Senior Java Software Engineer

Who are we?

Toyota Connected Europe wants to create a better world through connected mobility for all. We are a new company created to bring big data and a customer focus into all aspects of the mobility experience, so everyone’s experience is more personal, convenient, fun and safe. We create and enable technologies to delight and simplify the lives of everyone who use our products and empower them to think of and use our services in new ways.

You will be joining us at the beginning of Toyota Connected Europe’s journey of building our team and products. We are building teams to inspire, innovate and build technologies and products that are used by millions of people from all walks of life. We want every member of our team to live and breathe the start-up culture of Toyota Connected Europe and feel and act like an owner everyday. This is an opportunity to have an immediate impact and voice: what you create today, you will see being used tomorrow.

What do we need?

We are looking for a Senior Java Software Engineer to join the team who will have a critical role in the design, development, implementation and documentation of large-scale, distributed software applications, systems and services. You will engineer platforms which will enable our vehicles to communicate to the cloud. The features you build will power driving experiences across the world.

What you will do?

• Work closely with Engineering Leads and product owners to shape and deliver features to customers and thrive as a creative thinker that can break out from conventional solutions
• Help drive adoption of modern principles, techniques and technology to the team, raising quality, value and delivery
• Influence team members, encourage engineering practices in accordance with good practice architecture and software engineering patterns and creative thinking to crush expectations
• Work side-by-side with other talented engineers in a team-oriented, agile software engineering environment
• With Engineering Lead, Coach through continuously sharing knowledge and lookout for improvement opportunities in technology as well as ways of working
• Love writing code and learning to constantly hone your craft as an engineer
• Work closely with product owners to shape and deliver features to customers
• Mentor less experienced team members and help grow an unstoppable team and build awesome, innovative products

Who are you?

• Strong programming experience in Java(8+) and show a sense of ownership and pride in your code; make us believe you will excel. Experience with testing frameworks JUnit5, Mockito, Spring Integration but not essential.
• Seasoned technologist with persuasive communication skills who can articulate and deliver best fit solutions covering functional and non-functional requirements within time and capacity constraints
• Experience of modern software engineering patterns, including those used in highly scalable, distributed, and resilient systems
• Excellent knowledge of and experience working with of APIs (designing with OpenAPI is desirable) and web services, CI/CD pipelines (Git-lab desirable) and automated testing (BDD, Performance, Security), Kubernetes and cloud native practices, containerized workloads with tools such as Docker
• Experience developing microservices-based architectures (Spring boot ideally), including distributed messaging patterns is a plus
• Some database experience is required, we have NoSQL databases as well as relational databases in use often with large data volumes
• Experience developing and delivering systems on at least one major public cloud provider; ideally AWS or Azure
• Aspiration to take a mentoring role within a team
• Passion for agile practices, DevSecOps, incremental delivery, continuous improvement and ability to cultivate a strong team culture
• We would like a self-starter - someone who would reach out to other teams if needed to seek answers and calling out in agile ceremonies blockers
• Willingness to get involved in problem resolution and initiatives to smooth operational maintenance of production services which might be spread across geographic boundaries
• We think the knowledge acquired earning an BS in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field would be of excellent value in this position, but if you are smart and have the experience that backs up your abilities, for us, talent trumps degree every time!

Equal Opportunities, Inclusion & Diversity

We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive group of talent with a broad range of backgrounds, skills and capabilities and will give full and fair consideration to all applicants. We know that flexibility is key to success and our people work flexibly in many ways, so if this is important to you, please let us know. If you have a disability or any other additional need that requires consideration, accommodation or adjustment to the role or recruitment process, please do let us know.