Toyota Financial 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 end-to-end delivery of features and services, from architecture and design through implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.

• Design and build scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant services and APIs supporting dealer and customer-facing experiences.

• 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 functional, integration, performance, and production-readiness activities to ensure reliable delivery.

• Partner closely with Product, UX, and cross-functional teams to translate business priorities into scalable technical solutions.

• 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

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

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

• Strong hands-on experience developing Java-based services using modern frameworks such as Spring Boot.

• Experience designing and consuming REST, GraphQL, and event-driven APIs in enterprise environments.

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

• Experience building and supporting highly available, customer-facing applications and distributed systems.

• Hands-on frontend experience with modern frameworks such as React, Next.js, or Vue, with the ability to review, troubleshoot, and contribute to UI components when needed.

• Strong understanding of full-stack application design, including optimizing APIs for UI consumption, latency, payload efficiency, and clear interface contracts.

• Understanding of application data flows, including how feature-level data is persisted, exchanged through APIs and events, and consumed across systems.

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

• Strong troubleshooting and production-support skills, including observability, root-cause analysis, and performance optimization.

• Ability to mentor engineers, influence technical decisions, and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Added Bonus If You Have

• Experience in automotive, lending, financial services, or digital commerce, particularly dealer or loan-origination platforms.

• Experience designing event-driven and distributed architectures supporting high-volume transactional systems.

• Experience balancing hands-on engineering with technical leadership responsibilities.

• Familiarity with observability platforms such as Splunk, Dynatrace, CloudWatch, or similar tools.

• Demonstrated contributions to engineering standards, platform modernization, developer experience, or broader engineering culture.

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.