Principal Software Engineer

Collaborative. Respectful. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like  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.

At Toyota Financial Services (TFS), the finance and insurance brand for Toyota and Lexus in North America, you will help create best‑in‑class customer experience in an innovative, collaborative environment. 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.

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, 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.

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 designing, developing, and maintaining cloud‑native platforms and services using AWS or other major cloud providers
• Strong understanding of event‑driven architecture and building event‑based platforms using tools like Kafka
• Strong proficiency in programming and scripting languages such as Java, Python, JavaScript, and knowledge of modern web frameworks (Next.js, React, and/or Vue)
• Demonstrated hands‑on experience in Test‑Driven Development (TDD) approach for automation, ensuring platforms are developed with TDD principles by writing tests before implementing features
• 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 Git Hub Actions, including configuration, customization, and integration capabilities
• Practical experience with Amazon Web Services such as EKS, ECS, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB and S3

• Proficiency with infrastructure automation tools like Terraform, AWS Cloud Formation, AWS CDK, and AWS Code Deploy for provisioning and managing CI/CD infrastructure
• Experience in seamlessly integrating containerization into CI/CD pipelines, including Docker image building, registry management, and container…