Toyota

Lead/Principal Software Engineer (AWS, Java/Python)

Toyota$120K — $150K *
Plano, TX 75025In-Person
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience
  • 10+ years of software engineering experience focused on backend or full-stack development at a principal engineer level
  • Experience designing, building, and maintaining RESTful APIs
  • Expertise in AWS architectures including serverless and event-driven solutions
  • Proficiency in CI/CD pipeline setup and automation strategies
  • Skilled in troubleshooting complex production issues
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills with a technical audience

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions
  • Ensure alignment in priorities and timelines with product and cross-functional partner teams
  • Lead the design and architecture of platform-level features
  • Communicate technical risks and recommendations proactively to stakeholders
  • Champion engineering and operational excellence in code quality and testing strategies
  • Promote an inclusive environment for team collaboration and idea-sharing
  • Mentor internal talent and participate in recruitment for talent development

Benefits

  • Teamwork-oriented work environment with flexibility and respect
  • Professional growth and development programs, including tuition reimbursement
  • Vehicle purchase and lease programs for team members
  • Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for the whole family
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match and annual contributions
  • Paid holidays and paid time off
  • Referral services for prenatal, adoption, childcare, and education needs
  • Tax-advantaged accounts for health and dependent care
Full Job Description
Overview

Who we're looking for

The TFS Enterprise Document Management Platform team is seeking a highly motivated person to fill an opening as a Lead Software Engineer role to help our growing Enterprise needs. The Lead Software Engineer will build on their passion for software engineering and combine with skills for operational excellence to build solutions to scale industry best practices and design patterns.

As a Lead Engineer, you will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, architects and other tech leads to understand requirements, design innovative solutions, and guide a squad of engineers in delivering high-quality, functional application code.

What you'll be doing

The Lead Software Engineer has a pivotal role within a software factory. They must leverage their technical expertise to drive innovation and deliver impactful business outcomes. Additionally, they should possess strong collaboration skills to work with other technologists, lead development of independent components and sub-groups within the factory.
  • Collaborate with agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions
  • Collaborate with product and cross-functional partner teams to ensure alignment in priorities and timelines
  • Lead the design and architecture of new and existing platform level features (design patterns, reliability, scaling, backup & restore)
  • Proactively communicate technical risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to stakeholders
  • Define and champion engineering and operational excellence: code quality, testing strategies, observability, and deployment safety
  • Promote a culture of inclusive environment where the ideas of other tech leads can be heard and championed.
  • Lead the way in creating next-generation talent for TFS, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting to keep building our community.


What you bring
  • 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 a track record of operating at a principal engineer level
  • Proven ability to design, build, and maintain RESTful APIs, including API contract design, versioning and error handling
  • Deep expertise in designing and building AWS architectures, including serverless, containerized, and event-driven solutions:
  • EC2, ECS, Lambda, Step functions for compute and workflow
  • API Gateway (REST and HTTP APIs) for service exposure
  • DynamoDB/ Document DB for data persistence
  • EventBridge, SQS, or SNS, MSK for event-driven communication
  • S3 for object storage and data lake patterns
  • CloudFront for API acceleration and edge caching
  • OpenSearch for advanced search and analytics
  • Experience with asynchronous communication patterns and brokers like Kafka.
  • Skilled at troubleshooting and resolving complex production issues quickly and efficiently.
  • Proficiency in setting up Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, incorporating automated testing, code quality checks, and deployment strategies.
  • Experience building observable systems to track the performance of distributed services, trace issues, and troubleshoot failures.
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work with product managers, architects and other engineers to define technical requirements.


Added bonus if you have
  • Solid understanding of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and/or OpenTofu.
  • Proficiency in Bedrock Data Automation, AWS Textract, Transcribe and other AI/ML solutions, evaluation frameworks
  • Proficiency in customization of CI/CD workflows and managing multiple environments.


What we'll bring

During your interview process, our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-leading benefits and career development opportunities. A few highlights include:
  • A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect
  • Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement
  • Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount.
  • Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable).
  • Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family
  • Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match, as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota regardless of whether you contribute
  • Paid holidays and paid time off
  • Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools, and more
  • Tax Advantaged Accounts (Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, Dependent Care FSA)


About Toyota

Toyota Motor Corporation is a Japanese multinational automotive manufacturer headquartered in Toyota City, Aichi, Japan. The company was founded in 1937 by Kiichiro Toyoda and has since grown to become the world's largest automotive manufacturer. Toyota Motor Corporation produces a wide range of vehicles including cars, trucks, and buses. The company is committed to sustainability and has set a goal of achieving zero carbon emissions by 2050. Toyota Motor Corporation has operations in over 170 countries and regions around the world.
Learn more about Toyota
Size
372,817 employees
Market Cap
$225.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1,531.2 billion
Founded
1937
5 Year Trend
+2.6%
Revenue
$26,625.1 billion
NASDAQ

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