an architecture that supports collaboration across the platform
- Establish an end-to-end testing strategy to increase our confidence when deploying new features to production
- Share your technical vision for a new product capability you’ll be leading with the wider engineering team for feedback and alignment
Minimum Requirements
- Proven experience (typically 5+ years or equivalent) as a Software Engineer. You care about code modularity, structure and aesthetics and have firsthand experience in how software is built across teams and environments
- Equally comfortable contributing to a mature codebase with strict CI criteria or hacking up a quick prototype to prove/disprove an assumption
- Proven experience leveraging the best AI coding tools and agents to accelerate and enhance your own work and efficiency
- Comfortable with fast-paced, high-autonomy environments: you’ve ideally thrived in an early-stage startup before
- You have demonstrated usage of AI tools in your day-to-day work, and be excited about experimenting, learning, and harnessing the potential of new AI tools and approaches to transform software engineering
Working Conditions
Office: Our brand new 10,000 sq. ft office is in the AI hub of Kings Cross, London. We have generous catering and have regular social events such as team lunches, drinks and more. We require all staff to be in our London HQ at least 3 days a week on our anchor days of Monday, Tuesday and Thursday.
Salary: We offer a competitive salary based on experience and skills, benchmarked against industry standards.
Benefits: 25 days holiday, health insurance, including dental and vision, which extends to partners and dependents, as well as a company-matched pension. We also provide a commuting stipend for those who live outside London, and a cycle to work scheme.
Application Information
Here’s an outline of what you can expect during our interview process:
Throughout the process, if you have any specific requirements or need adjustments, please let us know: we’re happy to accommodate.
We care deeply about the warm, inclusive environment we’re building at Tessl and we value diversity – we welcome applications from those typically underrepresented in tech. If you like the sound of this role but are not totally sure whether you’re the right person, do apply anyway!
- Introductory Call
- Take-Home Exercise
- On-site Technical Session
- Culture Conversation
- Leadership Discussion
Eligibility Criteria
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