Software Engineering Lead
Toyota North AmericaResponsibilities
- Lead design discussions covering APIs, databases, caching layers, messaging, resilience, and observability.
- Design end-to-end architecture for financial services applications in collaboration with product owners and technical teams.
- Evaluate trade-offs and develop scalable, maintainable, and secure solutions aligned with business goals.
- Lead AWS engineering efforts and evaluate new software patterns, tools, and frameworks through proof-of-concepts.
- Design strategies and architectures for cloud-based data lakes and real-time or near-real-time data ingestion, processing, monitoring, and reporting.
- Design cloud-native applications using AWS services, serverless workflows, declarative coding, and modern architecture practices.
- Incorporate security and DevSecOps principles into application architecture.
- Maintain technical documentation, architectural diagrams, reusable best practices, and knowledge-transfer artifacts.
- Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership across cross-functional teams.
- Support off-hours incident response when needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of software engineering and architecture experience, including 3+ years in system or application design.
- Strong foundation in Spring Boot, Java, Python, and/or JavaScript.
- Experience designing and deploying large-scale, multi-region cloud-native solutions, preferably on AWS.
- Experience with event-driven and streaming architectures, containers, EKS/ECS, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps practices.
- Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams and cross-functional projects.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical decisions.
- Experience as an adaptable people leader who supports collaboration and dynamic environments.
- AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional certification is strongly preferred.
- Experience conducting architecture reviews, presenting design proposals, and delivering hands-on proof-of-concepts is preferred.
- Finance-domain business process automation experience is preferred.
Benefits
- Teamwork-focused, flexible, and respectful work environment.
- Professional growth and development programs, including tuition reimbursement.
- Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount and Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program where applicable.
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for employees and families.
- Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan with company match and annual retirement contribution where applicable.
- Paid holidays and paid time off.
- Referral services for prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools, and more.
- Tax-advantaged accounts including HSA, Health Care FSA, and Dependent Care FSA.
- Relocation assistance where applicable.
- Position is based in Plano, Texas.
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About Toyota North America
Mundialmente, a Toyota construiu, ao longo de mais de 80 anos, um modelo de negócio reconhecido por suas bases de eficiência e busca contínua da produtividade, movida pela ambição de colaboradores aptos a oferecer soluções de mobilidade cada vez melhores às pessoas. No Brasil, em mais de 65 anos de história, a marca consolidou-se ao construir um legado pautado na busca incansável pela melhoria contínua de processos, estratégias, produtos e serviços, além de solidificar cada relacionamento no decorrer dos anos pelo viés do Respeito pelas Pessoas e Contribuição com a Sociedade – valores transversais da cultura da corporação. Aqui no País, a subsidiária da Toyota mantém ativamente três unidades produtivas: Indaiatuba, Sorocaba e Porto Feliz (todas localizadas no Estado de SP), e orgulha-se por deter o título de primeira operação fora do Japão, quando iniciou atividades no município de São Bernardo do Campo, em meados de 1962. Para mover este legado adiante, a empresa conta com 6.000 colaboradores, sempre aptos a vencer desafios do cotidiano do setor e aprimorar competências que são fundamentais para o surgimento de talentos fundamentais para o futuro da companhia no Brasil.