Architect, Software Engineering- Backend

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.

Tekion is looking for a talented Java Architect who wants to be part of building the next -generation business applications on the cloud. Successful candidates will use their passion and expertise for creating world-class products and will collaborate with the product and engineering teams and development managers to create the business application of the future.

Key Responsibilities

 
• Design and build solutions for complex business workflows
• Take end-to-end ownership of components and be responsible for the subsystems that you work on
from design, code, testing, integration, deployment, enhancements, etc.
• Contribute to high-quality code and taking responsibility for the task 
• Solve performance bottlenecks
• Provide mentorship to other engineers
• Communicate and collaborate with management, product, QA, UI/UX teams
• Deliver with quality, on-time in a fast-paced start-up environment

Skills & Qualifications

 
• Bachelor/Master's in computer science or relevant fields
• Strong sense of ownership
• Excellent Java and object-oriented development skills
• Experience in building and scaling microservices
• Solid understanding of at least one Nosql databases
• Strong problem-solving skills, technical troubleshooting and diagnosing
• Expected to be a role model for young engineers, have a strong sense of code quality, and enforce code quality within the team
• Good Communication Skills

Perks and Benefits

 
• Competitive compensation
• Generous stock options
• Medical Insurance coverage
• Work with some of the brightest minds from Silicon Valley’s most dominant and successful companies

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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