Golang Engineer: Cloud Platform

ABOUT TENKI We started Tenki on the belief that compute is the new digital oil. As global demand for compute power accelerates, scalable and tradable compute is set to become one of the most valuable markets of our lifetime. Our goal is to become the leaders in harnessing, refining, and trading compute-unlocking a new asset class for the world’s most important digital resource. Tenki connects producers of compute with a growing universe of consumers. Producers get transparent pricing, predictable settlement, and access to global demand. Consumers get simple, developer-friendly access to high-quality compute at competitive prices. We’re currently building the consumer side, starting with GitHub Actions, enabling developers to offload workflows directly through Tenki. Soon, we’ll expand to a broad suite of cloud services like Virtual Machines, Databases, AI Agents, and more. As we expand, our focus will broaden beyond consumers to include the supply side, enabling producers to offer compute through Tenki and later the development of financial instruments that support a more efficient and tradable compute market. ABOUT THE ROLE We are looking for a Golang Engineer to join a small but talent dense team building the future of compute markets. Although the role is remote, we need team members who can reliably work within our core time zones in LATAM (GMT-3) or the Philippines (GMT+8), and you should be fully comfortable communicating in English across our globally distributed team. This Position will report to the Tenki Engineer Manager. In this role, you’ll help build the core infrastructure that powers Tenki’s. You will: - Architect, maintain, and evolve our core gRPC API services, based on ConnectRPC - Design and operate a private, programmable microservices fabric that securely connects our microservices across the platform - Manage identity services on top of the Ory stack: Kratos, Keto, and Hydra - Develop DDoS mitigation strategies - anticipating and countering adversaries.

• Build high-performance Golang gRPC services from the ground up, built to scale to millions of users - and eventually billions.
• Define and implement infrastructure following immutable principles, enabling full tear-down, failover, and rapid reconstruction.
• Drive ideas from concept to reality by writing clear Engineering Requirement Documents and translating them into actionable plans and measurable outcomes.
• Collaborate with our Applications (TypeScript) and Platform teams to expose robust, well-designed APIs for internal and future external consumers.

• You live and breathe APIs: You have a strong track record of architecting and maintaining gRPC services (bonus points for ConnectRPC) and creating robust, documented contracts for internal and external consumers.
• You understand Identity & Auth: You have implemented or managed identity services (Ory stack: Kratos, Keto, Hydra, or similar OIDC/OAuth2 providers) and understand the complexities of securing user data.
• You have a "Systems" mindset: You aren’t just an application developer; you understand the underlying overlay networking (e.g., WireGuard, service mesh) that connects microservices securely.
• You build for resilience and security: You have experience anticipating adversarial behavior (DDoS) and implementing mitigation strategies, perhaps leveraging eBPF or traffic shaping techniques.
• You practice Immutable Infrastructure: You design systems where servers are cattle, not pets - enabling full tear-down, failover, and rapid reconstruction without manual intervention.
• You define the standard: You don't just write code; you drive the engineering process by writing clear Engineering Requirement Documents and translating abstract concepts into actionable technical plans.
• You implement with care: You build the monitors, define the error boundaries, and document operational expectations so that the platform remains maintainable by others long after you’ve pushed the code.
• You thrive in ambiguity: You can set direction in an early-stage environment where priorities shift and clarity must be created, not awaited.
• You bring grit and ownership: You dive deep into problems, ship pragmatic solutions, scale them as demand grows, and replace them when the time comes.

• Showcase concrete Go projects that emphasize concurrency and performance, preferably with gRPC examples.
• Include any experience with Ory or similar identity stacks in your résumé; detail the specific components you managed.
• Prepare to discuss a real incident where you designed or implemented DDoS mitigation or similar security controls.
• Demonstrate familiarity with immutable infrastructure by describing your workflow with containers, IaC, or GitOps.
• Highlight remote‑work discipline: time‑zone overlap, async communication tools, and reliable internet setup.
• During interviews, be ready to write a short Go function that could serve as a gRPC handler and explain its scalability considerations.
• If offered a compensation package, ask about equity vesting schedules and remote‑work allowances before accepting.