Software Engineer, Lead

Who we are Collaborative. Respectful. A place to dream and do. These are just a few words that describe what life is like at Toyota. As one of the world’s most admired brands, Toyota is growing and leading the future of mobility through innovative, high-quality solutions designed to enhance lives and delight those we serve. We’re looking for talented team members who want to Dream. Do. Grow. with us. An important part of the Toyota family is Toyota Financial Services (TFS), the finance and insurance brand for Toyota and Lexus in North America. While TFS is a separate business entity, it is an essential part of this world-changing company- delivering on Toyota's vision to move people beyond what's possible. At TFS, you will help create best-in-class customer experience in an innovative, collaborative environment. 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. Who we’re looking for  Toyota Financial Services is seeking a Software Engineering, Lead (Software Engineering Manager) to lead feature‑level execution and guide a small team within our dealer and consumer digital platforms. This role balances hands‑on engineering with technical leadership and delivery ownership and includes people management responsibilities where applicable.  What you’ll be doing  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 hands‑on technical guidance on best practices, code quality, and design decisions.  Own feature‑level 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 high‑availability 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  Bachelorʼs 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 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.  Hands-on frontend experience with modern frameworks such as React, Next.js or Vue with the ability to review, troubleshoot and contribute to UI