Senior Software Engineer

Toyota North America

4.2

(18)

Plano, TX

Why you should apply for a job to Toyota North America:

  • 4.2/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.3/5 in supportive management
  • 83% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 69% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Women Influencing and Impacting Toyota (WIIT) employee resource group, with 14 chapters across North America,
  • SuccessShare, a sponsorship program designed to prepare the next generation of women leaders at Toyota.
  • Toyota paid maternity leave provides up to six to eight weeks of 100% paid leave, depending on method of delivery.
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    Position summary

    development and support across the North American Supplier Quality Systems.

    Reporting to the Manager, the person in this position will plan, advise, and provide internal consulting services to develop and apply technology solutions that align with business goals and objectives. The primary responsibility of this role is to support the Supplier Quality Business, Principal Engineers and Technical Product Owners required for designing, developing, and managing activities for Supplier Quality software products from product definition and planning through production, release, modernization, maintenance/operations, and end of life.

    Reporting to the OneTech Manager for NA Quality, the person in this role will support the NAQ department with the objective of proactively seeking opportunities to apply technology to business challenges and processes.

    What you'll be doing

    Technical Leadership and Team Management

    • Lead and inspire application development scrum teams.

    • Cultivate a collaborative, technically proficient team culture that encourages innovative problem-solving.

    • Develop a strong and healthy relationship with your business counterparts. Understand the business and proactively support upcoming initiatives.

    Strategic Planning

    • Develop and execute a product/technical roadmap for application development projects.

    • Collaborate with the Manager, Sr. Manager, Principal Engineers and Business to establish a forward-looking product/technical strategy and vision for the application development team.

    Project Management

    • Proactively manage and mitigate risks and issues.

    • Ensure all projects follow the standard Agile methodology.

    • Establish clear priorities, develop robust implementation plans and allocate resources.

    • Oversee planning, execution, and successful delivery of concurrent development projects.

    • Ensure that projects are executed within specified timelines, scope, and budget constraints.

    Technical Excellence

    • Maintain a high level of technical expertise and stay current with emerging industry best practices.

    • Responsible to enforce governance processes and technical assessments to guarantee the quality, scalability, and security of applications.

    Cross-functional Technical Collaboration

    • Articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

    • Collaborate effectively with architecture, security, data, Cloud, NAQ Platform and other OneTech product teams to ensure seamless product launches.

    Process Optimization

    • Identify and act on opportunities for improving development processes, tools, and workflows.

    • Implement best practices to optimize efficiency and productivity.

    What you bring

    • Education

      • Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Computer Science or Management Information Systems.
    • Experience

      • 5-7 years of progressive experience in Software Engineering and Solution Architecture.
      • Strong record of delivering enterprise-grade solutions across multi-year initiatives.
    • Cloud & Infrastructure

      • Demonstrated hands-on work experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including the following products:
        • Serverless Architecture (AWS Lambda, AWS API Gateway)
        • Managed Database Products (Amazon RDS [Aurora], DynamoDB)
        • Containerization (Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS)
        • Search and Analytics (AWS OpenSearch, Amazon QuickSight
    • Software Development

      • Demonstrated hands-on work experience in full-stack development using:
        • Backend: Java, NodeJS, GraphQL
        • Frontend: Angular
        • APIs: REST and SOAP services
    • Identity & Security

      • Experience implementing modern authentication and authorization mechanisms including:
        • oAuth2
        • ForgeRock Identity Platform
    • DevOps & Agile Delivery Framework

      • Strong familiarity with DevOps practices, including automated CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code.
      • Actively engaged in Agile/Scrum environments with emphasis on iterative delivery and continuous improvement.
    • Data Visualization & Reporting

      • Practical experience building dashboards and reports using tools like Microsoft Power BI and AWS QuickSight.

    • Production Support & Operations

      • Proven ability to support mission-critical applications in production environments, ensuring service level objectives are met, system performance is maintained, and upgrade cycles are executed effectively

    Non-Technical

    • Experience using written and verbal communication skills effectively, with the ability to create and present concepts, influence and persuade the business, and make recommendations to management

    • Experience providing guidance to application support and/or project implementation vendors

    • Program and/or project management experience

    • Experience working with/in Agile teams

    Added bonus if you have

    • AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Professional), Certified Developer (Associate) and related AWS Professional level technical certifications.

    • Experience with Site Reliability Engineering practices and concepts in application support

    • Experience working with legacy Java applications.

    • Familiarity with Informatica, Kafka, MQ

    • Automotive manufacturing/industry experience

    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

    • Flextime

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

    • 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)

    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. Toyota is proud to have 10+ different Business Partnering Groups across 100 different North American chapter locations that support team members' efforts to dream, do and grow without questioning that they belong.

    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.

    Have a question, need assistance with your application or do you require any special accommodations? Please send an email to [email protected] .

    Why you should apply for a job to Toyota North America:

  • 4.2/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.3/5 in supportive management
  • 83% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 69% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • Women Influencing and Impacting Toyota (WIIT) employee resource group, with 14 chapters across North America,
  • SuccessShare, a sponsorship program designed to prepare the next generation of women leaders at Toyota.
  • Toyota paid maternity leave provides up to six to eight weeks of 100% paid leave, depending on method of delivery.