Senior Lead, Software Engineer

Overview

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.

To save time applying, Toyota does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas or any other work authorization for this position.

Who we're looking for

Toyota Financial Services' Enterprise Tools Department is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Senior Lead, Software Engineer. The primary responsibility of this role is to help build world-class platform engineering capabilities for our development teams, with a strong focus on CI/CD pipelines and testing tools automation. In this role, you'll shape technology strategy, deliver scalable automation solutions, and improve the overall developer and employee experience through innovative, self-service platforms. The ideal candidate comes with hands-on experience designing and building an enterprise-wide test automation platform(s).

• Implement a strategic roadmap for technology initiatives within the CI/CD pipelines & Testing Tools Automation Platform Domains
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into technology solutions that enhance employee experience
• Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously improve and innovate our technology offerings

• Drive initiatives to enable self-service capabilities and automation across all supported technology areas
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, reduce manual efforts, and increase efficiency through automation
• Champion the adoption of self-service tools and platforms to empower employees to resolve issues independently

• Significant experience where you've designed, developed, and maintained cloud-native platforms and services using AWS or other major cloud providers
• Strong proficiency in programming and scripting languages such as Java, Python, Bash or Groovy to automation and customization of CI/CD workflows
• Demonstrated hands-on experience in Test-Driven Development (TDD) approach for automation, ensuring platforms are developed with TDD principles by writing tests before implementing feature
• Strong knowledge of multiple Test Automation Frameworks, tools, test reporting and analytics, with the ability to support quality at scale
• Deep understanding of diverse testing approaches, including AI Testing, UI Automation, Performance Testing and leveraging these in end-to-end test automation
• Experience with test parallelization and optimization techniques
• Hands-on experience with Mastery of CI/CD tools such as Harness, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions, including configuration, customization, and integration capabilities
• Practical experience with Amazon Web Services such as EKS, ECS, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, EC2, S3, and ELB

• Proficiency with infrastructure automation tools like Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, and AWS CodeDeploy for provisioning and managing CI/CD infrastructure
• Experience in seamlessly integrating containerization into CI/CD pipelines, including Docker image building, registry management, and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, AWS Fargate, including cluster setup, configuration, and management
• Experience in automation of provisioning, configuration management, and deployment processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention
• Experience in building internal developer platforms or tools ecosystems
• Knowledge of modern web frameworks (Next.js, React, Vue)

• A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect
• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement
• Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount
• Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable)
• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family
• Flextime and virtual work options (if applicable)
• Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match, as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota regardless of whether you contribute
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools, and more
• Tax Advantage Accounts (Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA
• Relocation assistance (if applicable)