Overview

　　Who we are

　　At Toyota, we are reimagining mobility through innovative, high-quality technology solutions designed to enhance lives and meet our company mission of “Producing Happiness for All.” If you are interested in reimagining mobility with us in an inclusive environment built on teamwork that puts respect for people first, we want to talk to you.

　　This position is based in Plano, TX.

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

　　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 experiences in an innovative, collaborative environment.

　　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 diverse, 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 experiences in an innovative, collaborative environment.

　　Who we’re looking for

　　The TFS Information Digital Services Department is looking for a forward-leaning, highly technical, and collaborative Solution Architecture Lead. This person will be responsible for building and leading our team of Solution Architects who help our development teams build best-of-class applications. The Solution Architecture team will be responsible for:

　　Work alongside development teams and Domain architecture to architect and design applications following our standards,

　　Maintain application artifacts like architecture & design views, decision records, and tech debts...

　　Coach teams on the best development practices and our standards,

　　Assist teams in setting up development practices and developing complex aspects

　　Assist teams in performing root cause analysis and improving application reliability

　　In addition to leading the team, that person will be responsible for building up the Solution Architecture Practice which includes:

　　Design processes and associated artifact templates

　　Implementation standards, reference architectures, and implementation patterns for common use cases

　　Key frameworks implementation

　　New technologies investigation supporting development teams proof of concepts

　　This role requires a strong knowledge of application development, distributed computing, cloud-native application design, database design, and systems implementation as this role is a "solution architect" crafting technical solutions to complex business needs.

　　Success in this role requires in-depth knowledge and hands-on technical skills, with strong leadership, development management, and communication skills. The ability to work effectively with delivery teams, various vendors, and business teams to develop solutions that meet technology standards and business needs is required. A strong financial systems background and experience with associated applications & domains is a plus.

　　What you’ll bring

　　Knowledge to drive standards around technologies and propose system solutions to meet business requirements.

　　Demonstrated hands-on development of microservice, event-driven architecture using Spring Boot, nodejs on the cloud

　　Experience with Angular/React, REST, AWS services (EKS, RDS, Lambda, S3...), Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, streaming technologies such as Kafka, Github...

　　Expertise in architecting and developing secure, scalable, reliable, fault-tolerant distributed applications in the cloud

　　Ability to integrate data and technical system changes across the entire application portfolio

　　Ability to foster innovation among team members and drive best practices.

　　Focus on automation opportunities, waste and cognitive load elimination, and solution simplification.

　　Expertise in refactoring common patterns in frameworks and platforms.

　　Act as liaison with the vendors, development teams, and business users to create and finalize end-to-end technical solutions.

　　Sharp technical acumen to solve issues and evolve the Microservices architecture.

　　Assess, design, and deliver on architecture that supports high availability and scalability.

　　Ability to work efficiently and demonstrate a bias for action in a fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous environment.

　　Relentless desire for innovation and driving high standards, balanced with business needs and customer expectations.

　　Qualifications

　　10+ years of hands-on applications architecture and lifecycle development experience

　　3+ years of experience as a solution architect

　　5+ years of experience architecting Springboot, nodejs, or equivalent microservices-based applications in a cloud environment

　　5+ year of experience developing a cloud-native application (AWS and SalesForce a plus)

　　Mastery of REST and enterprise services implementation

　　Mastery of design principles, design patterns, refactoring, and automation testing

　　Knowledge of Domain Driven Design and

　　Extensive knowledge of both SQL/NoSQL database design

　　Excellent communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills including the ability to present design concepts clearly and persuasively to colleagues, partners, stakeholders, and especially to senior executives.

　　· Demonstrated success as a Solution Architect on both large and small projects

　　· Demonstrated continued knowledge acquisition of emerging technologies

　　Belonging at Toyota

　　Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace diverse perspectives and value unique human experiences. Respect for all is our North Star. Toyota is proud to have 10+ different Business Partnering Groups across 100 different North American chapter locations that support team members’ efforts to dream, do and grow without questioning that they belong. As a company that has been one of DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity and a member of The Billion Dollar Roundtable supporting minority and woman-owned suppliers for over 10 years, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business.

　　Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

　　Have a question or need assistance with your application? Check out the How to Apply (http://www.toyota.com/usa/careers/how-to-apply) section of our careers page on Toyota.com or send an email to [email protected].