Software Engineering Lead
Toyota USA3 days ago
Plano, TX, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Lead design discussions covering system components such as APIs, databases, caching layers, messaging, resilience, and observability.
- Design end-to-end architecture for applications across Toyota Financial Services’ financial services portfolio.
- Analyze trade-offs and propose scalable, maintainable, secure solutions aligned with business goals.
- Evaluate and introduce software patterns, tools, and frameworks through proof-of-concepts.
- Lead AWS engineering efforts and design cloud-native applications using modern architecture practices and AWS services.
- Develop strategies and architectures for cloud-based data lakes and processing frameworks supporting real-time and near-real-time ingestion, processing, monitoring, and reporting.
- Incorporate security and DevSecOps principles into application architecture.
- Maintain technical documentation, architectural diagrams, reusable best practices, and knowledge-transfer materials.
- Mentor junior engineers and lead engineering teams and cross-functional projects.
- Align technical decisions with organizational priorities and support off-hours incident response when needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture, 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.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex technical decisions.
- Experience as an adaptable people leader who supports collaboration and off-hours incident response when needed.
- AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional certification is strongly preferred.
- Experience conducting architecture reviews, presenting design proposals, and completing hands-on proof-of-concepts is preferred.
- Finance-domain business process automation experience is preferred.
Benefits
- Position based in Plano, Texas.
- Professional growth and development programs, including tuition reimbursement.
- Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount and Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program, if applicable.
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for the employee’s family.
- Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan with company match and an annual retirement contribution, if applicable.
- Paid holidays and paid time off.
- Tax-advantaged Health Savings Account, Health Care FSA, and Dependent Care FSA accounts.
- Referral services for prenatal services, adoption, childcare, schools, and more.
- Relocation assistance, if applicable.
- Work environment emphasizing teamwork, flexibility, and respect.
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About Toyota USA
Toyota USA (Toyota Motor North America) manufactures and sells Toyota cars, trucks, and SUVs for U.S. customers, and provides financing and mobility services. Founded in 1957 and headquartered in Plano, Texas, it oversees North American operations and plants that build models like the Camry and Tundra, and is expanding battery and EV production in Kentucky and North Carolina.