Senior Software Engineer

Toyota North America • Plano, TX

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Toyota Financial Services is seeking a Senior Software Engineer who is a strong individual contributor with the ability to design, build, and own complex services and features. This role operates with minimal guidance and plays a key part in shaping system design, improving resiliency, and raising the overall technical bar across the team. The ideal candidate is comfortable owning features end‑to‑end, collaborating across teams, and contributing to both backend and frontend solutions within Toyotaʼs dealer and consumer digital platforms.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience delivering production‑grade systems.
• Strong hands‑on experience with Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architectures.
• Experience building APIs that support 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 for digital automotive experiences.
• 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 sense of ownership and accountability for production systems.
• UI Skills include: Builds and enhances frontend components (React / Next.js / Vue) as part of feature ownership.
• Understands how UI interactions map to backend APIs and workflows.
• Collaborates effectively with designers and frontend peers to deliver polished features.
• Data Skills Understands data structures and schemas used by services and events.
• Ensures data correctness and consistency across APIs and workflows.
• Uses logs and metrics to reason about data issues in production.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working 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 supporting 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 that support dealer workflows, pricing requests, and credit journeys.
• Apply strong observability, testing, and operational discipline to ensure production‑ready solutions.
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions, helping improve system quality and maintainability.
• Mentor junior engineers and positively influence technical direction and engineering standards.
• Leverage AI‑assisted development tools to improve delivery speed and code quality.

Benefits

• 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.
• 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).

What This Job Offers

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