Lead Software Engineer – End-to-End Cloud APIs (AWS)

Toyota North America; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vehicle Purchase Discount

Relocation assistance

Health care and wellness plans

401(k) with company match

Job summary

Toyota North America is seeking a Software Engineering Lead to drive end-to-end delivery of features on dealer and consumer digital platforms. You will balance hands-on engineering with technical leadership, owning feature architectures and guiding a small team.

The role requires 7+ years in software development, strong Java/Spring Boot experience, and expertise in REST/GraphQL APIs, AWS, and modern front-end technologies. Collaboration with product and UX is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience with ownership of features/services in production.
• Proven experience with Java-based services and Spring Boot.
• Experience designing REST/GraphQL APIs and event-driven architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of features and services from architecture to production support.
• Design scalable, resilient services and APIs for dealer and consumer platforms.
• Provide hands-on technical guidance on best practices and code quality.
• Own feature-level architecture for capabilities such as PreQual, Pricing, Incentives, or Funding.
• Coordinate testing, deployment, and production-readiness activities for reliable delivery.
• Collaborate with Product, UX, and cross-functional teams to translate business needs into scalable tech solutions.
• Support dealer integrations and maintain high-availability production systems.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to team culture and engineering standards.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST/GraphQL

Distributed systems

Leadership

Mentoring

Code quality

Software design

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

AWS (ECS, Fargate)

CI/CD

Job description

Toyota North America is seeking a Software Engineering Lead to drive end-to-end delivery of features on dealer and consumer digital platforms. You will balance hands-on engineering with technical leadership, owning feature architectures and guiding a small team.

The role requires 7+ years in software development, strong Java/Spring Boot experience, and expertise in REST/GraphQL APIs, AWS, and modern front-end technologies. Collaboration with product and UX is essential.