Senior Software Engineer

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 and build production-grade AI platform services — LLM gateways, MCP servers, and agent orchestration frameworks • Lead the design and implementation of Tekion's AI gateway — a unified abstraction layer for multi-provider LLM access with intelligent routing, fallback, cost optimization, token budgeting, and comprehensive observability • Design and implement MCP (Model Context Protocol) infrastructure • Design agentic AI patterns — multi-step reasoning workflows, tool orchestration, guardrails, and human-in-the-loop escalation paths • Take end-to-end ownership of critical platform subsystems • Solve complex performance bottlenecks across inference and orchestration layers • Mentor junior and mid-level engineers • Communicate and collaborate with management, product, QA, UI/UX, and AI/ML teams • Deliver with quality, on time, in a fast-paced start-up environment Skills & Qualifications : • Bachelor/Master's in Computer Science or relevant fields • 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience • Strong sense of ownership • E