Quality Engineer

Toyota; Kent (WA); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Toyota in Kent, WA seeks a Quality Engineer to own and advance our software quality across TypeScript and Rust initiatives. You’ll drive migrations, decompose complex tech debt, and ship robust changes that improve Kent releases and customer outcomes.

You’ll collaborate with engineering squads, translate attention-management concepts for non-technical stakeholders, and own metrics that influence product success. Hybrid schedule offered, competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• Fluency across Rust and TypeScript with strong opinions on both.
• Experience owning projects from concept through delivery.
• Ability to translate Attention Management complexity for non-technical audiences.
• Comfort owning a number that can go up or down because of you.

Responsibilities

• Lead the TypeScript migration to retire the legacy stack.
• Ship the Presentation Skills rewrite to reduce technical debt.
• Address Ruby on Rails race conditions during Kent peak traffic.
• Resolve Selenium dependency knots slowing Kent releases.
• Move Toyota's TypeScript stack out of the WA region before migration deadline.
• Turn vague tickets into crisp, testable MongoDB acceptance criteria.
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce debt over time.
• Carry a Git feature through code freeze without stability loss.

Skills

Rust

TypeScript

Project ownership

Team player

Attention Management

Numerical ownership

Job description

The phrase \"it works on my machine\" makes you wince, which is exactly why you'd make a great Quality Engineer here in Kent. This is $69,000 - $109,000 for 1 years of Git, a hybrid schedule, and a junior stake in where Toyota heads next.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the TypeScript migration that finally retires Toyota's purpose-led legacy stack
• Ship the Presentation Skills hardworking rewrite that pays down years of Toyota technical debt
• Catch the Ruby on Rails race conditions that only surface under Kent peak traffic
• Untangle the Selenium dependency knots that have slowed Kent releases for months
• Pull Toyota's TypeScript stack out of the WA region before the migration deadline
• Turn vague technology tickets into crisp, testable MongoDB acceptance criteria
• Profile and refactor legacy code to reduce technical debt over time
• Carry a trust-based Git feature through code freeze without breaking Toyota stability

What You'll Bring

• Fluency across Rust and TypeScript, with strong opinions on both
• Comfortable owning projects from concept through delivery
• A team player who lifts up colleagues and shares credit
• Experience translating Attention Management complexity for a non-technical audience
• Comfort owning a number that goes up or down because of you

Toyota is a detail-loving Kent, WA company born from the belief that technology tools should respect the people using them. The door to every manager at Toyota is genuinely open, calendar permitting and politics aside.

The offer is plainspoken: $69,000 - $109,000, coaching that grows you, benefits that cover you, and a schedule that flexes with Kent.

Live and listening, the hiring team reads new applications as they arrive.