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 worlds 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. Were 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 Toyotas vision to move people beyond whats 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 at this time.
Who were looking for
We are seeking a senior Solution/Application Architect with broad full-stack and cloudexpertiseto design and deliver end-to-end cloud-native systems. This role translates business outcomes into actionable architectures and working software across the full lifecycle spanning web and services APIs data and databases event streaming observability and platform capabilities such as CI/CDIaC and developer productivity tooling. The architect will be hands-on collaborating with product and engineering to produce clear designs and specifications and will guide portfolio-level standards and tradeoffs in distributed systems and modern front-end/back-end stacks. A significant focus will be on generative AIarchitecting and implementing AI-enabled applications agents and platform integrations including model selection retrieval patterns safety and guardrails and cost/performance optimization.
What youll be doing
Design end-to-end cloud-native solutionsusing microservices event-driven and streaming architectures for modular decoupled systems.
Partnerwith other architects product and delivery teamsto translate businessneedsintotimely practical solutions.
Elevate non-functional qualities: scalability performance availability reliability maintainability and reusability.
Be a hands-on coderto buildproofof concept evaluate emerging technologies andvalidatearchitecture decisions.
Produce clear current architectural documentation tomaintainsystem integrity and enable knowledge sharing.
Define and implement reusable patterns and assets (reference architectures libraries frameworks) and promote their adoption.
What you bring
Experience Tenure: 12 yearsin software engineering witha track recordof delivering high-impact products on time.
Architecture Leadership: 3 yearsas an Application/Solutions Architect delivering enterprise-scale cloud-native solutions (AWS preferred).
Language Expertise: Proven experience building reusable components and shared libraries in Java Python and JavaScript.
Architecture Depth: Deep understanding of microservices cloud computing and non-functional architecture concerns.
Security &DevSecOps: Strong grasp of InfoSec andDevSecOpson AWS; relevantcertifications (e.g. AWS Solutions Architect Associate) highly desirable.
GenAI Proficiency: Designing and implementing AI-enabled applications and platforms including model selection prompt/retrieval patterns (RAG) guardrails/safety evaluation/monitoring and cost-performance optimization.
AI Coding Tools: Practical experience with AI-based developer tools and workflowse.g. GitHub Copilot vibe coding spec-driven development and AI-assisted code generation/validationto accelerate delivery and improve code quality.
Education Preferred: A college degree in Computer Science or a related field is preferred.
Communication Skills: Excellent communication skills for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Added bonus if you have
A strong software developer background with several years of Java or Python development
AWS Architecture: Expert inleveragingall things AWS to build full stack applications
Recent Gen AI accomplishmentsas shippedan AI based product to production.
Whatwellbring
During your interview process our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-leading benefits and career development opportunities. A few highlights include:
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.
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 Advantaged Accounts (Health Savings Account Health Care FSA Dependent Care FSA)
Belonging at Toyota
Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace all 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.
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.
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