Lead/Principal Software Engineer (AWS, Java/Python)

Socket.dev; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Terraform/OpenTofu IaC

Bedrock Data Automation

AI/ML evaluation frameworks

Job summary

Toyota’s Enterprise Document Management Platform team seeks a Lead Software Engineer to scale enterprise solutions and guide a squad of engineers. You will collaborate with stakeholders, architects, and tech leads to deliver high-quality code and future-proof platform features.

You will lead design efforts, mentor engineers, and drive reliability, observability, and deployment safety across services in a cloud-first environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience with backend or full-stack focus at a principal engineer level.
• Proven ability to design, build, and maintain RESTful APIs, including contract design, versioning and error handling.
• Deep expertise in AWS architectures: serverless, containers, event-driven solutions (EC2, ECS, Lambda, Step Functions).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment strategies.
• Experience building observable systems to track distributed service performance and troubleshoot failures.
• Excellent collaboration and communication with product managers, architects and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions.
• Collaborate with product and cross-functional partner teams to align priorities and timelines.
• Lead design and architecture of platform-level features (design patterns, reliability, scaling, backup & restore).
• Proactively communicate technical risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to stakeholders.
• Define and champion engineering and operational excellence: code quality, testing strategies, observability, deployment safety.
• Promote inclusive environment and mentor talent within TFS.

Skills

RESTful APIs

AWS architectures

CI/CD

Observability

Distributed systems

Kafka

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

EC2

ECS

Lambda

Step Functions

API Gateway

DynamoDB

DocumentDB

EventBridge

SQS

SNS

MSK

S3

CloudFront

OpenSearch

Kafka

Job description

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 talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us.

An important part of the Toyota family is Toyota Financial Services (TFS), the finance and insurance brand for Toyota and Lexus in North America. While TFS is a separate business entity, it is an essential part of this world-changing company- delivering on Toyota's vision to move people beyond what's possible. At TFS, you will help create best-in-class customer experience in an innovative, collaborative environment.

Toyota does not offer support or sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas or any other workauthorization for this role now or in the future. You must have the right to work in the United States and not requireToyota support or sponsorship for immigration-related employment (e.g., H-1B, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, TN, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEMOPT, F-1 CPT, ‘job flexibility benefits’ [also known as I-140 or Adjustment of Status portability], etc.) now or in thefuture. You should not apply for this role if you will require Toyota to assist with immigration support or sponsorshipnow or in the future.

Whowe’relooking for

The TFS Enterprise Document Management Platform team isseekinga highly motivated person to fill an opening as aLeadSoftware Engineerrole to help our growing Enterprise needs.TheLeadSoftware Engineer will build on their passion for software engineering and combine with skills for operational excellence to build solutions to scale industry best practices and design patterns.

As a Lead Engineer, you will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, architects and other tech leads to understand requirements, design innovative solutions, and guide a squad of engineers in delivering high-quality, functional application code.

Whatyou’llbe doing

TheLeadSoftware Engineer has a pivotal role within a software factory.Theymustleveragetheir technicalexpertiseto drive innovation and deliver impactful business outcomes. Additionally, they shouldpossessstrong collaboration skills to work with other technologists,leaddevelopment of independent components and sub-groups within the factory.

• Collaborate with agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions

• Collaborate with product and cross-functional partner teams to ensure alignment in priorities and timelines

• Lead the design and architecture of new and existing platform level features (design patterns, reliability, scaling, backup & restore)

• Proactively communicate technical risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations to stakeholders

• Define and champion engineering and operational excellence: code quality, testing strategies, observability, and deployment safety

• Promote a culture ofinclusiveenvironment where the ideas of other tech leads can be heard and championed.

• Lead the way in creating next-generation talent for TFS, mentoring internaltalentand actively recruiting to keep building our community.

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, orequivalentexperience

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with a strong backend or full-stack focus anda track recordof operating at a principal engineer level

• Proven ability to design, build, andmaintainRESTful APIs, including API contract design,versioningand error handling

• Deepexpertisein designing and building AWS architectures, including serverless, containerized, and event-driven solutions:

  • EC2, ECS,Lambda, Step functionsfor computeand workflow

  • API Gateway(REST and HTTP APIs) for service exposure

  • DynamoDB/ Document DB for data persistence

  • EventBridge,SQS, orSNS, MSKfor event-driven communication

  • S3for object storage and data lake patterns

  • CloudFrontfor API acceleration and edge caching

  • OpenSearch for advanced search and analytics

• Experience with asynchronous communication patterns and brokers like Kafka.

• Skilled at troubleshooting and resolving complex production issues quickly and efficiently.

• Proficiencyin setting up Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, incorporating automated testing, code quality checks, and deployment strategies.

• Experience building observable systems to track the performance of distributed services, trace issues, and troubleshoot failures.

• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work with product managers,architectsand other engineers to define technical requirements.

Added bonusif you have

• Solid understanding ofInfrastructure as CodeusingTerraform and/orOpenTofu.

• Proficiencyin Bedrock Data Automation, AWSTextract, Transcribe and other AI/ML solutions, evaluation frameworks

• Proficiencyin customization of CI/CD workflows and managing multiple environments.

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

Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match, as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota regardless of whether you contribute (if applicable)

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)

Relocation assistance (if applicable)

Belonging at Toyota

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace all perspectives and value unique human experiences. Respect for all is our North Star.

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.