Role Overview

We are seeking a Principal Applied Scientist to be the highest-level AI technical authority on the team. This role is above the Applied Scientist level — you set the AI research and engineering direction, own the agentic system architecture, define the eval framework standards, and operate as the primary interface to the external AI research community and internal platform AI leadership. You will combine deep research rigor with relentless production focus: every AI capability you design ships, gets measured, and improves based on evidence.

You are the person who answers: "Is this AI approach the right one, and how do we know when it's working"

Key Responsibilities

• Own the agentic system architecture: define the multi-agent coordination patterns, MCP tool taxonomy, intent-to-skill routing logic, policy enforcement design, and memory management strategy across all AI workflows on the platform.
• Lead the AI evaluation framework: design the golden dataset structure, define eval metrics (RAG retrieval quality, scoring accuracy, LLM response correctness, agentic workflow success rate), and own the CI/CD AI eval pipeline that gates every AI capability release.
• Drive the RAG architecture strategy: chunking strategies for MongoDB and Elasticsearch-indexed documents, embedding model selection and fine-tuning, retrieval reranking design, and hallucination mitigation patterns.
• Own the LLM integration architecture: prompt engineering standards, LLM gateway usage policies, context window management, streaming response patterns, and model version governance.
• Lead applied research initiatives: identify novel techniques (RLHF, Constitutional AI, multi-modal, sparse retrieval) that are practically applicable to automotive retail intelligence use cases and prototype them rigorously in Python.
• Define the hexagonal AI adapter contract standard: the formal interface specification between Python AI services and Java domain cores — ensuring AI infrastructure remains swappable without domain logic changes.
• Act as primary technical interface to platform AI leadership (LLM Gateway, ML Platform, Agentic Engine) — influencing platform roadmap based on teams practical requirements.
• Mentor the Applied Scientist and ML Architect; conduct technical reviews of AI system designs, eval frameworks, and research approaches.
• Publish, present, or contribute to open-source where appropriate — representing Tekion's AI engineering excellence externally.

Skills & Qualifications

• 10+ years of applied AI/ML experience with at least 3 years at Staff or Principal level — a track record of shipping AI systems that measurably changed business outcomes.
• Deep expertise across: LLM fine-tuning and alignment, RAG system design (chunking, embedding, retrieval, reranking), agentic frameworks (LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen), and MCP tool design.
• Python mastery: PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain/LangGraph, scikit-learn, and production ML serving tooling.
• Strong understanding of distributed AI systems: Elasticsearch-backed vector search, Redis/Aerospike serving, Cosmos DB for AI event logging, and Kafka-based feature pipelines.
• Proven ability to design formal eval frameworks for AI systems — not just accuracy metrics but business aligned quality gates.
• Experience defining and enforcing hexagonal adapter contracts between AI services and domain service layers in production systems.
• Track record of communicating complex AI system design to non-technical stakeholders, influencing product roadmaps, and driving cross-team alignment. 

Good to Have

• Publications or significant open-source contributions in NLP, information retrieval, or agentic systems.
• Experience with Constitutional AI, RLAIF, or preference optimization techniques (DPO, PPO).
• Familiarity with multi-modal AI and its application to automotive retail data (images, documents, tabular data fusion).
• Prior experience in a product-focused AI role at a SaaS or platform company — not purely research. 

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive compensation and generous stock options.
• Medical insurance coverage.
• Work with some of the brightest minds from Silicon Valley's most dominant and successful companies.

Job Description

We are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to design and build scalable, AI-native backend services that power customer intelligence, campaign orchestration, and attribution at automotive retail scale. This role is the critical technical anchor — defining hexagonal architecture patterns, owning service boundaries, driving AI integration patterns, and setting the engineering bar for the entire team.

Key Responsibilities

 • Architect Java (Spring Boot 3.x) microservices using hexagonal architecture — defining clean domain cores, port interfaces for persistence (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Cosmos DB), and adapter implementations for Kafka, Elasticsearch, Redis/Aerospike, and external APIs.

• Own core domain models and service boundaries end-to-end: from initial hexagonal design through production operation, Kafka event contracts, and iterative enhancement.

• Build scalable, secure REST APIs and robust Kafka-based event-driven pipelines that consume and produce events across multiple source systems. 

• Design MongoDB document schemas and PostgreSQL relational schemas for high-throughput, multi-tenant workloads — with deep attention to indexing strategy, TTL, and tenant isolation patterns.

