Toyota Engineering Jobs (NOW HIRING)

Overview

Who we are

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.

Who We're Looking For

Toyota Financial Services is seeking a Software Engineering, Lead (Software Engineering Manager) to lead featurelevel execution and guide a small team within our dealer and consumer digital platforms. This role balances handson engineering with technical leadership and delivery ownership and includes people management responsibilities where applicable.

The ideal candidate is a strong engineer who can design and deliver highquality solutions, mentor others, and ensure features are productionready, scalable, and aligned with Toyota's engineering standards.

What You'll Be Doing

As a Software Engineering, Lead you will:

• Lead feature and service development endtoend, from design and implementation through testing and production support.

• Design and build scalable, faulttolerant services and APIs that support dealer and consumerfacing workflows.

• Provide handson technical guidance on best practices, code quality, and design decisions.

• Own featurelevel architecture for capabilities such as PreQual, Pricing, Incentives, or Funding.

• Coordinate delivery activities including functional, integration, and performance testing, deployment, and production readiness.

• Work closely with Product and crossfunctional partners to ensure execution aligns with priorities and timelines.

• Support dealer integrations and operate highavailability production systems with a strong reliability mindset.

• Contribute to hiring, mentoring, and team culture, helping grow technical depth and collaboration.

• Foster adherence to Toyota engineering standards, resiliency practices, and operational discipline.

What You Bring

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of features or services in production.

• Strong handson experience building Javabased services using modern frameworks.

• Proven experience with REST, GraphQL, and eventdriven APIs within enterprise ecosystems.

• Practical AWS experience, including ECS, Fargate, serverless components, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience supporting dealercentric platforms and highavailability, customerfacing systems.

• Solid understanding of credit tiers, pricing rules, and incentive/subvention concepts.

• Frontend exposure to React, Next.js, or Vue for dealer or consumer UI flows.

• Strong quality mindset with experience in functional, integration, and performance testing.

• Ability to mentor engineers and communicate effectively across technical and nontechnical audiences.
  

UI Skills

• Works closely with frontend engineers to support endtoend feature delivery.

• Ensures APIs are optimized for UI consumption (latency, payload size, contract clarity).

• Can review and contribute to React / Next.js components when needed.
  

Data Skills

• Understands how featurelevel data is persisted, emitted, and consumed.

• Ensures correctness of request/response payloads and event messages.

• Supports basic data needs for debugging, reporting, and operational analysis.

Added Bonus If You Have

• Experience in automotive or financial services domains, especially dealer or origination platforms.

• Prior experience balancing handson development with people leadership responsibilities.

• Familiarity with observability tools such as Splunk or Dynatrace.

• Exposure to eventdriven architectures supporting pricing, incentives, or credit workflows.

• Demonstrated contributions to engineering culture, standards, or platform evolution.

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.

Have a question, need assistance with your application or do you require any special accommodations? Please send an email to talent.acquisition@toyota.com.