About this role
Tekion builds cloud native software for car dealerships, an industry it describes as having seen little innovation in fifty years, and this role is in its Chennai office rather than the Bangalore headquarters, which is worth noting for anyone who does not want to move to Karnataka. The work is senior individual contributor engineering: leading end to end technical execution on major projects from design through deployment and monitoring, setting engineering standards and architectural guidelines, and investigating production issues through to long term fixes. The posting states that you function independently and provide technical leadership to multiple engineers, and it is explicit that the accountability is for design decisions and engineering quality. Mentoring appears, but no reporting line does, so this is a technical anchor role rather than a management one.
Who this is for
Required
- 6 to 9 years of experience in software engineering.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
- Proven experience leading development of distributed systems, cloud native applications or large scale platforms.
- Deep proficiency in programming languages, development frameworks and cloud infrastructure, with AWS, GCP and Kubernetes named.
- Strong problem solving, architecture design and technical mentoring skills.
- Excellent communication, collaboration and leadership capabilities.
The day to day
- Leading end to end technical execution for major projects, from design through deployment and monitoring.
- Developing and enforcing engineering standards, coding practices and architectural guidelines across teams.
- Working with product, UX and architecture teams to define scalable technical solutions.
- Mentoring engineers at various levels and supporting development through code reviews and knowledge sharing.
- Investigating production issues and leading root cause analysis and long term fixes.
- Championing innovation, system improvements and performance optimisation.
On scope and supervision, as published
Tekion sets these out as separate fields. Job complexity: leads projects with cross functional dependencies and significant technical complexity, guides technical strategy and drives execution. Required supervision: functions independently and provides technical leadership to multiple engineers, accountable for design decisions and engineering quality. Expertise: strong technical depth in system architecture, application development and software design.
Read together, this is a hands on lead. Technical leadership of multiple engineers is stated, direct reports are not.
Location and working style
Chennai Regional Office. Most engineering roles in this edition are in Bengaluru, so a genuine Chennai posting at this level is worth flagging.
Application note
The posting states that, effective 4 August 2026, current Tekion employees should apply through the internal job board in Ashby rather than externally.
Honest fit guidance
The 6 to 9 year band with a Lead title is a common point of confusion, so be clear: this is the individual contributor track. If you want to move into people management, this posting does not offer it. If you want to stay technical and take on architectural ownership, it does exactly that.
Tekion has published a large number of near identical engineering requisitions across recent weeks at different levels, so read the specific posting rather than assuming from the title, and check which team and product area you would join before the interview.
- 6 to 9 years of experience in software engineering.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
- Proven experience leading development of distributed systems, cloud native applications or large scale platforms.
- Deep proficiency in programming languages, development frameworks and cloud infrastructure, with AWS, GCP and Kubernetes named.
- Strong problem solving, architecture design and technical mentoring skills.
- Excellent communication, collaboration and leadership capabilities.
The day to day
- Leading end to end technical execution for major projects, from design through deployment and monitoring.
- Developing and enforcing engineering standards, coding practices and architectural guidelines across teams.
- Working with product, UX and architecture teams to define scalable technical solutions.
- Mentoring engineers at various levels and supporting development through code reviews and knowledge sharing.
- Investigating production issues and leading root cause analysis and long term fixes.
- Championing innovation, system improvements and performance optimisation.
On scope and supervision, as published
Tekion sets these out as separate fields. Job complexity: leads projects with cross functional dependencies and significant technical complexity, guides technical strategy and drives execution. Required supervision: functions independently and provides technical leadership to multiple engineers, accountable for design decisions and engineering quality. Expertise: strong technical depth in system architecture, application development and software design.
Read together, this is a hands on lead. Technical leadership of multiple engineers is stated, direct reports are not.
Location and working style
Chennai Regional Office. Most engineering roles in this edition are in Bengaluru, so a genuine Chennai posting at this level is worth flagging.
Application note
The posting states that, effective 4 August 2026, current Tekion employees should apply through the internal job board in Ashby rather than externally.
Honest fit guidance
The 6 to 9 year band with a Lead title is a common point of confusion, so be clear: this is the individual contributor track. If you want to move into people management, this posting does not offer it. If you want to stay technical and take on architectural ownership, it does exactly that.
Tekion has published a large number of near identical engineering requisitions across recent weeks at different levels, so read the specific posting rather than assuming from the title, and check which team and product area you would join before the interview.
Apply on company site
Opens jobs.ashbyhq.com, the employer's own application page. Applying is always free.