Software Engineer II

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 INTRODUCTION: Designs and builds robust, scalable data pipelines and data platform solutions across Tekion's enterprise data platform. Works independently on complex data engineering features and systems while collaborating with peers to deliver high-quality, AI-assisted data products, optimize pipeline performance, and continuously improve data engineering practices. Brings a strong eye for data quality and builds pipelines that are end-to-end reconcilable by design. KEY ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES: - Designs, develops, and maintains data pipelines, data models, and data platform services across the Bronze, Silver, and Gold layers. - Writes clean, efficient, and well-documented transformation logic using dbt and Databricks Delta Live Tables (DLT), with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and data correctness. - Participates in data architecture discussions and contributes to decisions around pipeline design, data modeling, and platform component design. - Builds and enforces data quality checks at every layer of the pipeline, including schema validati