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Who We’re Looking For Toyota Financial Services is seeking a passionate and highly motivated Principal Salesforce Engineer / Development Lead.
What You Will Be Doing Imagine leading the architecture and development of cutting-edge Salesforce platforms that seamlessly integrate with cloud-native services and enterprise systems. Success means delivering reliable, high-performance solutions that empower teams and enhance customer experience every day. Your typical day will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams, mentoring engineers, and driving technical excellence across complex projects.
- Lead the design and implementation of Salesforce Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, and related technologies to create scalable, secure, and extensible platforms.
- Own complex, cross-domain technical initiatives spanning Salesforce, backend services, integrations, and cloud infrastructure.
- Contribute to architecture decisions and engineering best practices to ensure operational excellence, performance, and resilience.
- Collaborate closely with technical lead, product, operations, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into robust technical solutions.
- Mentor and influence engineering teams through design reviews, pair programming, and architectural guidance.
- Innovate by integrating emerging AI-powered development tools and automation into the software lifecycle.
- Ensure platform security, compliance, and observability through thoughtful design and implementation.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience providing a strong foundation in software engineering principles.
- 12+ years of hands-on software development experience with a proven track record of designing and operating large-scale, production-grade systems.
- Advanced expertise in Salesforce Service Platform technologies including Service Cloud, Experience Cloud, Agent force, Apex, Lightning Web Components, and Salesforce Shield.
- Deep understanding of Salesforce integration patterns using REST, Bulk APIs, Platform Events, Streaming APIs, and middleware.
- Strong technical foundation in distributed systems, cloud-native architectures (preferably AWS), RESTful APIs, event-driven architectures, and microservices.
- Demonstrated ability to build scalable, reliable, and high-performance applications with a focus on operational excellence.
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Copado or Harness integrated with Salesforce.
- Practical knowledge of observability, application security, compliance, and performance optimization.
- Exposure to GenAI-powered software development lifecycle practices, including AI-assisted development, testing, and code review.
- Salesforce Certified Platform Developer I & II, Service Cloud Consultant, Application Architect, or System Architect certifications.
- Additional years of experience leading technical initiatives in enterprise Salesforce environments.
- Expertise in integrating AI capabilities safely into enterprise platforms to drive innovation and productivity.
During your interview process, our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-leading benefits and career development opportunities.
- A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect
- Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools and more
- Tax Advantaged Accounts (Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA)