Principal Engineer II — Data Engineering
Toyota USA13 days ago
Plano, TX, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Define the technical vision for large-scale supply chain data platforms on AWS, Databricks, and Azure.
- Lead architecture and design decisions for scalable data products, distributed systems, streaming solutions, governance, security, observability, reliability, and operational excellence.
- Provide technical leadership across discovery, architecture, implementation, deployment, and operational support for data and AI/ML workloads.
- Mentor data engineers, technical leads, and engineering managers while raising engineering standards and organizational capability.
- Lead or coordinate multiple development teams, set priorities, manage dependencies, and drive execution across parallel workstreams.
- Partner with product, operations, architecture, platform, and business stakeholders to create technical roadmaps and execution plans.
- Establish modern cloud-native engineering, DevSecOps, observability, reliability, and software delivery practices.
- Set standards for AI-assisted engineering, including appropriate review, security, governance, and code quality expectations.
- Evaluate architecture, tooling, and emerging technologies through time-boxed experiments and prototypes.
- Provide leadership visibility into technical direction, delivery health, risks, tradeoffs, and key decisions.
- Stay close to supply chain operations and promote accountability, experimentation, continuous learning, and technical excellence.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of experience 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, modern integration patterns, and scalable platform design.
- At least 5 years of experience delivering data solutions with Python, PySpark, SQL, Databricks, Apache Spark, AWS Redshift, and streaming frameworks.
- Expertise in data architecture, distributed data processing, domain-driven design, and scalable data platform decision-making.
- Experience designing and implementing AI/ML solutions involving data preparation, model integration, inference workflows, and automation use cases.
- Experience with AWS AI/ML services such as SageMaker and Bedrock.
- Experience leading or coordinating multiple software development teams and influencing senior engineers and technical leads.
- Ability to align roadmaps, manage dependencies, drive execution, communicate technical strategy, and influence across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience using AI as an engineering assistant and raising AI-enabled delivery capabilities across teams while maintaining quality, security, and review standards.
- Experience working in cross-functional fusion-team models where engineering and operations share goals and priorities.
- Preferred qualifications include globally distributed team experience, supply chain or manufacturing platform experience, AWS or Databricks certifications, SAFe or other agile certifications, enterprise LLM or AI-agent experience, and introducing emerging technologies from pilot through adoption.
Benefits
- Professional growth and development programs, including tuition reimbursement.
- Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount.
- Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program, if applicable.
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for the employee’s family.
- Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan with company match and an annual retirement contribution, if applicable.
- Paid holidays and paid time off.
- Referral services for prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools, and related needs.
- Tax-advantaged Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, and Dependent Care FSA accounts.
- Relocation assistance, if applicable.
- Work environment emphasizing teamwork, flexibility, and respect; position based at Toyota Motor North America Headquarters in Plano, Texas.
Tech Stack
Categories
Data Engineering
About Toyota USA
Toyota USA (Toyota Motor North America) manufactures and sells Toyota cars, trucks, and SUVs for U.S. customers, and provides financing and mobility services. Founded in 1957 and headquartered in Plano, Texas, it oversees North American operations and plants that build models like the Camry and Tundra, and is expanding battery and EV production in Kentucky and North Carolina.