Manager, 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.

Job Description

Role  

Manager Engineering – Backend 

Location  

Bangalore  

  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. Our Automotive Retail Cloud (ARC), Automotive Enterprise Cloud (AEC), and Automotive Partner Cloud (APC) connect OEMs, retailers, and consumers through one seamless platform. Utilizing cutting-edge technology, big data, machine learning, and AI, Tekion is transforming the automotive retail ecosystem. We're inventing new technology along the way to overcome barriers and solve big problems, all while having a blast doing it with offices in North America, Asia, and Europe, Tekion employs around 3,000 people worldwide.  

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead our backend engineering team both engineers and managers. This team building the API's and services to power our back-end experiences across web, as well as front-end web development.  

• You not only have the technical chops to roll up sleeves and provide technical leadership to major projects, but also build and manage a team of 10-15 top notch engineers.  

• Create clear career paths for team members and help them grow with regular & deep mentoring.  

• Operating with scale and speed amidst flux, there is just a LOT happening.  

• Our world-class software engineers are just getting started -- and as a manager, you guide the way.  

• You are their default mentor.  

• You set up best practices for development and champion their adoption and at the same time Architect & design technically robust, flexible and scalable solutions.  

• You not only optimize your own code but make sure engineers are able to optimize theirs.  

• Perform regular performance evaluation and share and seek feedback.  

• As an Engineering Manager you manage your business goals, contribute to product strategy and help develop your team.  

• You work with designers, business analysts, and product managers to estimate and plan projects in an Agile environment.  

• Perform well in uncertainties and collaborate and work with unclear interfaces to other teams in our rapidly evolving organizations.  

• You work closely with Product Management, Business Development and Operations team and enable them by providing scalable and high-quality technology solutions at a rapid pace.  

Skills & Qualifications  

• Bachelor/Master's in computer science or relevant fields  

• 10+ years of Relevant Experience  

• Strong sense of ownership  

• Excellent Java and object-oriented development skills  

• Experience in building and scaling microservices  

• Strong Knowledge in RDBMS & 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  

• Excellent understanding of Debugging performance and optimization techniques  

• Experience in Java, MongoDB, MySQL, AWS technologies, ELK stack, Spring boot, Kafka  

• Experience in developing any large scale Experience in cloud technologies  

• Demonstrated ability to deliver in a fast-paced environment  

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 

Address  

Bangalore Office   

7th Floor, HELIUM, Bagmane Solarium City, Doddanekundi Village, KR Puram Hobli, Bangalore East Taluk, Bangalore - 560037  

Chennai Office  

Embassy Splendid Zone, Block 2, 9th floor, Velan Nagar, Arulmurugan Nagar, Old  

Pallavaram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600043  

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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