Overview

Who we are

At Toyota, we are reimagining mobility through innovative, high-quality technology solutions designed to enhance lives and meet our company mission of "Producing Happiness for All." If you are interested in reimagining mobility with us in an inclusive environment built on teamwork that puts respect for people first, we want to talk to you.

This position is based out of Plano, Texas.

Toyota encourages all employees to live within a reasonable commuting distance of their assigned work location. Hybrid work from outside of the assigned work location may be permitted in a pre-approved list of states (AZ, CA, CO, GA, IL, IN, KY, MA, MI, MO, NJ, NY, OH, OR, TN, TX, VA, WV) with certain stipulations.

Speak with your recruiter and hiring manager to learn more about our hybrid work program.

Who we're looking for

Connected Technologies is a newly formed group within Toyota, focused on delivering industry-leading user experiences and new technologies for our Toyota and Lexus vehicles.

We're looking for a highly motivated Principal Software Engineer, Systems Engineering who is experienced developing highly performant back-end cloud applications that will seamlessly support millions of users on our remote services platform!

You will be responsible for providing technical leadership and initiative to build high-quality solutions and be tasked with maintaining & improving existing codebases as well as responsible for peer review code changes. This role will also be tasked with overseeing evaluation progress, daily-activity statuses, and key project activities on day-to-day basis. Lastly, you'll be asked to support documentation, engagement in quality testing/validation for changes and improving features before releasing them to our customers.

Join us as we grow and lead the future of mobility through innovative, high-quality solutions designed to enhance lives and delight those we serve. We support, celebrate, and thrive on the opportunity to provide Mobility for All. Are you results driven, deeply innovative, and interested in working on a team dedicated to building products and services that are beautifully designed, intuitive, predictive, convenient, and relevant? If so, we want to talk to you!

What you'll be doing:

* Define and architect solutions for the most complex issues that the team faces.
* Design, implement, and maintain applications/APIs.
* Write well defined and tested code for better maintainability and performance.
* DevOps and IAC leadership in best practices & enhancements.
* Design re-usable frameworks/components to help the needs of feature teams spanning across the globe.
* Provide technical leadership and vision in design, implementation, testing and rolling out existing and new services.
* Work with a cross-functional engineering teams, Front-end, QA, Platform Engineering to meet all project deliverables and milestone dates.
* Gather requirements, design, document and collaborate with other engineering teams to manage all the dependencies.
* Troubleshoot issues and debug codebases.
* Adapt new technologies, tools, processes from the organization as needed.
* Communicate well with team members and suppliers and work collaboratively.
* Mentor senior-level and mid-level developers. Be the example of what other engineers aspire to be and aspire to be great!

What you bring:

* Proven software engineering experience. Bachelors/Masters in CS, Computer or Software Engineering, Information Technology preferred.
* Demonstrated experience in developing web services and applications in Java, Kotlin, Golang or similar languages.
* Strong expertise in system fundamentals including multi-threading, concurrency, IO subsystems, and scheduling.
* Intense curiosity, willingness to question, and passion for solving hard technical problems to make systems better.
* Proficient in clean architecture, API design, debugging, profiling and performance optimization.
* Excellent problem-solving skills with knowledge of algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis.

Add bonus if you have:

* You'll be a technical leader in your immediate team, working with other engineers and your product and design counterparts to take projects from idea to completion with a high degree of autonomy and ownership.
* You'll be responsible for understanding product requirements & designs, and the customer problems they're aiming to solve; distilling them into manageable subparts that can be divided across other engineers on the project.
* Build the next-generation vehicle management system for Vehicle owners.
* Collaborate effectively and navigate through organizational complexity to solve problems and drive cross-functional execution.
* Experience collaborating with design, analytics, and product teams to improve user experiences.
* Ability to work in fast paced environment with quick decision-making skills.

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.
* Vehicle purchase & lease programs.
* Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family.
* Flextime and virtual work options (if applicable).
* 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.
* Flexible spending accounts.
* Relocation assistance (if applicable).

Belonging at Toyota

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace diverse perspectives and value unique human experiences. Respect for all is our North Star. Toyota is proud to have 10+ different Business Partnering Groups across 100 different North American chapter locations that support team members' efforts to dream, do and grow without questioning that they belong. As a company that has been one of DiversityInc's Top 50 Companies for Diversity and a member of The Billion Dollar Roundtable supporting minority and woman-owned suppliers for over 10 years, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business.

Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

Have a question or need assistance with your application? Check out the How to Apply section of our careers page on Toyota.com or send an email to [ Email address blocked ] - Click here to apply to Principal Software Engineer, Systems Engineering.