• Design Cosmos DB data models for high-throughput event and state storage — partition key strategy, consistency levels, and TTL configuration. 

• Design and implement durable campaign execution workflows using Temporal. 

• Establish and own AI-native integration patterns: MCP tool registration, scoring model serving contracts, LLM gateway integration, and agentic workflow design.

• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across services, Kafka pipelines, data layers, and Elasticsearch query performance. 

• Ensure all systems meet reliability, scalability, and observability standards.

• Mentor senior, mid-level, and junior engineers — setting and consistently raising the engineering bar.

Skills & Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend engineering experience with a strong track record delivering production-grade Java systems.

• Deep expertise in hexagonal architecture (ports & adapters) — proven ability to design domain cores fully decoupled from infrastructure layers.

• Strong Java 21 and Spring Boot 3.x expertise with event-driven, microservices-first design. 

• Strong experience with Kafka — consumer groups, partition design, offset management, idempotent consumers, and event-driven service integration.

• Proven experience with MongoDB: document schema design, indexing, aggregation pipelines, and multi tenant isolation patterns.

• Strong PostgreSQL experience: complex schema design, query optimization, migration management.

• Experience with Cosmos DB or equivalent globally distributed key-value stores: partition key design, consistency tuning, high-throughput read/write patterns.

• Solid experience with Elasticsearch: index design, search query optimization, relevance tuning.

• Experience with Redis or Aerospike for high-throughput caching and session/state management.

• Strong understanding of distributed systems: service boundaries, data consistency, idempotency, retries, and circuit breaking on AWS (EKS, MSK).

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Temporal for durable workflow orchestration. 

• Familiarity with MCP tool registration patterns and agentic platform integration.

• Working knowledge of Python for AI/ML pipeline integration (scoring models, feature serving, LLM gateway patterns).

• Prior experience building data platforms, real-time analytics systems, or AI-native SaaS products.

Perks & Benefits 

• Competitive compensation and generous stock options.

• Medical insurance coverage.

• Work with some of the brightest minds from Silicon Valley's most dominant and successful companies.

Role Overview
We are seeking a Staff Frontend Engineer to be the technical anchor for our frontend capability. This role goes beyond feature delivery — you will define the frontend architecture, establish the component design system, own the Next.js application structure, drive performance standards, and mentor Senior and mid-level frontend engineers. You will build the most complex, data-intensive UI surfaces: real-time attribution dashboards, AI powered campaign builders, and platform-embedded intelligence widgets — all in React + Next.js stack integrated with Elasticsearch-powered search and streaming AI responses.  

Key Responsibilities
• Own and evolve the frontend architecture: Next.js App Router structure, component boundaries, state management strategy (Redux), and data-fetching patterns — applying hexagonal UI principles where the component layer is decoupled from specific backend service contracts.

• Design and build the most technically complex UI surfaces: real-time attribution dashboards (streaming data), AI-powered campaign builder (LLM response streaming), Elasticsearch-backed customer search with faceted filtering, and platform-embedded opportunity cards.

• Define the component design system: atomic component library, theming contracts, accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1), and Storybook-based documentation.

• Establish frontend performance standards: Core Web Vitals targets, bundle size budgets, SSR/SSG strategy with Next.js, lazy loading, and virtualization for large data tables.

• Lead Next.js architecture decisions: App Router vs. Pages Router tradeoffs, RSC (React Server Components) applicability, streaming SSR for AI-generated content, and API route design.

• Integrate AI-native frontend patterns: streaming LLM responses into UI components, real-time score updates from Redis/Aerospike via SSE, and Elasticsearch typeahead search. 

• Drive code quality through design reviews, code reviews, pair programming, and frontend-specific engineering standards.

• Mentor Senior and mid-level frontend engineers — setting the bar for component design, test coverage, and performance discipline.

• Collaborate closely with backend Staff Engineers to define API contracts and with designers to implement pixel-perfect, accessible UIs

Skills & Qualifications

• 8+ years of frontend engineering experience with deep React and Next.js expertise in production systems.

• Mastery of Next.js 14+ App Router, React Server Components, streaming SSR, and static generation — knowing when to apply each pattern.

• Strong TypeScript expertise: type safety across component props, API contracts, Redux store shape, and server/client boundaries.

• Deep Redux expertise: slice design, selector optimization, middleware patterns, and RTK Query for data fetching.

• Proven experience building data-intensive dashboards with real-time data (WebSocket, SSE, or polling) and chart libraries (Recharts, D3.js).

