Senior Engineering Manager

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 3000 people across North America Asia and Europe.

Summary:

Provides strategic and operational leadership for multiple engineering teams. Oversees technical execution cross-functional collaboration and team development to ensure delivery of high-quality scalable solutions aligned with Tekions business objectives.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Leads multiple engineering teams through the development lifecyclefrom design through deploymentensuring delivery of high-impact products and services.
Collaborates with product design architecture and operations leaders to define technical strategy and roadmaps.
Oversees team structure resource planning hiring and talent development across functional areas.
Drives technical excellence by promoting engineering best practices quality standards and operational efficiency.
Leads organizational transformation efforts related to scalability automation and platform modernization.
Coaches engineering managers and senior engineers providing mentorship performance feedback and career development support.

Job Complexity:

Oversees engineering operations for multiple product domains or large-scale platforms. Leads strategic initiatives that influence both engineering practices and business outcomes.

Required Supervision:

Functions with broad autonomy. Aligns teams with company-wide objectives and works directly with senior and executive leadership.

Expertise:

Recognized engineering leader with strong technical depth and people management experience. Known for scaling teams and systems in fast-paced environments.

Qualifications:

10 years of experience in software engineering including 4 years in engineering leadership roles
Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field
Proven success in managing multiple engineering teams and delivering large-scale software solutions
Deep understanding of cloud platforms distributed systems and development operations
Strong strategic thinking project management and decision-making capabilities
Excellent interpersonal leadership and communication skills

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