Principal Engineer Data Platform 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 worlds 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. Were looking for talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us.

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.

Who were looking for

Toyotas Enterprise Data Department is looking for a passionate and highly motivated Data Platform Engineer.

The primary responsibility of this role is to design develop & maintain scalable reliable cloud & on-prem infrastructure for data platforms with automated self-service and AI accelerators.

Reporting to the Data Engineering Sr Manager the person in this role will support the OneTech Enterprise Data Departments objective to build state-of-the-art data platforms and develop platform self service features.

What youll be doing

• Design deploy and optimize enterprise analytics platforms supporting Tableau Power BI Alteryx Essbase and self-service data products while enabling conversational analytics AI-assisted insights natural language querying and intelligent decision-support capabilities
• Lead the design development and continuous improvement of scalable secure resilient and cost-optimized cloud centric data lakes data warehouses AI/ML workloads and agentic solutions using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform AWS CloudFormation CDK or equivalent)
• Engineer and automate the provisioning configuration governance and lifecycle management of S3 Redshift Databricks SageMaker Bedrock Lambda EC2 SNS ElastiCache Denodo Datadog and emerging AI tooling
• Build and maintain enterprise-grade CI/CD and MLOps pipelines automated testing frameworks release governance infrastructure automation and environment management processes to accelerate delivery of data products machine learning models and agentic workflows
• Support implementation of large-scale data engineering solutions utilizing Apache Spark Scala Python Databricks and modern ELT/ETL technologies
• Collaborate with data architects Cyber Security and platform stakeholders to establish platform architecture engineering standards governance frameworks AI accelerators and technology roadmaps aligned with enterprise strategy
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams by promoting best practices reusable platform patterns automation-first engineering principles cloud-native architectures and AI solutions while driving continuous innovation and operational excellence
• Implement comprehensive cloud security controls automated platform health checks monitoring alerting resiliency data-quality validation performance tuning and cost observability while documenting designs runbooks and engineering standards

What you bring

• Bachelors degree in Information Systems Computer Science Engineering or related field or at least 7 years of relative professional experience
• 7 years of experience designing implementing and supporting enterprise data analytics cloud and AI platforms across AWS Linux and Windows environments
• Hands-on experience with administration observability monitoring log management alerting and integration platforms including Tableau Power BI Alteryx Datadog and related tools
• Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code cloud automation and platform engineering using Terraform AWS CloudFormation CDK and/or similar technologies
• Proven experience developing scalable data engineering analytics AI/ML GenAI and agentic AI solutions using Python SQL Spark Scala Databricks and/or modern ELT/ETL frameworks
• Strong knowledge of DevOps DataOps MLOps CI/CD automated testing release management and environment automation using GitHub Jenkins Ansible Chef or equivalent platforms
• Excellent analytical problem-solving communication and leadership skills with experience defining architecture standards mentoring engineers and collaborating across business and technology teams

Added bonus if you have

• Certifications in AWS & Databricks
• Experience with enterprise data-platform administration observability FinOps or Site Reliability Engineering practices
• Experience developing APIs or full-stack capabilities using technologies such as React or REST services
• Working knowledge of cloud security IAM encryption resiliency AI governance model monitoring compliance performance optimization and FinOps cost management practices

What Well 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)

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.

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