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.
Job Introduction
We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale robust backend services that power complex business workflows. This role requires strong ownership, deep Java expertise, a solid grounding in hexagonal architecture, and the ability to collaborate effectively across product, QA, AI/ML, and engineering teams in a fast-moving, AI-native environment.
Key Role & Responsibilities
Design and build Java (Spring Boot 3.x) microservices following hexagonal architecture — clean domain logic isolated from MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB, and Kafka adapter implementations.
Develop and maintain REST APIs, Kafka event consumers/producers, and domain service logic for campaign, scoring, attribution, and customer profile workflows.
Build and manage MongoDB document schemas and PostgreSQL relational schemas for high-throughput, multi-tenant use cases.
Implement Cosmos DB data models for event and state storage with appropriate partition key and consistency strategies.
Take end-to-end ownership of components — from domain design and hexagonal adapter implementation through deployment and ongoing optimization.
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Familiarity with Cosmos DB or equivalent distributed key-value / document stores.
Experience with Elasticsearch for search and analytics workloads.
Experience with Redis or Aerospike for high-throughput caching patterns.
Familiarity with cloud-based systems on AWS (EKS, MSK, S3).
Strong debugging, performance tuning, and system optimization skills.
Familiarity with Agile/Scrum development practices and CI/CD pipelines.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Temporal for workflow orchestration.
Familiarity with AI-native integration patterns: MCP tool registration, scoring API contracts, LLM gateway usage.
Working knowledge of Python for understanding AI/ML service outputs and integrating scoring results.
Background in enterprise-scale SaaS platforms: eCommerce, supply chain, or similar.
Perks & Benefits
Opportunity to work with some of the smartest minds to solve complex challenges at scale.
Impactful role in shaping and securing a global, cloud-native & AI driven platform.
Innovative, collaborative, and fast-paced culture.
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