Software Engineering Manager Backend

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 - Backend with deep full-stack and backend expertise to lead a high-performing team delivering scalable resilient systems on AWS.

This role is for someone who thinks in systems someone who can design serverless architectures drive API strategy mentor engineers to do their best work and partner closely with Product and Front-End Engineering to deliver reliable platforms that power customer-facing experiences. Youll own the backend and platform 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.

Key Responsibilities

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

• Own the backend architecture and technical direction for your domain ensuring scalability reliability and maintainability across all services

• Drive engineering excellence through code quality standards API design conventions testing practices and continuous improvement

• Partner with Product Design and Front-End Engineering to define and deliver features from concept to production

• Champion system reliability observability and security as first-class engineering concerns

• Establish and enforce best practices around API design data modeling event-driven patterns and serverless architecture on AWS

• Collaborate with platform infrastructure and security teams to optimize CI/CD pipelines deployment strategies and cloud cost management

• 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 system metrics: latency error rates availability and cost efficiency

What you bring

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

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

• Deep expertise in designing and buildingserverless architectures on AWS including:

  • Lambdafor compute

  • API Gateway(REST and HTTP APIs) for service exposure

  • DynamoDBorAurora Serverlessfor data persistence

  • Step Functionsor other workflow orchestration tools

  • EventBridgeSQS orSNSfor event-driven and async communication

  • S3for object storage and data lake patterns

  • CloudFrontfor API acceleration and edge caching

• Strong proficiency inTypeScriptand/orPythonfor backend services you can write or review production-quality code and hold your team to the same standard

• Proven ability to designRESTful and GraphQL APIs with a strong grasp of API contract design versioning error handling and type-safe tooling (e.g. OpenAPI GraphQL Code Generator tRPC)

• Solid understanding ofInfrastructure as CodeusingAWS CDK CloudFormation or Terraform

• Experience withobservability and monitoringtooling: CloudWatch X-Ray Datadog or similar you know how to instrument services and respond to incidents

• Strong understanding ofsecurity best practices: IAM policies least-privilege access secrets management (Secrets Manager SSM Parameter Store) and data encryption at rest and in transit

• Experience with testing practices: unit testing integration testing contract testing and load testing for distributed systems

• Familiarity withcontainerized workloads(ECS Fargate Docker) for services that dont fit the serverless model

• 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 designingmulti-account AWS architectureswith proper governance and guardrails (AWS Organizations Control Tower)

• Familiarity withdata streamingpatterns using Kinesis MSK (Managed Kafka) or similar

• Experience withGenAI integrationon the backend (e.g. Bedrock SageMaker endpoints LLM orchestration patterns)

• Experience withCI/CD pipelinesand deployment automation (CodePipeline GitHub Actions or similar)

• Hands-on experience withGraphQL federationor API gateway patterns for composing multiple services

• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Developer Associate or DevOps Engineer)

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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