Senior Software Engineer - Frontend
Toyota USA2 days ago
Plano, TX, USASenior
Responsibilities
- Design and build high-quality frontend features using React and Next.js, with a focus on performance and user experience.
- Build and maintain backend API services, including RESTful and GraphQL endpoints.
- Own features from design through deployment, including testing, observability, and post-launch monitoring.
- Participate in technical design discussions and provide proposals and tradeoff analysis.
- Debug and troubleshoot issues across frontend and API layers.
- Write maintainable, well-tested code and contribute to code reviews.
- Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through pairing, reviews, and knowledge sharing.
- Collaborate with Product, Design, and engineering teams.
- Identify and address technical debt, performance issues, and reliability gaps.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with a strong frontend focus.
- Expertise with React and Next.js, including SSR, SSG, App Router, and client/server component patterns.
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript and experience with Tailwind CSS, component libraries, Zustand, Redux Toolkit, or equivalent tools.
- Experience with Zod or similar schema-validation libraries.
- Ability to design and build RESTful and GraphQL APIs with strong API contract, error-handling, and type-safety knowledge.
- Experience deploying frontend applications on AWS using CloudFront, Lambda@Edge or CloudFront Functions, S3, API Gateway, and Lambda.
- Knowledge of frontend performance techniques including code splitting, lazy loading, caching strategies, SWR, React Query, and Core Web Vitals.
- Experience debugging with browser developer tools, network inspection, and log analysis.
- Experience with unit testing using Vitest or Jest, component testing with Testing Library, and end-to-end testing with Playwright or Cypress.
- Clear communication and comfort discussing technical decisions with teammates and stakeholders.
- Preferred qualifications include financial-services, banking, or insurance experience; Turborepo, Nx, Vite, or esbuild experience; AWS EventBridge, SQS, or SNS experience; design-system or component-library development; React Native or cross-platform mobile development; GenAI tooling integration; and AWS certifications.
Benefits
- Team-oriented, flexible, and respectful work environment.
- Professional growth and development programs and tuition reimbursement.
- Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount and Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program where applicable.
- Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for the employee’s family.
- 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 related needs.
- Tax-advantaged accounts including HSA, Health Care FSA, and Dependent Care FSA.
- Relocation assistance where applicable.
Tech Stack
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.