Software Engineering Manager

Overview

Who we are

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.

Who Were Looking For

At TFS were building next-generation products that redefine mobility for millions of customers worldwide. Were looking for a Software Engineering Manager with deep front-end expertise to lead a high-performing team delivering exceptional digital experiences at scale.

This role is for someone who lives and breathes modern front-end development someone who can architect elegant performant UIs mentor engineers to do their best work and partner closely with Product and Design to ship experiences customers love. Youll own the front-end engineering strategy for your domain driving technical decisions while keeping your team moving fast and building with quality.

This position is based in Plano TX. The selected candidate will be expected to reside within a commutable distance of this location.

What Youll Be Doing

Key Responsibilities

• Lead grow and retain a team of front-end engineers hiring top talent running performance reviews coaching and creating clear paths for career development

• Own the front-end architecture and technical direction for your domain ensuring scalability performance and maintainability across all products

• Drive engineering excellence through code quality standards design system adoption testing practices and continuous improvement

• Partner with Product Design and Backend Engineering to define and deliver features from concept to production

• Champion accessibility performance and user experience as first-class engineering concerns

• Establish and enforce best practices around component architecture state management caching strategies and API integration patterns

• Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams to optimize front-end delivery pipelines CDN strategies and serverless deployments on AWS

• Communicate clearly with stakeholders at all levels translating technical complexity into business impact

• Balance strategic thinking with hands-on involvement youre comfortable reviewing PRs unblocking engineers and diving into hard problems when needed

• Monitor and improve key front-end metrics: Core Web Vitals bundle size time-to-interactive and error rates

What you bring

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience

• 10 years of software engineering experience with a strong front-end focus including 3 years in an engineering management or tech lead role

• Deep expertise inReactand including App Router SSR SSG ISR and streaming patterns

• Strong proficiency inTypeScript you write it by default and hold your team to the same standard

• Hands-on experience withTailwind CSSand component libraries likeshadcn/uior similar design system tooling

• Solid understanding of state management patterns with experience usingZustand Redux Toolkit or equivalent

• Experience with schema validation and form handling usingZodor similar libraries

• Proven ability to design and consumeRESTful and GraphQL APIs with a strong grasp of API contract design error handling and type-safe client generation (e.g. tRPC kubb/OpenAPI codegens)

• Experience building and deploying front-end applications onAWS including services like:

  • CloudFrontfor CDN and edge caching

  • orCloudFront Functionsfor serverless edge logic

  • S3for static asset hosting

  • API Gateway Lambdafor serverless API services

• Strong understanding of front-end performance optimization: code splitting lazy loading image optimization caching strategies (HTTP cache SWR React Query) and bundle analysis

• Experience with testing practices: unit testing withVitestor Jest component testing withTesting Library and E2E withPlaywrightor Cypress

• Familiarity with monorepo tooling (Turborepo Nx) and modern build systems (Vite esbuild Webpack)

• Excellent communication skills you can articulate technical tradeoffs clearly to both engineers and non-technical stakeholders

Added bonus if you have

• Masters degree in Computer Science or related field

• Experience in the financial services banking or insurance industry

• Experience building and maintaining design systems or component libraries used across multiple teams

• Familiarity with micro-frontend architecture patterns

• Experience withReact Nativeor cross-platform mobile development

• Exposure toGenAItooling integration in front-end products (e.g. streaming AI responses prompt UIs)

• Experience with event-driven architecture on AWS using services likeEventBridgeSQSSNS andLambdafor decoupled async workflows

• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Developer Associate)

• Experience leading teams in product-driven customer-facing SaaS companies

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

• 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)

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 10 different Business Partnering Groups across 100 different North American chapter locations that support team members efforts to dream do and grow without questioning that they belong.

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