Software Engineer (Early Career Professional)

Toyota North America • Plano, TX

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

Toyota Financial Services is seeking a passionate, highly motivated early-career Software Engineer to join its growing technology team. The role offers the opportunity to develop modern, cloud-native applications and platforms, collaborate with experienced engineers, work with industry-leading technologies, and contribute to high-impact solutions used at scale. This is a hybrid position based in Plano, Texas, and candidates must live within commuting distance.

The engineer will work with Agile teams to deliver features from concept through production, build and maintain scalable AWS-based cloud-native services, and contribute to technical discussions, design reviews, and planning sessions. The role involves writing and reviewing well-tested code, troubleshooting issues across the stack with support from senior engineers, and applying engineering best practices for testing, observability, version control, and deployment. The successful candidate will take ownership of appropriately scoped tasks and develop increasing independence over time.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience such as a bootcamp or self-directed learning supported by a portfolio.
• Up to 2 years of software engineering experience; internships and academic projects count.
• Foundational knowledge of at least one backend language; TypeScript, Python, or Java is preferred.
• Basic understanding of RESTful APIs, including how to build and consume them.
• Familiarity with Git and collaborative development workflows such as branching, pull requests, and code review.
• Exposure to cloud services; AWS is preferred, including conceptual knowledge of Lambda, S3, and DynamoDB.
• Experience writing unit and integration tests aligned with quality standards.
• Curiosity and a growth mindset, including comfort acknowledging knowledge gaps and learning independently.
• Good communication skills, including the ability to explain work and ask for help when needed.
• Must reside within commuting distance of Plano, Texas.
• Must have U.S. work authorization without requiring Toyota immigration support or sponsorship now or in the future.

Nice To Haves

• Hands-on experience with AWS services such as Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, or S3.
• Familiarity with serverless architecture concepts.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform.
• Exposure to containerized workloads such as Docker or ECS.
• Experience with observability tools such as Dynatrace, CloudWatch, Datadog, or similar.
• Contributions to open-source projects or a strong personal project portfolio.
• Experience using AI-assisted coding tools such as GitHub Copilot.
• AWS certifications such as Cloud Practitioner or Developer Associate.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Agile teams to deliver features from concept to production.
• Build and maintain scalable, cloud-native services on AWS as part of an engineering team.
• Contribute to technical discussions, design reviews, and team planning sessions.
• Write clean, well-tested code in TypeScript, Python, or Java, following engineering best practices.
• Participate in code reviews by giving and receiving feedback to improve skills and code quality.
• Debug and troubleshoot issues across the stack with support from senior engineers.
• Learn and apply engineering best practices, including testing, observability, version control, and deployment workflows.
• Take ownership of well-scoped tasks and deliver them with increasing independence.
• Contribute to team planning, code reviews, testing, and production support activities.

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 a Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, and Dependent Care FSA.
• Relocation assistance, if applicable.

What This Job Offers

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