Sr. Principal Engineer

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.

To save time applying, Toyota does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas or any other work authorization for this position at this time. 

This position is based in Plano, TX. 

Who we’re looking for 

Our team is seeking a highly motivated person to fill an opening as a Sr. Principal Engineer, to help our growing needs. 

What you’ll be doing 

• You will work alongside our talented team of software engineers, machine learning experts, product managers, and engineering leaders. Our Sr. Principal Engineers are leading experts in their domains, helping devise practical and reusable solutions to complex problems. You will drive innovation at multiple levels, helping optimize business outcomes while driving towards strong technology solutions. 

• You will promote a culture of engineering excellence and strike the right balance between lending expertise and providing an inclusive environment where the ideas of others can be heard and championed. You will lead the way in creating next-generation talent for TFS Tech, mentoring internal talent and actively recruiting to keep building our community. 

• Sr. Principal Engineers are expected to lead through technical contributions and develop long-term technology roadmaps. You will operate as a trusted advisor for our key technologies, platforms and capability domains, creating clear and concise communications, code samples, blog posts and other material to share knowledge both inside and outside the organization. You will specialize in a particular subject area, but your input and impact will be sought and expected throughout the organization. 

• In this role, you will lead development and implementation that will enable business initiatives, working with other leaders and teams across the enterprise to enable these solutions. 

Key responsibilities: 

• Articulate and evangelize a bold technical vision for your domain 

• Decompose complex problems into practical and operational solutions 

• Ensure the quality of technical design and implementation 

• Serve as an authoritative expert on non-functional system characteristics, such as performance, scalability and operability 

• Continue learning and injecting advanced technical knowledge into our community 

• Handle several projects simultaneously, balancing your time to maximize impact 

• Act as a role model and mentor within the tech community, helping to coach and strengthen the technical expertise and know-how of our