Java Engineering Lead

O projekcie: Who are we? Toyota is undergoing a once-in-a-century transformation from a car manufacturer into a mobility services company. Toyota Connected Europe was created to play a key role in that journey, bringing together big data, cloud intelligence and product thinking to build connected services that make mobility safer, simpler and more personal. Today, with millions of connected vehicles on the road and billions of journeys processed each year, we are continuing to grow our technical capabilities in Europe. As part of that growth, we are expanding our engineering presence in Wrocław. This role is a unique opportunity to join at an early stage of that journey in Poland. As one of the first engineers in the Wrocław team, you will have the chance not only to build software, but also to help shape how we work, influence engineering culture, and contribute to the foundations of future teams. You will work on meaningful products at real scale, as part of a collaborative international environment, while helping establish a new engineering presence for Toyota Connected Europe in Wrocław. About the role: We are looking for an experienced Engineering Lead to play a key role in building our team’s technical capabilities and leading the design, development and delivery of large-scale distributed systems and services. You will lead the development of platforms which will enable our vehicles to communicate to the cloud. The features you build will power driving experiences across the world.   Equal Opportunities, Diversity & Inclusion: Toyota Connected Europe is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business. Every role is open to all sections of society and we are committed to providing equal opportunities to all. 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Please apply, we would still love to hear from you!  Department Engineering Locations Wrocław Remote status Hybrid Wymagania: About you: - Strong hands-on software engineering experience in Java (17+) with a clear sense of ownership and pride in building high-quality code - Experience with testing frameworks JUnit5, Mockito and Testcontainers - Experience with messaging and streaming technologies such as AWS SQS, SNS, and Apache Kafka is desirable - Experience with at least one major cloud provider (ideally AWS), ideally provisioning infrastructure and services through code (IaC) - Strong experience designing and building APIs and web services, ideally with OpenAPI - Experience with CI/CD, automated testing, containerised workloads and cloud-native development practices, including tools such as Docker and Kubernetes - Great technology leader and team player, focused on achieving best team outcomes through coaching, collaboration and continuous improvement; experience of running and optimising distributed teams - Passion for excellence in engineering, cloud and secure practices – able to make positive impact at both the team and enterprise level for strategic initiatives - Experience of building and designing event driven and/or streaming data services, IoT domain would be great but not essential - Experience and expertise of implementing best practice engineering patterns, including those used in highly scalable, distributed, and resilient systems - Able to identify and champion areas of innovation in tooling and techniques and understand timing for adoption - Passion for agile practices such as Kanban/Lean, DevSecOps, incremental delivery, continuous improvement and ability to cultivate a strong, generative team culture Codzienne zadania: - Lead the design and development of scalable, distributed software systems and services in Java - Set and promote high standards for engineering quality, security, reliability and maintainability - Work closely with Product, Engineering and other stakeholders to shape solutions, solve business problems and influence product direction - Make sound technical decisions across architecture, design and implementation, balancing functional and non-functional requirements - Support delivery across the full software lifecycle, from concept and design through to production and continuous improvement - Drive engineering best practices in areas such as CI/CD, testing, observability, cloud-native development and DevSecOps - Help build robust integration and delivery capabilities through automation and modern engineering tools and practices - Partner closely with peers across Product, Quality, Delivery, Operations and Engineering to ensure strong collaboration, operational quality and service reliability - Coach and support engineers through mentoring, code reviews, pairing and hands-on technical leadership - Contribute to the growth of our engineering capability in Wrocław, helping shape ways of working, engineering culture and future team direction - Support the evolution of technologies, engineering practices and team capabilities to meet changing product and organisational needs - Take ownership of the services and platforms your team builds, with responsibility for build, run, availability and ongoing improvement