Director of Software Engineering

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.

Overview

At Toyota Financial Services (TFS), the finance and insurance brand for Toyota and Lexus in North America, we deliver on Toyota's vision to move people beyond what’s possible. We help create best-in-class customer experience in an innovative, collaborative environment. This position is based in Plano, TX.

To save time applying, Toyota does not offer sponsorship of job applicants for employment-based visas or any other work authorization for this position at this time.

We’re Looking For

Director of Software Engineering to provide strategic and execution leadership across critical digital platforms, including Dealer, Origination, Pricing, and Incentives. This role partners closely with Product, Architecture, and Business leaders to define technical direction, scale engineering capabilities, and deliver resilient, high‑impact solutions that directly support Toyota’s digital and financial services growth. The ideal candidate is a strong engineering leader with deep technical credibility, a systems mindset, and a proven ability to build high‑performing teams while driving enterprise‑scale outcomes.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Own engineering strategy, delivery outcomes, and technical excellence across multiple teams and domains.
• Define and evolve platform architecture, quality standards, and operational maturity for dealer‑ and consumer‑critical systems.
• Lead the design and evolution of scalable, secure, resilient, and fault‑tolerant architectures, leveraging modern cloud‑native patterns.
• Partner with Product, UX, Data, Security, and Infrastructure leaders to ensure tight alignment between business priorities and technical execution.
• Drive adoption of event‑driven and API‑first architectures to support pricing, credit, incentives, and lifecycle workflows.
• Oversee AWS platform strategy including multi‑account architecture, networking, security, compliance, and cost optimization.
• Establish governance for API standards, system contracts, integration patterns, and domain boundaries across Toyota platforms.
• Champion operational excellence, including observability, resiliency, disaster recovery, and production readiness.
• Build, mentor, and scale high‑performing engineering teams and leadership bench, fostering a strong engineering culture.
• Lead and influence the adoption of AI‑assisted engineering practices (e.g., Copilot, automation) to improve productivity and quality.
• Ensure systems support automotive digital journeys, including VDP, PreQual, Credit, Funding, and Incentives.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s preferred).
• 12+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience leading large, complex engineering organizations.
• Proven success delivering enterprise‑scale, cloud‑native platforms in highly available, regulated environments.
• Strong background in Java‑based microservices and distributed systems.
• Deep experience with AWS (multi‑account strategy, VPC, IAM, security, compliance, SOX considerations).
• Hands‑on understanding of event‑driven architectures (Kafka, SNS, SQS) and high‑volume data flows.
• Expertise in observability and production health, leveraging tools such as Splunk and Dynatrace.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to align technical strategy to business outcomes.
• Experience building and scaling engineering teams, developing leaders, and driving cross‑functional collaboration.
• Strategic oversight of consumer and dealer digital experiences, ensuring backend platforms effectively support UI needs (VDP, PreQual, Credit, Funding).
• Partners with UX and Frontend leaders to align API design, performance, and data contracts with user‑experience requirements.
• Guides architectural decisions around data flow, ownership, and lifecycle across services.
• Ensures alignment with enterprise data platforms, analytics; supports decision‑making, observability, and business insights.

Added Bonus If You Have

• Experience supporting automotive, financial services, or dealer‑centric digital ecosystems.
• Background in pricing, credit decisioning, incentives, or origination platforms.
• AWS Solutions Architect (Associate or Professional) certification.
• Experience driving enterprise modernization initiatives or large‑scale platform transformations.
• Demonstrated success implementing AI‑enabled engineering practices at scale.

Benefits

• Work environment built on teamwork, flexibility, and respect.
• Professional growth and development programs, tuition reimbursement.
• Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount.
• Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable).
• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your family.
• Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan with company match and annual retirement contribution.
• Paid holidays and paid time off.
• Referral services related to prenatal, adoption, childcare, schools, and more.
• Tax advantaged accounts (HSA, FSA, Dependent Care FSA).

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. Toyota is proud to have numerous Business Partnering Groups across North American locations that support team members’ efforts to dream, do, and grow without questioning that they belong.

EEO Statement

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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