Overview
Who we are
Collaborative. Respectful. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like at Toyota. As one of the world's most admired brands, Toyota is growing and leading the future of mobility through innovative, high-quality solutions designed to enhance lives and delight those we serve. We're looking for diverse, talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us.
Who we're looking for
Toyota's One Tech SCaFT Department is looking for two passionate and highly-motivated Principal Software Engineers to drive technical excellence and innovation. The primary responsibility of this role is to lead a highly skilled development team in delivering high-quality technical solutions that align with the product backlog, ensuring both functional and non-functional requirements are met.
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Reporting to the Senior Product Engineer, the person in this role will support the OneTech SCaFT department's objective to drive innovation, scalability, and quality in software development, ensuring timely and secure product releases.
What you'll be doing
- Overseeing technical design, strategy, and architectural decisions to ensure scalable, maintainable solutions that align with business goals.
- Leading the development of solutions, resolving complex technical issues, and engaging in hands-on technical design.
- Collaborating cross-functionally with Product Owners, Domain Leaders, and other teams to manage dependencies and deliver features on time.
- Mentoring and guiding the development team, promoting a focus on code quality, best practices, and continuous improvement.
- Ensuring non-functional requirements such as security, performance, scalability, and system integrations are met through effective design and development.
- Providing technical leadership and direction for critical projects and initiatives.
What you bring
- 7+ years of software development experience with strong technical expertise in software architecture and system integrations.
- At least 3 years of hands-on experience with React and modern development frameworks.
- Proven experience leading development teams and mentoring junior engineers.
- Advanced proficiency in PostgreSQL/MongoDB, Node.js REST APIs, and front-end development tools (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
- Expert-level knowledge in DOM manipulation, creating reusable components, and working with testing frameworks like Jest.
- Extensive experience with GraphQL, ECMAScript, and modern authorization mechanisms such as JSON Web Tokens.
- Strong track record of leading teams through technical challenges and delivering high-quality products.
- Excellence in technical design, conducting code reviews, and driving code quality improvements.
- Outstanding communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.
Added bonus if you have
- Experience working with large-scale, high-performance systems.
- AWS or equivalent cloud certifications.
- Demonstrated experience in transforming large scale applications from older technology to newer technology.
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
- 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, child care, schools and more
- Flexible spending accounts
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, need assistance with your application or do you require any special accommodations? Please send an email to talent.acquisition@toyota.com.