• Experience integrating Elasticsearch-powered search UIs: typeahead, faceted search, and result ranking display.

• Strong frontend performance engineering: bundle analysis, code splitting, memoization, virtualization, and Core Web Vitals optimization.

• Experience establishing and maintaining component design systems with accessibility standards.

• Experience mentoring engineers and raising the technical bar across a frontend team. 

Good to Have

• Experience streaming LLM/AI-generated content into React UI components (token streaming, partial rendering patterns).

• Familiarity with platform-embedded micro-frontend patterns (module federation or iframe-based embedding).

• Background in automotive retail, eCommerce analytics, or SaaS BI/reporting platforms.

• Experience with Storybook for component documentation and visual regression testing. 

Role Overview

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 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.

• Integrate with Elasticsearch for campaign search, customer lookup, and full-text query workloads.

• Configure and tune Redis or Aerospike for frequency cap enforcement, scoring cache, and session state management.

• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks across services, event pipelines, and data layers.

• Participate actively in design discussions, architecture decisions, and code reviews.

• Mentor Junior engineers and act as a role model for code quality, hexagonal design, and AI-native engineering best practices.

Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience; Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

• Strong Java 21 and Spring Boot 3.x expertise; solid grasp of hexagonal architecture and clean domain modeling.

• Experience with Kafka: consumer/producer patterns, at-least-once delivery, idempotent processing, and event-driven service design.

• Hands-on MongoDB experience: document schema design, indexing, aggregation pipelines, multi-tenant isolation.

• PostgreSQL experience: schema design, query optimization, migration management.

• 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.

Good to Have

• 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. 

Job Description

You will develop enterprise-grade frontend experiences embedded within our core platform and collaborate closely with designers, backend engineers, and product managers to deliver a world-class, AI-native user experience. You will build scalable, performant React + Next.js applications that surface real-time intelligence, campaign management interfaces, and data-rich dashboards — deeply integrated with our backend services and platform component framework.

Key Responsibilities
• Design and build responsive, reusable UI components using ReactJS and Next.js — including data visualization dashboards, campaign management interfaces, and customer intelligence widgets.
• Develop large-scale, cloud-ready frontend applications integrated with backend REST APIs, real-time data streams, and Elasticsearch-powered search experiences.
• Manage application state using Redux, ensuring seamless synchronization with backend microservices.
• Build platform-embedded frontend components following the hexagonal UI principle — components are independent, composable, and decoupled from specific data sources via port interfaces.
• Leverage Next.js SSR and SSG capabilities where appropriate for performance-critical views and SEO relevant surfaces.
• Collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to rapidly prototype and deliver high-quality, data-rich features.
• Ensure usability, performance, security, and visual consistency across environments and devices.
• Diagnose and fix UI bugs, rendering performance issues, and frontend bottlenecks.
• Write high-quality, maintainable code with thorough unit and integration tests.
• Follow Tekion UI, design, and engineering best practices.

Skills & Experience
• 3-5 years of experience in frontend engineering; Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Strong hands-on expertise with React, Next.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Redux.
• Solid knowledge of HTML, CSS, and web standards (REST, HTTP, JSON, DOM, W3C).
• Experience building enterprise-grade SaaS applications with real-time data and complex state management requirements.
• Familiarity with Next.js App Router, SSR, SSG, and API routes.
• Excellent understanding of frontend performance: code splitting, lazy loading, memoization, virtualization.
• Experience with Git and project management tools (e.g., JIRA).
• Proven experience delivering scalable, high-performance frontend systems with thorough test coverage.
• Strong sense of ownership and bias for action in a fast-paced startup environment.

Preferred Skills
• Experience integrating AI-generated content and LLM-streamed responses into frontend components.
• Familiarity with data visualization libraries (Recharts, D3.js) for analytics and reporting dashboards.
• Experience building embedded micro-frontend components within larger platform shells.
• Exposure to Elasticsearch-powered search UI patterns (faceted search, typeahead, result ranking).

Perks & Benefits
• Competitive compensation and generous stock options.
• Medical insurance coverage.
• Work with some of the brightest minds from Silicon Valley's most dominant and successful companies.

Job Description
You will develop enterprise-grade frontend experiences embedded within our core platform and collaborate closely with designers, backend engineers, and product managers to deliver a world-class, AI-native user experience. You will build scalable, performant React + Next.js applications that surface real-time intelligence, campaign management interfaces, and data-rich dashboards — deeply integrated with our backend services and platform component framework.

