Lead/Principal Software Engineer (AWS, Java/Python)

Who we are Collaborative. Respectful. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like at Toyota. As one of the world’s most admired brands, Toyota is growing and leading the future of mobility through innovative, high-quality solutions designed to enhance lives and delight those we serve. We’re looking for talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us. An important part of the Toyota family is Toyota Financial Services (TFS), the finance and insurance brand for Toyota and Lexus in North America. While TFS is a separate business entity, it is an essential part of this world-changing company- delivering on Toyota's vision to move people beyond what's possible. At TFS, you will help create best-in-class customer experience in an innovative, collaborative environment. Toyota does not offer support or sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas or any other work authorization for this role now or in the future. You must have the right to work in the United States and not require Toyota support or sponsorship for immigration-related employment (e.g., H-1B, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, TN, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, ‘job flexibility benefits’ [also known as I-140 or Adjustment of Status portability], etc.) now or in the future. You should not apply for this role if you will require Toyota to assist with immigration support or sponsorship now or in the future. Who we’re looking for   The TFS Enterprise Document Management Platform team is seeking a highly motivated person to fill an opening as a Lead Software Engineer role to help our growing Enterprise needs. The Lead Software Engineer will build on their passion for software engineering and combine with skills for operational excellence to build solutions to scale industry best practices and design patterns.    As a Lead Engineer, you will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, architects and other tech leads to understand requirements, design innovative solutions, and guide a squad of engineers in delivering high-quality, functional application code.  What you’ll be doing     The Lead Software Engineer has a pivotal role within a software factory. They must leverage their technical expertise to drive innovation and deliver impactful business outcomes. Additionally, they should possess strong collaboration skills to work with other technologists, lead development of independent components and sub-groups within the factory.   Collaborate with agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions   Collaborate with product and cross-functional partner teams to ensure alignment in priorities and timelines  Lead the design and architecture of new and existing platform level features (design patterns, reliability, scaling, backup & restore)  Proactively communicate technical risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to stakeholders  Define and champion engineering and operational excellence: code quality, testing strategies, observability, and deployment safety  Promote a culture of inclusive environment where the ideas of other tech leads can be heard and championed.   Lead the way in creating next-generation talent for TFS, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting to keep building our community.        What you bring      Bachelor's degree in Computer Science , Software Engineering, or   equivalent   experience   10 + years of software engineering experience with a strong backend or full-stack focus and   a track record   of operating at a principal engineer level   Proven ability to design, build, and   maintain   RESTful APIs , including API contract design,   versioning   and error handling   Deep   expertise   in designing and building AWS architectures, including serverless, containerized, and event-driven solutions:   EC2, ECS,   Lambda , Step functions   for compute   and