Lead Principal Cloud Architect (AWS) — FinServ

Toyota North America; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team environment

Tuition reimbursement

Vehicle purchase discount

Lease vehicle program

Health care and wellness plans

401(k) Savings Plan with company match

Paid holidays and PTO

Referral services

Tax advantaged accounts

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Toyota North America’s Banking and Commercial Lending team seeks a Principal Engineer to architect end-to-end solutions across our financial services portfolio. You will lead design discussions, partner with product owners, and drive scalable, secure cloud-native architectures on AWS.

With 10+ years in software engineering and a strong background in Spring Boot, Java, Python, and JavaScript, you’ll mentor engineers, define best practices, and guide multi-region deployments, data lake

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture (3+ years in system/application design), with a strong foundation in Spring Boot, Java, Python, and/or JavaScript.
• Proven track record designing and deploying large-scale, multi-region cloud-native solutions (preferably AWS), including event-driven and streaming architectures, containers (EKS/ECS), and related services.
• Skilled in CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and modern software development methodologies.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to explain complex technical decisions; demonstrated experience leading engineering teams and cross-functional projects.
• Adaptable, mission-aligned leader who thrives in dynamic environments, embraces collaboration, and supports off-hours incident response when needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead design discussions around system components such as APIs, databases, caching layers, messaging, resilience, and observability.
• Collaborate with product owners and technical teams to design end-to-end architecture for applications across our financial services portfolio.
• Analyze trade-offs and propose scalable, maintainable, and secure solutions tailored to business goals.
• Evaluate and introduce new software patterns, tools, and frameworks through proof-of-concepts (PoCs).
• Lead the engineering efforts for AWS solutions, staying current with the latest advancements in related technologies.
• Identify opportunities, develop strategies, design architecture, and establish best practices to optimize cloud-based data lake and processing frameworks supporting real-time and near real-time data ingestion, processing, monitoring, and reporting.
• Design cloud-native applications using AWS services and modern architecture practices, including declarative coding and solutions with tools like serverless workflows and computing
• Incorporate security and DevSecOps principles into application architecture, ensuring robust protection and compliance.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, architectural diagrams, and best practices, ensuring design decisions and architecture artifacts are aligned, reusable, and shared for knowledge transfer.
• Provide mentoring to junior engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, excellence, and continuous learning.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with organizational vision and business priorities.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Python

JavaScript

AWS

EKS/ECS

CI/CD

DevOps

Cloud Architecture

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS Services

Job description

Toyota North America’s Banking and Commercial Lending team seeks a Principal Engineer to architect end-to-end solutions across our financial services portfolio. You will lead design discussions, partner with product owners, and drive scalable, secure cloud-native architectures on AWS.

With 10+ years in software engineering and a strong background in Spring Boot, Java, Python, and JavaScript, you’ll mentor engineers, define best practices, and guide multi-region deployments, data lake