Software Engineering Lead

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Company; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Company is seeking a Senior Engineering Lead in Plano, TX to collaborates with product owners and technical teams to craft end-to-end cloud-native architectures for financial services applications.

The role requires 10+ years in software engineering and architecture, with strong Spring Boot/Java/Python/JavaScript skills, plus AWS and DevOps experience.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering and architecture experience, including 3+ years in system/app design.
• Strong experience with Spring Boot, Java, Python and/or JavaScript.
• Proven track record designing and deploying large-scale cloud-native solutions (AWS preferred).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and modern software development methodologies.
• Excellent communication and leadership of engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design discussions around system components such as APIs, databases, caching layers, messaging, resilience, and observability.
• Collaborate with product owners and technical teams to design end-to-end architecture for applications across our financial services portfolio.
• Analyze trade-offs and propose scalable, maintainable, and secure solutions tailored to business goals.
• Evaluate and introduce new software patterns, tools, and frameworks through PoCs.
• Lead the engineering efforts for AWS solutions, staying current with the latest advancements in related technologies.
• Identify opportunities, develop strategies, design architecture, and establish best practices to optimize cloud-based data lake and processing frameworks supporting real-time and near real-time data ingestion, processing, monitoring, and reporting.
• Design cloud-native applications using AWS services and modern architecture practices, including declarative coding and solutions with tools like serverless workflows and computing
• Incorporate security and DevSecOps principles into application architecture, ensuring robust protection and compliance.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, architectural diagrams, and best practices, ensuring design decisions and architecture artifacts are aligned, reusable, and shared for knowledge transfer.
• Provide mentoring to junior engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, excellence, and continuous learning.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with organizational vision and business priorities.

Skills

Spring Boot

Java

Python

JavaScript

CI/CD

DevOps

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Job description

Overview

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.

This position is based in Plano, TX.

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions.

Our people make all the difference in our success.

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 experiences in an innovative, collaborative environment.

Who We're Looking For

The TFS Banking and Commercial Lending team is seeking a highly motivated Senior Engineering Lead to join. The Senior Engineering Lead will collaborate with product owners and technical teams to design end-to-end architecture for applications across our financial services portfolio.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead design discussions around system components such as APIs, databases, caching layers, messaging, resilience, and observability.
• Collaborate with product owners and technical teams to design end-to-end architecture for applications across our financial services portfolio.
• Analyze trade-offs and propose scalable, maintainable, and secure solutions tailored to business goals.
• Evaluate and introduce new software patterns, tools, and frameworks through proof-of-concepts (PoCs).
• Lead the engineering efforts for AWS solutions, staying current with the latest advancements in related technologies.
• Identify opportunities, develop strategies, design architecture, and establish best practices to optimize cloud-based data lake and processing frameworks supporting real-time and near real-time data ingestion, processing, monitoring, and reporting.
• Design cloud-native applications using AWS services and modern architecture practices, including declarative coding and solutions with tools like server less workflows and computing
• Incorporate security and DevSecOps principles into application architecture, ensuring robust protection and compliance.
• Create and maintain technical documentation, architectural diagrams, and best practices, ensuring design decisions and architecture artifacts are aligned, reusable, and shared for knowledge transfer.
• Provide mentoring to junior engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, excellence, and continuous learning.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with organizational vision and business priorities.

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture (3+ years in system/application design), with a strong foundation in Spring Boot, Java, Python, and/or JavaScript.
• Proven track record designing and deploying large-scale, multi-region cloud-native solutions (preferably AWS), including event-driven and streaming architectures, containers (EKS/ECS), and related services.
• Experience and skills must include CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and modern software development methodologies.
• Excellent communicator with the ability to explain complex technical decisions; demonstrated experience leading engineering teams and cross-functional projects.
• Experience as an adaptable, missio