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 talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us.
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WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

Toyota’s North America Quality (NAQ) Systems & Technology Platforms team is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Software Principal Engineer I.
The primary responsibility of this role is to serve as the technology leader, responsible for application development and support.
Reporting to the Manager of Product Quality, the person in this role will support the North America Quality (NAQ) Systems & Technology Platforms department’s objective to plan, advise, and provide internal consulting services to develop and apply technology solutions that align with business goals and objectives.

• Work closely with Principal Engineer II to understand enterprise and portfolio standards applicable to solution design commencement.
• Create proof of concept and prototype development to verify the feasibility of design pattern(s).
• Instruct the development teams on the best practices of implementing the proof of concept.
• Lead multiple development teams in implementation based on business requirements.
• Develop designs based on business requirements, collaborating closely with stakeholders to ensure their needs are accurately understood and fully met.
• Create low-level designs using accepted design principles on approved platforms as reviewed by the Principal Engineer II in collaboration with the Enterprise Architecture team.
• Maintain awareness of the technical competencies of the development team members and work with members to improve and close gaps in knowledge and the way of thinking.
• Set standards for code reviews and a framework for solution technical oversight.
• Perform technical oversight of the solutions vendor teams.
• Ensure that the solution design and implementation comply with the latest security guidelines and work to resolve issues flagged in security scans.
• Document and review system health with the Principal Engineer II periodically.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture version standards.
• Ensure compliance with cloud standards.
• Proactively analyze cloud costs and ensure that cloud configuration is optimized for efficiency as well as costs.
• Observability and supportability: oversee system health and operational alerts. Ensure that the alerts are categorized, and relevant alerts/errors/warnings are resolved based on priority and severity.
• Incident Management: lead teams in the resolution of highly critical (P1/P2) system outages for prompt service restoration. Lead problem investigations and implementation of recommendations/learnings that follow.