Key Responsibilities
• Design and build responsive, reusable UI components using ReactJS and Next.js — including data visualization dashboards, campaign management interfaces, and customer intelligence widgets.
• Develop large-scale, cloud-ready frontend applications integrated with backend REST APIs, real-time data streams, and Elasticsearch-powered search experiences.
• Manage application state using Redux, ensuring seamless synchronization with backend microservices.
• Build platform-embedded frontend components following the hexagonal UI principle — components are independent, composable, and decoupled from specific data sources via port interfaces.
• Leverage Next.js SSR and SSG capabilities where appropriate for performance-critical views and SEO relevant surfaces.
• Collaborate with product, design, and backend teams to rapidly prototype and deliver high-quality, data-rich features.
• Ensure usability, performance, security, and visual consistency across environments and devices.
• Diagnose and fix UI bugs, rendering performance issues, and frontend bottlenecks.
• Write high-quality, maintainable code with thorough unit and integration tests.
• Follow Tekion UI, design, and engineering best practices.

Skills & Experience
• 5+ years of experience in frontend engineering; Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Strong hands-on expertise with React, Next.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Redux.
• Solid knowledge of HTML, CSS, and web standards (REST, HTTP, JSON, DOM, W3C).
• Experience building enterprise-grade SaaS applications with real-time data and complex state management requirements.
• Familiarity with Next.js App Router, SSR, SSG, and API routes.
• Excellent understanding of frontend performance: code splitting, lazy loading, memoization, virtualization.
• Experience with Git and project management tools (e.g., JIRA).
• Proven experience delivering scalable, high-performance frontend systems with thorough test coverage.
• Strong sense of ownership and bias for action in a fast-paced startup environment.

Preferred Skills
• Experience integrating AI-generated content and LLM-streamed responses into frontend components.
• Familiarity with data visualization libraries (Recharts, D3.js) for analytics and reporting dashboards.
• Experience building embedded micro-frontend components within larger platform shells.
• Exposure to Elasticsearch-powered search UI patterns (faceted search, typeahead, result ranking).

Perks & Benefits
• Competitive compensation and generous stock options.
• Medical insurance coverage.
• Work with some of the brightest minds from Silicon Valley's most dominant and successful companies.

Job Description

We are looking for a Software Engineer II to join one of our Scrum teams building AI-native, event-driven services for automotive retail intelligence. This is a core contributor role for engineers with 2–4 years of experience who are ready to take end-to-end ownership of features, grow their distributed systems skills, and work in a high velocity environment that demands code quality, hexagonal architecture discipline, and genuine curiosity about AI-native engineering.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Java (Spring Boot 3.x) backend services — implementing domain logic, REST APIs, Kafka event consumers/producers, and MongoDB/PostgreSQL persistence adapters following hexagonal architecture patterns.
• Build features across the full backend slice: domain model, port interface, adapter implementation, unit tests, and integration tests.
• Write integration tests using Testcontainers for MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Kafka, and Elasticsearch adapters — ensuring each adapter is tested independently from the domain core.
• Participate in design discussions, architecture reviews, and code reviews — actively learning from Staff and Senior engineers.
• Investigate and resolve bugs, performance issues, and Kafka consumer lag across services.
• Write clean, well-documented, testable code with consistent application of hexagonal design principles.
• Contribute to golden dataset test scenario design under the guidance of the Product Manager and SDET.
• Operate with ownership and curiosity in a fast-paced, startup environment.

Skills and Experience

• 2–4 years of backend engineering experience; Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Solid Java fundamentals: object-oriented design, Spring Boot, REST API implementation, and unit testing (JUnit 5).
• Working knowledge of at least one of: MongoDB, PostgreSQL, or Kafka — with willingness to develop depth across all three.
• Understanding of hexagonal architecture concepts (ports & adapters) — ability to implement adapters under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS), containerization (Docker), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to code quality, and ability to receive and apply feedback quickly.
• Collaborative mindset and clear communication — comfortable asking questions and flagging blockers early.

Preferred Skills

• Exposure to Kafka producers and consumers in a production or learning context.
• Familiarity with Elasticsearch for search and analytics use cases.
• Curiosity about AI/ML systems — awareness of what scoring models, embeddings, and LLMs do at a systems level.
• Exposure to Redis or Aerospike for caching patterns.
  
  

Perks and Benefits

• Competitive compensation and generous stock options.
• Medical insurance coverage.
• Work with some of the brightest minds from Silicon Valley's most dominant and successful companies.