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Tekion
Principal, Machine Learning Engineer
🌎Bangalore, India
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Job Description

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.

Location: Bangalore

Key Responsibilities 

  • Act as a key liaison between R&D and stakeholders, ensuring technical alignment with business objectives.
  • Provide direction in scaling and optimizing ML/AI solutions aligned with company goals.
  • Shape the R&D roadmap based on industry insights and business needs.
  • Develop robust APIs and microservices for seamless ML model integration into production systems.
  • Design and develop common feature store and build feature pipeline for models
  • Ensure effective model integration with front-end applications, databases, and back-end services.
  • Publish findings in top conferences to advance field knowledge.
  • Guide machine learning engineers, fostering team growth through training and collaboration.
  • Build and manage end-to-end MLOps pipelines for data collection, model training, validation, and monitoring.
  • Ensure adherence to version control, testing, and model governance best practices.
  • Identify and address bottlenecks in ML models and services.
  • Implement model compression, quantization, and distributed training techniques.
  • Track key metrics and optimize models post-deployment.
  • Work with cloud architects and DevOps to design scalable ML infrastructure.
  • Oversee deployment and management of compute and storage resources for model training and inference.
  • Collaborate with applied scientists and analysts to convert model requirements into production-ready solutions.
  • Establish monitoring and alerting systems for deployed models to ensure prompt issue resolution.
  • Create and maintain documentation for ML architecture and best practices.
  • Stay current with ML technologies and contribute to ongoing enhancement efforts.

Required Qualifications 

  • Bachelors/ Masters / PhDin Computer Science or related field.
  • 12+ years of hands-on experience as a Machine Learning Engineer or Architect with a strong portfolio of deployed ML models for batch, streaming and realtime usecases
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and a strong analytical mindset.
  • Proficient in Python for model development and data manipulation.
  • Experience with Java or Scala for building production systems and microservices
  • Experience in messaging queues : Kafka, SQS
  • Expertise in MLOps tools and frameworks (e.g., MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow).
  • Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, Java, or Scala.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, Azure) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Knowledge of machine learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, TensorRT and Cuda).
  • experience in working on the following datastores : Elasticsearch, Mongo, Postgres, DyanmoDB, Redis, vectorDB, GraphDb
  • Experience with data processing and ETL tools (e.g., Apache Spark, Kafka).
  • Experience in monitoring tools Grafana and Prometheus.

 Preferred Qualifications 

  • Experience in large-scale production systems and distributed computing.
  • Familiarity with data engineering practices and data warehousing solutions.
  • Contributions to open-source projects or active participation in the ML community.
  • Enjoys discovering and solving problems; proactively seeking clarification of requirements and direction; being a self-starter who takes responsibility when required.
  • Strong interpersonal, verbal, visual and presentation skills, ability to communicate complex findings in a simple manner to executives.
  • Ability to work collaboratively across multiple products and application teams.
  • A willingness to learn, share and improve.

Perks and Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Generous stock options
  • Medical Insurance coverage
  • Work with some of the brightest minds from Silicon Valley’s most dominant and successful companies

Address

Bangalore Office

Bagmane Solarium City, 3rd & 4th floors, Neon Building, Kundalahalli Colony, Brookefield, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560037

Tekion is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, victim of violence or having a family member who is a victim of violence, the intersectionality of two or more protected categories, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. 

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