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.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and build scalable backend systems and distributed microservices.
- Own services end-to-end, including design, development, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
- Develop solutions for complex business workflows and enterprise applications.
- Collaborate with Product, QA, UI/UX, and engineering teams to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Drive system performance, scalability, reliability, and operational excellence.
- Lead architecture discussions and contribute to platform evolution.
- Troubleshoot production issues and drive root cause resolution.
- Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices.
- Deliver high-quality software in a fast-paced agile environment.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- 8–10 years of backend software engineering experience.
- Strong expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and object-oriented design.
- Hands-on experience with Microservices, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures.
- Strong understanding of system design, scalability, performance optimization, and fault tolerance.
- Experience with AWS, Kafka, MongoDB, MySQL, and ELK Stack.
- Good knowledge of RDBMS and NoSQL databases.
- Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and performance tuning skills.
- Experience building enterprise-scale applications.
- Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineers.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and ownership mindset.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with large-scale, high-throughput cloud platforms.
- Exposure to observability, monitoring, and logging frameworks.
- Experience with containerization technologies.
- Ability to balance technical excellence with business impact.
- Proven success in fast-paced startup environments.
We are looking for candidate who can join in 30 days and in-person interviews
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- 8-10 years of backend software engineering experience
- Strong expertise in Java
- Strong expertise in Spring Boot
- Expertise in object-oriented design
- Hands-on experience with Microservices
- Experience with distributed systems
- Experience with cloud-native architectures
- Strong understanding of system design, scalability, performance optimization, and fault tolerance
- Experience with AWS
- Experience with Kafka
- Experience with MongoDB
- Experience with MySQL
- Experience with ELK Stack
- Good knowledge of RDBMS
- Good knowledge of NoSQL databases
- Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and performance tuning skills
- Experience building enterprise-scale applications
- Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineers
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and ownership mindset
- Ability to join within 30 days and attend in-person interviews
- Experience with large-scale, high-throughput cloud platforms
- Exposure to observability, monitoring, and logging frameworks
- Experience with containerization technologies
- Proven success in fast-paced startup environments
Tekion Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Tekion and has not been reviewed or approved by Tekion.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage includes 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision for many U.S. roles, often extending to families. Additional options like HSA/FSA and pet insurance are cited as part of a robust health offering.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive overall, with total rewards (pay, stock, equity, and benefits) frequently viewed favorably. Many accounts characterize compensation as strong alongside comprehensive benefits.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Perks such as free meals/snacks, wellness resources, and on-site amenities are highlighted. Flexible or remote options are available for some roles, adding convenience and flexibility.
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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.
