Principal Engineer II - Data Engineering
Toyota North America1 day ago
Plano, TX, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define the technical vision and architecture for large-scale supply chain data platforms on AWS, Databricks, and Azure.
- Lead technical decisions across data products and development teams from discovery and architecture through implementation, deployment, and operational support.
- Mentor data engineers, technical leads, and engineering managers while raising engineering standards across the organization.
- Coordinate multiple development teams, set priorities, manage dependencies, and drive execution across parallel workstreams.
- Shape technical roadmaps for cloud data, analytics, and AI/ML solutions with product, operations, architecture, platform, and business stakeholders.
- Establish cloud-native architectures, DevSecOps automation, observability, reliability engineering, and software delivery standards.
- Set standards for responsible AI-assisted engineering, experimentation, security, review, and code quality.
- Provide senior leadership with visibility into technical direction, delivery health, risks, tradeoffs, and key decisions.
- Stay connected to supply chain operations to ensure platform architecture reflects real business workflows.
Requirements
- At least 8 years designing and delivering complex enterprise data and software solutions, including large-scale transformation initiatives.
- At least 5 years of experience with cloud-native data architecture on AWS, Databricks, and Azure, distributed systems, integration patterns, and scalable platform design.
- At least 5 years delivering data solutions using Python, PySpark, SQL, Databricks, Apache Spark, AWS Redshift, streaming frameworks, and modern DevOps or platform-engineering practices.
- Expertise in data architecture, distributed data processing, domain-driven design, scalable data platforms, streaming and event-driven systems, data governance, security, observability, and reliability.
- Experience designing and implementing AI/ML solutions involving data preparation, model integration, inference workflows, automation, and production enterprise platforms.
- Experience leading or coordinating multiple software development teams, mentoring senior engineers and technical leads, and influencing without authority.
- Ability to align roadmaps, manage dependencies, drive execution, communicate technical strategy and tradeoffs, and balance quality, delivery, AI enablement, and cost optimization.
- Experience working in cross-functional or fusion-team models and adapting teams as priorities change.
- Preferred qualifications include supply chain, manufacturing, logistics, or fulfillment experience; AWS or Databricks certifications; agile certifications; globally distributed team experience; and experience with LLMs, AI agents, emerging technology adoption, or productivity tooling.
Benefits
- Professional growth and development programs, including tuition reimbursement.
- Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount and, where applicable, the Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program.
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for the employee’s family.
- Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan with company match and, where applicable, an annual employer retirement contribution.
- Paid holidays and paid time off.
- Referral services for prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools, and related needs.
- Tax-advantaged accounts including HSA, Health Care FSA, and Dependent Care FSA.
- Relocation assistance where applicable.
- Based at Toyota Motor North America Headquarters in Plano, Texas.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About Toyota North America
At Toyota, we’re known for making some of the highest quality vehicles on the road. But there is more to our story. We believe in putting people first and creating opportunities for our team members to build careers as unique as they are. As one of the world’s most admired brands, we are leading the way to the future of mobility, so everyone can move freely, happily and comfortably. We have big dreams and believe that nothing is impossible. Ready to Dream, Do and Grow with us?