Senior Software Engineer - AI Platform
Core
Build and operate the control plane, gateway, and runtime for agentic AI systems and classical ML models within Tekion's automotive retail platform, enabling real-time intelligence for dealers and consumers.
Role type
Senior IC AI Platform Engineer (LLM & Agentic Systems)
Builds
LLM control plane/gateway, unified API/SDKs, agent runtime, and ML training/scoring pipelines for the Automotive Retail Cloud and Enterprise Cloud.
Domain
Automotive retail technology, Large Language Models (LLMs), Agentic AI, and Classical Machine Learning.
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
LLM orchestration, API/SDK design, agent runtime management, ML pipeline engineering, data drift monitoring, graph-based context systems, multi-vendor LLM integration, safety guardrails implementation, observability (traces/logs/metrics), human-in-the-loop system design.
Preferred skills
Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol), RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), streaming architectures, XGBoost/LightGBM, entity resolution.
Technologies
REST/gRPC, XGBoost, LightGBM, LLMs (multi-provider), Graph databases, Kubernetes (implied by cloud-native), Observability tools.
Responsibilities
Build and run the LLM control plane/gateway with smart routing, rate limits, and failover; Ship unified APIs and SDKs with structured outputs and full observability; Enforce safety and privacy via content filtering and PII redaction; Enable multi-model, multi-vendor LLM usage with automated canarying; Own the agent runtime including tool registry and function calling; Design orchestration patterns for sequential and planner-executor workflows; Build components for training and scoring classical ML models; Monitor model and data drift to maintain accuracy; Implement human-in-the-loop review before agent actions; Evolve the domain graph and build reliable data ingestion pipelines.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
