Senior Software Engineer

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Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Cloud • Machine Learning • Retail • Software
The Role
The Senior Software Engineer will design, develop, and maintain backend services and systems with an emphasis on performance and scalability. Responsibilities include collaborating with cross-functional teams, integrating REST APIs, managing cloud infrastructure via AWS, and optimizing databases. The role requires strong debugging skills, knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and mentoring junior engineers.
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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.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and maintain backend services and systems with a focus on performance and scalability.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, QA, UI/UX to deliver high-quality software solutions.
  • Develop and integrate REST APIs for seamless interaction between front-end and backend services.
  • Work with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS, to deploy, manage, and monitor applications.
  • Implement messaging systems using protocols like MQTT or Kafka to enable real-time communication between services.
  • Utilize knowledge of TCP/IP protocols to develop network-driven solutions.
  • Write clean, maintainable code in Python, ensuring adherence to best coding practices.
  • Optimize databases using RDBMS or NoSQL servers for efficient data storage and retrieval.
  • Debug, troubleshoot, and optimize performance issues in a Linux or Unix-based OS environment.
  • Apply solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms to solve complex problems.
  • Lead technical discussions, mentor junior engineers, and enforce coding standards within the team.

Skills & Qualifications:

  • Strong 5+ years of experience with Python.
  • Expertise in building and integrating REST APIs.
  • Hands-on experience with AWS services for cloud-native development and deployment.
  • In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP networking and communication protocols.
  • Proficient in working with RDBMS or NoSQL databases.
  • Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and their application in system design.
  • Experience in backend development for enterprise systems (e-commerce, manufacturing, supply chain, etc.).
  • Excellent debugging, performance tuning, and system optimization skills.
  • Ability to gather requirements from stakeholders and translate them into working solutions.
  • Strong communication and leadership skills, with a demonstrated ability to mentor and collaborate effectively across teams.

Preferred:
Familiarity with modern development practices such as CI/CD and automated testing.
Experience with microservices architecture and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).

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. 

For more information on our privacy practices, please refer to our Applicant Privacy Notice here.

Top Skills

Python
The Company
HQ: Pleasanton, CA
1,858 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2016

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.

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