Software Engineer, Lead

Toyota North America • Plano, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Toyota Financial Services is seeking a Lead Software Engineer Engineering to lead feature‑level execution and guide a small team within our dealer and consumer digital platforms. This role balances hands‑on engineering with technical leadership and delivery ownership, and includes people management responsibilities where applicable. The ideal candidate is a strong engineer who can design and deliver high‑quality solutions, mentor others, and ensure features are production‑ready, scalable, and aligned with Toyotaʼs engineering standards.

Requirements

• Bachelorʼs degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of features or services in production.
• Strong hands‑on experience building Java‑based services using modern frameworks.
• Proven experience with REST, GraphQL, and event‑driven APIs within enterprise ecosystems.
• Practical AWS experience, including ECS, Fargate, serverless components, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience supporting dealer‑centric platforms and high‑availability, customer‑facing systems.
• Solid understanding of credit tiers, pricing rules, and incentive/subvention concepts.
• Frontend exposure to React, Next.js, or Vue for dealer or consumer UI flows.
• Strong quality mindset with experience in functional, integration, and performance testing.
• Ability to mentor engineers and communicate effectively across technical and non‑technical audiences.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in automotive or financial services domains, especially dealer or origination platforms.
• Prior experience balancing hands‑on development with people leadership responsibilities.
• Familiarity with observability tools such as Splunk or Dynatrace.
• Exposure to event‑driven architectures supporting pricing, incentives, or credit workflows.
• Demonstrated contributions to engineering culture, standards, or platform evolution.

Responsibilities

• Lead feature and service development end‑to‑end, from design and implementation through testing and production support.
• Design and build scalable, fault‑tolerant services and APIs that support dealer and consumer‑facing workflows.
• Provide hands‑on technical guidance on best practices, code quality, and design decisions.
• Own feature‑level architecture for capabilities such as PreQual, Pricing, Incentives, or Funding.
• Coordinate delivery activities including functional, integration, and performance testing, deployment, and production readiness.
• Work closely with Product and cross‑functional partners to ensure execution aligns with priorities and timelines.
• Support dealer integrations and operate high‑availability production systems with a strong reliability mindset.
• Contribute to hiring, mentoring, and team culture, helping grow technical depth and collaboration.
• Foster adherence to Toyota engineering standards, resiliency practices, and operational discipline.

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