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.

This position is based in Plano, TX with a hybrid mix or some in-office and some remote work.

To save time applying, Toyota does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas or any other work authorization for this position currently.

Who we're looking for

• Author RFCs (Request for Comments) to propose the implementation or modification of a new cloud blueprint or golden path.
• Prepare technical design documents for a Cloud blueprint that takes into consideration the end-to-end lifecycle, including the inner and outer development loops. Ensure compliance with best practices outlined in the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
• Write high-quality application and infrastructure scaffolding code for the above designs that adhere to our standards for style, maintainability, and best practices for a large-scale web application environment.
• Create application and golden path migration checklists and guides.
• Provide forward-looking roadmaps, develop a strategy for the Blueprints track to meet the needs of the Toyota developer community, and provide tactical guidance as we continue to expand and establish the Cloud Engineering practice.
• Keep abreast of emerging advances in cloud-native development by studying and researching public cloud features and technology developments and incorporating those that will increase the efficiency and quality of our development process.
• Hire and mentor Cloud application engineers who represent the best and the brightest in the industry.
• Collaborate with Product Management and other stakeholders (Application Product teams, DevEx Tools, Cloud Security, Site Reliability Engineering, etc.) to turn the Cloud Blueprints product vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter.
• Champion engineering and operational excellence, establishing metrics and processes for regular assessment and improvement. Maintain and advocate for these standards through code/PR reviews.
• Create and contribute to external blogs and the open-source community to represent Toyota and its values.

• At least 12+ years' experience in providing technical direction and leadership for software engineering and development, including at least 3+ years' experience developing, deploying, and scaling cloud-native software components on cloud providers such as AWS or Google Cloud.
• Experience architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous problems.
• Proven aptitude in leading teams in iterative and incremental software delivery to create successful products.
• You've worked with Python, Java, Spring Boot, Typescript, Docker/Kubernetes, Postgres, or any of the cloud-native database technologies.
• Experience with at least one popular form of Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM, or an equivalent)
• Experience converting large monolithic systems into micro-service APIs (GraphQL/REST) that adhere to the 12-factor application methodology.
• Demonstrated experience in mentoring, conflict resolution, as well as communication skills, not only within your team but within your product group and/or the whole engineering organization.
• You've written distributed, high-volume services, and know how to use CI/CD tools to deploy and maintain them in production.
• You have an implicit drive to improve You communicate clearly and empathically, especially in writing and documentation.

• Experience working on remote globally distributed high-performing teams and largely asynchronous work environments.
• Prior experience in building large-scale distributed data-intensive applications in the Google Cloud Platform
• Contributions to open-source projects.
• Published blog posts and/or tech talks about your work.
• Polyglot experience delivering software products utilizing a variety of technology stacks
• Experience developing innovative tooling that enhanced productivity for cross-functional teams with a commitment to empowering colleagues.

• 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 work options based on business needs
• 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)