Payments Tech Lead: Cloud-Native Microservices

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Company; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible work environment

Job summary

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Company is seeking a Technical Lead-Payments in Plano, TX. The role focuses on shaping critical payment systems within a fast-moving Agile environment, partnering with architects and stakeholders to deliver scalable, reliable solutions.

You will mentor engineers, drive architecture decisions, and uphold cloud-native best practices. A strong background in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices is required, with FinTech exposure considered

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• Proven experience in software development with a solid technical foundation with relevant experience in Java, Spring boot, NodeJS, REST API, Real time streaming architectures, microservices architecture patterns.
• Proven experience delivering cloud-native applications on AWS or other major cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and event-driven architecture in real-world systems.
• Solid background in microservices and REST APIs.
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions), version control, and DevOps tooling.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Document DB.
• Hands-on knowledge of Kubernetes, containerization, and deployment automation.
• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or CloudWatch.
• Full ownership mindset-writing, testing, and validating your own code to ensure quality and reliability.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with experience working across architecture, engineering, and product teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable applications using Java, Spring Boot, and cloud-native technologies.
• Implement complex architecture with enterprise architects, contributing actively to development efforts.
• Work with stakeholders in Agile environments to align technical solutions with business priorities.
• Bring structure to ambiguous requirements through sound engineering judgment and initiative.
• Own critical components, driving performance, reliability, and long-term maintainability.
• Mentor junior engineers and elevate team standards through code reviews and technical leadership.
• Uphold best practices in testing, CI/CD, and cloud infrastructure, ensuring quality and scalability.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

NodeJS

REST API

Real-time streaming

Microservices

AWS

DDD

Event-driven

CI/CD

PostgreSQL

MySQL

NoSQL

Kubernetes

Monitoring

Observability

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Company is seeking a Technical Lead-Payments in Plano, TX. The role focuses on shaping critical payment systems within a fast-moving Agile environment, partnering with architects and stakeholders to deliver scalable, reliable solutions.

You will mentor engineers, drive architecture decisions, and uphold cloud-native best practices. A strong background in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices is required, with FinTech exposure considered