About Tekion:
Positively disrupting an industry that has not seen any innovation in over 50 years, Tekion has challenged the paradigm with the first and fastest cloud-native automotive platform that includes the revolutionary Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC) for retailers, Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC) for manufacturers and other large automotive enterprises and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) for technology and industry partners. Tekion connects the entire spectrum of the automotive retail ecosystem through one seamless platform. The transformative platform uses cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI to seamlessly bring together OEMs, retailers/dealers and consumers. With its highly configurable integration and greater customer engagement capabilities, Tekion is enabling the best automotive retail experiences ever. Tekion employs close to 3,000 people across North America, Asia and Europe.
We’re seeking a Senior Data Engineer with strong experience in the AWS ecosystem and SaaS platforms to design and build scalable, secure, and high-performance data pipelines. You’ll enable analytics, AI/ML, and product insights across large-scale data environments, collaborating closely with data scientists, product managers, and business teams.Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain AWS-based data pipelines (S3, Glue, Redshift, Athena, Lambda, Kinesis).
- Build and optimize data lake and data warehouse solutions for SaaS metrics and analytics.
- Implement ETL/ELT workflows using dbt, Airflow, or Step Functions or custom framework.
- Ensure data quality, governance, and lineage across the ecosystem.
- Integrate and process data from various SaaS sources (Salesforce, Stripe, Segment, etc.).
- Partner with AI/ML teams to enable model training, feature engineering, and real-time inference data flows.
- Monitor and tune performance for scalability and cost efficiency.
- 5+ years of experience in data engineering; 3+ years on AWS data stack.
- Proficiency in Python, Pyspark, SQL, and modern data frameworks (Spark, Glue, dbt).
- Strong understanding of SaaS data models, event streaming, and cloud-native architectures.
- Hands-on experience with data governance, security, and compliance (GDPR/SOC2).
- Familiarity with CI/CD, Git, and infrastructure as code (Terraform/CloudFormation).
- Experience with AI/ML pipelines, feature stores, or MLOps tooling.
- Exposure to Databricks, AWS EMR, or real-time analytics.
- AWS Data Analytics or Solutions Architect certification.
- Experience with data observability tools and modern SaaS data integrations.
Tekion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, victim of violence or having a family member who is a victim of violence, the intersectionality of two or more protected categories, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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What We Do
At Tekion, we believe that business applications don’t have to be boring. In fact, they should be simple, fun and cool! They should be as delightful to use as your favorite social or consumer application, yet powerful enough to seamlessly and efficiently run global businesses that provide unparalleled consumer experience without compromise.
Founded by visionary entrepreneur and innovator Jay Vijayan, we are building the world’s best business applications on the cloud starting with the automotive retail industry. We inherently use cutting-edge technologies like big data, machine learning/AI, and human computer interaction (voice, touch, vision, sensors and IoT). We are inventing new technology along the way to overcome barriers and solve big problems, all while having a blast doing it!
Our flagship product offering, Automotive Retail Cloud ™- an industry-first cloud-native retail platform, including all functionalities of a Dealer Management System (DMS) launched recently.
