Manager, Engineering

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.

Summary:
We're looking for an Engineering Manager who is equally fluent in technical depth and people leadership — someone who can drive architectural decisions, grow senior talent, and deliver complex platform capabilities in a fast-moving, distributed environment. This role oversees project execution, team performance, and cross-functional collaboration, while fostering a culture of innovation, ownership, and continuous improvement

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of 10+ engineers (including senior ICs and potentially Tech Leads), owning hiring, performance, and career development
• Drive end-to-end delivery of platform components — from architecture and design through deployment, monitoring, and iteration
• Engage credibly in system design and architecture reviews; set and enforce engineering quality standards across the team
• Partner closely with Product, Design, QA, and cross-functional stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, technical debt, and systemic risks before they become incidents
• Foster a high-ownership engineering culture — model code quality, rigorous testing, and thoughtful operational practices
• Write high-quality code and taking responsibility for their task.
• Coordinate across US–India distributed teams, ensuring alignment, velocity, and clear communication across time zones
• Mentor and develop engineers at all levels

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 3+ years in engineering leadership managing teams of 7+ engineers
• Strong Java and Spring Boot backend expertise; hands-on ability to engage in design reviews and code-level discussions
• Experience building and operating distributed microservices and event-driven architectures on AWS at scale
• Proficiency with multi-database stacks: MongoDB, MySQL/PostgreSQL, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Redis or similar
• Strong problem-solving and technical troubleshooting skills; experience diagnosing and resolving production-scale performance issues
• Proven track record of recruiting and developing senior engineering talent in competitive markets
• Excellent cross-functional communication — comfortable working directly with Product, Design, and executive stakeholders
• Experience delivering in high-ambiguity, fast-paced SaaS environments with evolving platform dependencies

Good to Have

• Prior experience managing both backend and frontend engineering disciplines (React, Angular) within the same org
• Experience with automotive retail technology, dealership workflows, or adjacent domains
• Exposure to AI/ML platform development or integrating LLM-based capabilities into production systems

Current Tekion Employees: Please apply via the Internal Job Board in Ashby

Note: Tekion recently transitioned to a new recruiting tool and we appreciate your patience and feedback as we adjust to our new system!

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