Lead/Principal Software Engineer (AWS, Java/Python)
Toyota North America2 days ago
Plano, TX, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions with agile teams.
- Lead the design and architecture of platform-level features, including design patterns, reliability, scaling, and backup and restore.
- Collaborate with product teams, business stakeholders, architects, and cross-functional partners to define requirements and align priorities.
- Communicate technical risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to stakeholders.
- Champion code quality, testing strategies, observability, deployment safety, and operational excellence.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex production issues involving distributed services.
- Mentor internal talent and participate in recruiting engineering team members.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 10+ years of software engineering experience with a strong backend or full-stack focus and experience operating at a principal engineer level.
- Experience designing, building, and maintaining RESTful APIs, including API contracts, versioning, and error handling.
- Deep experience designing AWS architectures using serverless, containerized, and event-driven solutions.
- Experience with asynchronous communication patterns and brokers such as Kafka.
- Proficiency setting up CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, code quality checks, and deployment strategies.
- Experience building observable systems for performance tracking, distributed tracing, and failure troubleshooting.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills when working with product managers, architects, and engineers.
- Preferred experience with Terraform or OpenTofu, Bedrock Data Automation, AWS Textract, AWS Transcribe, AI/ML solutions, evaluation frameworks, and customized CI/CD workflows.
Benefits
- Team-oriented, flexible, and respectful work environment.
- Professional growth and development programs and tuition reimbursement.
- Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount and Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program where applicable.
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for the employee’s family.
- Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan with company match and annual retirement contribution where applicable.
- 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.
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?