Senior Principal Cloud Engineer – AI & Platform Leader

Toyota; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount

Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable)

Comprehensive health care and wellness

401(k) with company match

Relocation assistance (if applicable)

Job summary

Toyota is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer in Plano, TX to lead and shape cloud-native software initiatives across the enterprise. You will mentor engineers, define long-term technology roadmaps, and act as a trusted advisor for key platforms, enabling scalable, secure, and high-performance systems.

The role emphasizes hands-on architecture, leadership, and collaboration with product and operations teams to drive business outcomes and innovation in cloud, AI, and data domains.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• 15+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• Ability to handle IVR technology and Reliability Engineering.
• Proven experience in software development with Java, Spring Boot, NodeJS, REST API, real-time streaming architectures, and microservices patterns.
• Demonstrated experience in developing scalable applications and platforms.
• Experience leading, mentoring, and inspiring a team of software engineers to foster growth.

Responsibilities

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain.
• Decompose complex problems into practical operational solutions.
• Ensure quality of design and implementation.
• Serve as an authoritative expert on performance, scalability, and operability.
• Lead the way in creating next-generation talent for TFS Tech.
• Lead development and implementation enabling business initiatives across the enterprise.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

NodeJS

REST API

Microservices

Cloud native

Mentoring

Communication

GenAI

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Docker

Cassandra

Elasticsearch

CI/CD

Job description

Toyota is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer in Plano, TX to lead and shape cloud-native software initiatives across the enterprise. You will mentor engineers, define long-term technology roadmaps, and act as a trusted advisor for key platforms, enabling scalable, secure, and high-performance systems.

The role emphasizes hands-on architecture, leadership, and collaboration with product and operations teams to drive business outcomes and innovation in cloud, AI, and data domains.