Role: Staff Software Engineer — Frontend
Location: Chennai
About Tekion:
Tekion is building the first cloud-native platform for the automotive retail industry. Our platform brings
together dealer operations, digital retail, OEM integrations, and data intelligence to transform how
dealers and OEMs operate at scale.
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, AIpowered campaign builders,
and platform-embedded intelligence widgets — all in a 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.
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