OverviewThis position is based in Plano, TX.Who We're Looking ForToyota Financial Services is seeking a
Senior Software Engineer who is a strong individual contributor with the ability to design, build, and own complex services and features. This role operates with minimal guidance and plays a key part in shaping system design, improving resiliency, and raising the overall technical bar across the team.
The ideal candidate is comfortable owning features end-to-end, collaborating across teams, and contributing to both backend and frontend solutions within Toyota's dealer and consumer digital platforms.
What You'll Be DoingAs a Senior Software Engineer, you will:
- Design and develop scalable backend services and modern user interfaces supporting dealer and consumer journeys.
- Own features end-to-end, from design and implementation through testing, deployment, and production support.
- Contribute to architecture, performance, scalability, and resiliency decisions.
- Build and maintain APIs that support dealer workflows, pricing requests, and creditjourneys.
- Apply strong observability, testing, and operational discipline to ensure production-ready solutions.
- Participate in code reviews and technical discussions, helping improve system quality and maintainability.
- Mentor junior engineers and positively influence technical direction and engineeringstandards.
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve delivery speed and code quality.
What You Bring- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of software engineering experience delivering production-grade systems.
- Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architectures.
- Experience building APIs that support dealer, pricing, and credit workflows.
- Practical AWS experience, including ECS/Fargate, IAM, S3, and CloudWatch.
- Familiarity with event-driven messaging for publishing rates, incentives, or decisions.
- Frontend development experience with React, Next.js, or Vue for digital automotiveexperiences.
- Hands-on use of Splunk or Dynatrace for debugging and production support.
- Solid understanding of Toyota financial products, including retail, lease, incentives, and certified programs.
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability for production systems.
UI Skills include: - Builds and enhances frontend components (React / Next.js / Vue) as part of feature ownership.
- Understands how UI interactions map to backend APIs and workflows.
- Collaborates effectively with designers and frontend peers to deliver polished features.
Data Skills- Understands data structures and schemas used by services and events.
- Ensures data correctness and consistency across APIs and workflows.
- Uses logs and metrics to reason about data issues in production.
Added Bonus If You Have- Experience working in automotive or financial services domains.
- Exposure to distributed systems and high-availability platforms.
- Familiarity with AI-assisted coding tools such as GitHub Copilot or similar.
- Experience contributing to platform standards, shared services, or reusable frameworks.
- Proven mentorship of junior engineers or leadership in technical initiatives.
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)
