Manager, Engineering

Toyota North America; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 160,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount

Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Plan

Comprehensive health care and wellness

Toyota 401(k) with company match

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Toyota North America is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to drive architecture, delivery, and technical excellence across major digital platforms. You will blend hands-on leadership with people management to guide high-impact initiatives across Dealer, Origination, Pricing, and Credit domains.

The ideal candidate leads with systems thinking, mentors engineers, shapes roadmaps, and partners with executive leadership to deliver scalable, resilient cloud-native solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of software engineering with leadership on large-scale distributed systems.
• Deep hands-on Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and microservices experience.
• Cloud-native apps on AWS (ECS, Fargate, IAM, VPC).
• Event-driven architectures for pricing, incentives, and credit workflows.
• Integrating credit bureaus, fraud services, and third-party data providers.
• Observability/operational excellence with Splunk and Dynatrace.
• Strong communication and cross-team influence.
• Proven leadership in engineering delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead, grow, and retain a team of full-stack and backend engineers.
• Lead system design and architecture for distributed platforms supporting PreQual, Credit Pull, Pricing, and Funding workflows.
• Own end-to-end delivery of major initiatives—from design through production readiness and operational support.
• Drive scalable, fault-tolerant microservices using cloud-native patterns.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, and Engineering leadership to align execution with priorities.
• Establish engineering standards across APIs, observability, resiliency, security, and cloud practices.
• Lead API-first and event-driven integrations across dealer portals and origination systems.
• Ensure strong production readiness, including monitoring, alerting, tracing, and ops discipline.
• Coach engineers on system design, code quality, and operational excellence.
• Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and team scaling; mentor engineers.
• Champion AI-assisted engineering tools to improve productivity and delivery quality.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

Microservices

AWS

ECS

Fargate

IAM

VPC

Event-driven

Observability

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

AWS ECS

AWS Fargate

IAM

VPC

Job description

Overview

Who we are

Collaborative. Respectful. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like at Toyota. As one of the world’s most admired brands, Toyota is growing and leading the future of mobility through innovative, high-quality solutions designed to enhance lives and delight those we serve. We’re looking for talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us.

An important part of the Toyota family is Toyota Financial Services (TFS), the finance and insurance brand for Toyota and Lexus in North America. While TFS is a separate business entity, it is an essential part of this world-changing company- delivering on Toyota’s vision to move people beyond what’s possible. At TFS, you will help create best-in‑class customer experience in an innovative, collaborative environment.

Toyota does not offer support or sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas or any other work authorization for this role now or in the future. You must have the right to work in the United States and not require Toyota support or sponsorship for immigration‑related employment (e.g., H-1B, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, TN, F-1 OPT, F-1 STEM OPT, F-1 CPT, ‘job flexibility benefits’ [also known as I-140 or Adjustment of Status portability], etc.) now or in the future. You should not apply for this role if you will require Toyota to assist with immigration support or sponsorship now or in the future.

Who we’re looking for

Toyota Financial Services is seeking a Senior Manager of Software Engineering to play a critical role in driving architecture, delivery, and technical excellence across key digital platforms. This role blends deep hands‑on technical leadership with team leadership, acting as a technical authority and delivery owner for major capabilities across Dealer, Origination, Pricing, and Credit domains.

The ideal candidate is a strong systems thinker who can lead complex initiatives end‑to‑end, mentor engineers, influence standards across teams, and partner with leadership to shape roadmap and execution strategy.

What you’ll be doing

• As a Manager, you will: Lead, grow, and retain a team of full-stack and backend engineers — hiring top talent, running performance reviews, coaching, and creating clear paths for career development.
• Lead system design and architecture for complex, distributed platforms supporting PreQual, Credit Pull, Pricing, and Funding workflows
• Own end‑to‑end delivery of major initiatives—from design through production readiness and operational support .
• Drive the design and implementation of scalable, fault‑tolerant, and resilient microservices using modern cloud-native patterns.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, and Engineering leadership to align technical execution with business priorities and roadmap.
• Establish and influence engineering standards across APIs, observability, resiliency, security, and cloud practices.
• Lead API‑first and event‑driven integrations across dealer portals, origination systems, pricing engines, and downstream consumers.
• Ensure strong production readiness, including monitoring, alerting, tracing, and operational discipline.
• Coach and mentor engineers on system design, code quality, and operational excellence, building strong technical depth across the team.
• Contribute to hiring, onboarding, and team scaling, and manage engineers where applicable.
• Champion the use of AI‑assisted engineering tools to improve developer productivity and delivery quality.

What You Bring

• Bachelorʼs degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with demonstrated leadership on large‑scale, distributed systems.
• Deep hands‑on expertise with Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, and microservices architectures.
• Strong experience designing and deploying cloud‑native applications on AWS, including ECS, Fargate, IAM, and VPC.
• Proven ability to design and operate event‑driven architectures for pricing, incentives, and credit workflows.
• Experience integrating credit bureaus, fraud services, and third‑party data providers.
• Solid understanding of observability and operational excellence, using tools such as Splunk and Dynatrace.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence across teams and explain complex technical decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead engineers, manage delivery, and raise technical standards across teams.

UI / Experience Skills

• Designs APIs and service contracts with frontend performance and usability in mind.
• Collaborates closely with UI teams to support PreQual, pricing, and credit flows.
• Reviews frontend integration patterns to ensure efficient data exchange and reduced coupling.

Data Skills (Practical, Not Heavy Analytics)

• Understands data modeling and data flow across services and events.
• Designs systems that produce clean,reliable data for downstream analytics and reporting.
• Familiar with event payload design, schema evolution, and backward compatibility.

Added Bonus If You Have

• AWS Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional) certification.
• Experience working within automotive or financial services ecosystems, especially dealer‑centric platforms.
• Familiarity with Amazon Bedrock or AI/ML integrations for automation, decisioning, or developer productivity.
• Prior experience balancing hands‑on technical leadership with people management responsibilities.
• Background in driving platform modernization or large‑scale system transformations.

What we’ll bring

During your interview process, our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-leading benefits and career development opportunities. A few highlights include:

• 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 (if applicable)
• 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) Relocation assistance (if applicable)

Belonging at Toyota

Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace all perspectives and value unique human experiences. Respect for all is our North Star.

Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, military or veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by law.

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