Manager, Engineering Originations
Job Summary
Overview
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 worlds 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. Were 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 Toyotas vision to move people beyond whats 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.
This position is based in Plano TX.
Who Were Looking For
Toyota Financial Services is seeking a Software Engineering Lead (Software Engineering Manager) to lead featurelevel execution and guide a small team within our dealer and consumer digital platforms. This role balances handson engineering with technical leadership and delivery ownership and includes people management responsibilities where applicable.
The ideal candidate is a strong engineer who can design and deliver highquality solutions mentor others and ensure features are productionready scalable and aligned with Toyotas engineering standards.
What Youll Be Doing
As a Software Engineering Lead you will:
Lead feature and service development endtoend from design and implementation through testing and production support.
Design and build scalable faulttolerant services and APIs that support dealer and consumerfacing workflows.
Provide handson technical guidance on best practices code quality and design decisions.
Own featurelevel architecture for capabilities such as PreQual Pricing Incentives or Funding.
Coordinate delivery activities including functional integration and performance testing deployment and production readiness.
Work closely with Product and crossfunctional partners to ensure execution aligns with priorities and timelines.
Support dealer integrations and operate highavailability 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 handson experience building Javabased services using modern frameworks.
Proven experience with REST GraphQL and eventdriven APIs within enterprise ecosystems.
Practical AWS experience including ECS Fargate serverless components and CI/CD pipelines.
Experience supporting dealercentric platforms and highavailability customerfacing systems.
Solid understanding of credit tiers pricing rules and incentive/subvention concepts.
Frontend exposure to React or Vue for dealer or consumer UI flows.
Strong quality mindset with experience in functional integration and performance testing.
Ability to mentor engineers and communicate effectively across technical and nontechnical audiences.
UI Skills
Works closely with frontend engineers to support endtoend feature delivery.
Ensures APIs are optimized for UI consumption (latency payload size contract clarity).
Can review and contribute to React / components when needed.
Data Skills
Understands how featurelevel data is persisted emitted and consumed.
Ensures correctness of request/response payloads and event messages.
Supports basic data needs for debugging reporting and operational analysis.
Added Bonus If You Have
Experience in automotive or financial services domains especially dealer or origination platforms.
Prior experience balancing handson development with people leadership responsibilities.
Familiarity with observability tools such as Splunk or Dynatrace.
Exposure to eventdriven architectures supporting pricing incentives or credit workflows.
Demonstrated contributions to engineering culture standards or platform evolution.
What Well 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)
Belonging at Toyota
Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace all perspectives and value unique human experiences. Respect for all is our North Star.
Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race ethnicity national origin sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression age disability religion military or veteran status or any other characteristics protected by law.
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Required Experience:
Manager