Senior Engineering Manager

Toyota • Plano, TX

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Toyota Financial Services (TFS) is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager (Software Engineering Lead) for its Banking and Commercial Lending team. Based in Plano, Texas, this role collaborates with product owners and technical teams to design end-to-end architecture for applications across the financial services portfolio. The manager guides engineering teams toward high-quality technical outcomes and ensures solutions align with business priorities and organizational strategy.

The role leads engineering strategy for AWS-based solutions and cloud-native application architecture, including data lake and processing frameworks, real-time and near-real-time data workflows, and modern engineering practices. It also embeds security, compliance, and DevSecOps principles throughout delivery, and establishes reusable technical standards and documentation.

The Senior Engineering Manager provides technical mentorship and coaching, manages and develops engineering talent, and builds high-performing, inclusive teams. The role requires adaptability and willingness to support off-hours incident response when necessary. Applicants must already have the right to work in the United States without current or future Toyota immigration support or sponsorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture.
• At least 3 years of experience in system and application design.
• Strong expertise in Spring Boot, Java, and/or JavaScript.
• Demonstrated success designing and delivering large-scale, multi-region cloud-native solutions, preferably on AWS.
• Experience with event-driven and streaming architectures, container platforms such as EKS and ECS, and related cloud services.
• Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and modern software development methodologies.
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical concepts and decisions.
• Proven experience leading engineering teams and cross-functional initiatives.
• Adaptability, a mission-driven approach, and willingness to support off-hours incident response when necessary.
• Must have the right to work in the United States without Toyota support or sponsorship for immigration-related employment now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

• AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional certification (strongly preferred).
• Experience with finance-domain business process automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design discussions across system components, including APIs, databases, caching, messaging, resilience, and observability.
• Partner with product leaders, technical stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to define end-to-end application architecture aligned with business priorities and organizational strategy.
• Evaluate technical trade-offs and drive decisions toward scalable, maintainable, secure, and cost-effective solutions.
• Identify, assess, and introduce software patterns, tools, and frameworks through proof-of-concepts, and help teams adopt proven approaches.
• Lead engineering strategy for AWS-based solutions and translate emerging cloud technologies into practical team- and portfolio-level improvements.
• Define best practices for cloud-based data lake and processing frameworks supporting real-time and near-real-time ingestion, processing, monitoring, and reporting.
• Architect cloud-native applications using AWS services and practices such as declarative infrastructure, serverless workflows, and cloud-native compute.
• Embed security, compliance, and DevSecOps principles into architecture and delivery from design through deployment.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, architectural diagrams, and reusable standards.
• Mentor and coach engineers and foster innovation, continuous learning, accountability, and engineering excellence.
• Manage and develop engineering talent through feedback, performance management, career planning, and succession planning.
• Build and lead high-performing teams by setting goals, removing impediments, encouraging collaboration, and fostering an inclusive and engaged culture.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to align technical direction, team priorities, and delivery plans with organizational vision and business objectives.

Benefits

• Professional growth and development programs.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount.
• Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program, if applicable.
• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for the employee’s entire family.
• Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan with company match and an annual retirement contribution regardless of employee contributions, if applicable.
• Paid holidays and paid time off.
• Referral services related to prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools, and more.
• Tax-advantaged accounts, including Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, and Dependent Care FSA.
• Relocation assistance, if applicable.
• Teamwork-, flexibility-, and respect-oriented work environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior