Full-Time

Principal Software Engineer

Tendo

Tendo

1-10 employees

Wearable robotic glove for grip assistance

Compensation Overview

$144.5k - $195.5k/yr

+ Equity + Bonus

San Diego, CA, USA

Remote

Category
Software Engineering (1)
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree (BS/BA) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or similar major OR equivalent professional experience or software development certification (including bootcamp)
  • 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
  • 2+ years in a team lead role, using Agile practices/processes
  • 2+ years professional experience developing Cloud Native applications/products on AWS, Azure, or GCP (AWS preferred) OR 2+ years professional experience with Go/Golang OR 2+ years professional experience with React + TypeScript
  • Strong ability to communicate development approaches and plans within and across teams
  • Professional experience with modern version control systems (e.g., Git) and tools (e.g., Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab)
Responsibilities
  • Lead a team of engineers responsible for architecting, building, documenting, testing, and debugging a large consumer-facing application with significant daily usage
  • Serve as technical owner and subject matter expert for one or more product areas
  • Collaborate closely with product owners and designers to understand user needs and lead the translation of wireframes and other requirements into technical requirements and detailed architecture
  • Help lead Agile processes including sprint planning, daily standups, demos, and retrospectives
  • Maintain relationships with other teams to help ensure consistency in some key areas like architecture
  • Learn and use Go and potentially other back end languages, along with technologies and frameworks like gRPC/Twirp, Ent, and various AWS technologies, to produce, modify, and maintain APIs, microservices, event streams/queues, and similar
  • Write automated tests for all code and use Behavior Driven Development practices
  • Write infrastructure as code using Serverless Framework
  • Perform code review and enhance team’s code review practices as needed
  • Provide expertise in Web, API, database, and/or cloud technologies and frameworks, including React, TypeScript, Go, gRPC, Twirp, Ent, Serverless Framework, and/or AWS technologies like EventBridge and Aurora
  • Provide guidance, mentorship, and subject matter expertise to other team members
  • Lead creation of technical documentation describing architecture decisions
  • Identify and evaluate new technologies and frameworks that may need to be added to our stack
  • Support and implement the latest standards in securing data to meet HIPAA requirements
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience working in a startup environment
  • Knowledge of the healthcare industry and HL7 standards like FHIR
  • Experience writing infrastructure as code using Serverless Framework
  • Experience with graph data modeling (i.e., using Ent)
  • Experience with event streaming frameworks (i.e., EventBridge)
  • Experience with gRPC/Twirp
  • AWS certification(s)

Tendo develops a soft exoskeleton in the form of a robotic glove that helps people grip and release objects. The device is worn on the hand and uses intelligent sensors to provide assistive grip strength, with control focused on one or two fingers to keep the glove light and wearable for daily use. By combining sensors, lightweight actuation, and a user-friendly form factor, it enables artificial strength both at home and in care settings. Compared with many competitors, it emphasizes a compact, low-weight design that targets minimal finger involvement, making it easier to wear and integrate into daily life, and it pursues a model that blends direct consumer sales with partnerships with healthcare providers. The goal is to improve independence and quality of life for people with physical disabilities or age-related limitations, offering accessible grip assistance through ongoing support and services.

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$360K

Headquarters

Lund Municipality, Sweden

Founded

2020

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Sigma Lundinova collaboration develops OneGrip for international markets.
  • Sunnaas Rehabiliteringssjukhus validates clinically for CE certification.
  • Novel tendon layout boosts glove stability and clenching forces.

What critics are saying

  • Naming confusion with Tendo.Tech diverts 20-30% search traffic now.
  • Talent poaching by Epic Systems depletes innovation edge in 6-12 months.
  • UnitedHealth Optum captures 40% employer contracts in 18-36 months.

What makes Tendo unique

  • Tendo's patented actuator uses artificial tendons for intuitive grip control.
  • OneGrip glove is 1/4 size and weight of competitor exoskeletons.
  • Involves only one or two fingers for truly wearable daily use.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Flexible Work Hours

Paid Holidays

Company Equity

401(k) Retirement Plan

401(k) Company Match

Wellness Program