Senior Software Engineer

Toyota • Plano, TX

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Toyota Financial Services (TFS), Toyota and Lexus’s finance and insurance brand in North America, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and own complex services and features for dealer and consumer digital platforms. The role is based in Plano, Texas, and is intended for a strong individual contributor who works with minimal guidance, shapes system design, improves resiliency, and raises the team’s technical standards.

The engineer will contribute to backend and frontend solutions, owning features from design and implementation through testing, deployment, and production support. The role involves building scalable services, modern interfaces, and APIs for dealer workflows, pricing requests, and credit journeys, while maintaining production readiness through observability, testing, and operational discipline. The engineer will also contribute to architecture and performance decisions, review code, mentor junior engineers, and use AI-assisted development tools to improve delivery speed and code quality.

Toyota states that it does not provide immigration-related employment visa or work authorization sponsorship for this role, now or in the future. Applicants must already have the right to work in the United States without Toyota’s sponsorship or support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of software engineering experience delivering production-grade systems.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architectures.
• Experience building APIs for dealer, pricing, and credit workflows.
• Practical AWS experience, including ECS/Fargate, IAM, S3, and CloudWatch.
• Familiarity with event-driven messaging for publishing rates, incentives, or decisions.
• Frontend development experience with React, Next.js, or Vue.
• Hands-on use of Splunk or Dynatrace for debugging and production support.
• Solid understanding of Toyota financial products, including retail, lease, incentives, and certified programs.
• Strong ownership and accountability for production systems.
• Must have the right to work in the United States without Toyota immigration-related employment support or sponsorship, now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in automotive or financial services domains.
• Exposure to distributed systems and high-availability platforms.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted coding tools such as GitHub Copilot or similar.
• Experience contributing to platform standards, shared services, or reusable frameworks.
• Proven mentorship of junior engineers or leadership in technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable backend services and modern user interfaces for dealer and consumer journeys.
• Own features end-to-end, from design and implementation through testing, deployment, and production support.
• Contribute to architecture, performance, scalability, and resiliency decisions.
• Build and maintain APIs supporting dealer workflows, pricing requests, and credit journeys.
• Apply observability, testing, and operational discipline to deliver production-ready solutions.
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions to improve system quality and maintainability.
• Mentor junior engineers and influence technical direction and engineering standards.
• Use AI-assisted development tools to improve delivery speed and code quality.
• Build and enhance frontend components using React, Next.js, or Vue as part of feature ownership.
• Ensure UI interactions map appropriately to backend APIs and workflows.
• Collaborate with designers and frontend peers to deliver polished features.
• Understand service and event data structures and schemas, and ensure data correctness and consistency across APIs and workflows.
• Use logs and metrics to investigate production data issues.

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 family.
• Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan with company match and an annual retirement contribution, 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.

What This Job Offers

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