Backend, Software Engineer, Digital Twin Platform

Tokyo
Woven City – Woven Inventor Garage /
Employee /
Hybrid
Woven by Toyota is the mobility technology subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation. Our mission is to deliver safe, intelligent, human-centered mobility for all. Through our Arene mobility software platform, safety-first automated driving technology and Toyota Woven City — our test course for advanced mobility — we’re bringing greater freedom, safety and happiness to people and society. 

Our unique global culture weaves modern Silicon Valley innovation and time-tested Japanese quality craftsmanship. We leverage these complementary strengths to amplify the capabilities of drivers, foster happiness, and elevate well-being.

TEAM
The Toyota Woven City is a fully connected ecosystem powered by hydrogen fuel cells to be built at the base of Mt. Fuji in Japan. It is envisioned as a 'living laboratory' and 'ever-evolving,' incorporating various types of cutting edge technologies. At the same time, it is also 'human-centric,' that is, it is expected to keep people safe and comfortable.
Woven City's R&D team will develop innovative products and services using technologies developed by Toyota Motor Corporation.
Our mission is to:
1. Develop services and products for Woven City
2. Expand capabilities through long-term R&D

Toyota Motor Corporation has been involved in a variety of technological development in the robotics, energy, and automotive domains for a long time. Our team will leverage Toyota's hardware expertise in these fields to create new value by developing software on top of this.

Our team will develop innovative services that are essential to the city. As a first-party developer, we will also build a foundation upon which third-party partners can participate. Therefore, we are responsible for not just the applications but also the core software and capabilities.

For more information about Woven City, please visit: https://www.woven-city.global/

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR
We're looking for an engineer who is passionate about writing software that would enable a novel digital twin platform. The platform will accelerate their innovations by providing a city-scale simulation and testing environment for their ideas, services and products. The simulator has to reproduce various city activities such as residents daily life, traffic dynamics, energy consumption to name a few, which requires computation of complex interactions among agents and environment.

You will report to Head of Digital Twin and this role is hybrid work.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Design, develop, and maintain high-quality software
    • Design and optimize software/systems to meet performance needs
    • Define software interfaces and develop components
    • Contribute to documentation
    • Exercise technical collaboration in working with cross-functional teams

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

    • Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field and 5+ years of work experience
    • Experience in either the development of frameworks or APIs
    • Familiarity with issues surrounding compute and data intensive applications
    • Professional experience in one or more languages, such as C++, Java, C#, and Python
    • Proficiency in business level English

NICE TO HAVES:

    • Experience and knowledge of parallel and distributed computing
    • Experience in any of the following languages a big plus: GoLang, Rust, Erlang/Elixer
    • Familiarity with Game Engines (e.g. Unity) or Multi-agent simulators
    • Familiarity with asynchronous messaging (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ) and SQL/NoSQL databases
    • Familiarity with basic frontend development
If you are located outside of Japan we will set up an interview over Google Hangout Meet or Skype.

WHAT WE OFFER
・Competitive Salary - Based on experience
・Work Hours - Flexible working time with NO core-hours
・Paid Holiday - 20 days per year (prorated)
・Sick Leave - 6 days per year (prorated)
・Holiday - Sat & Sun, Japanese National Holidays, and other days defined by our company
・Japanese Social Security - all applicable (Health Insurance, Pension, Workers’ Comp, and Unemployment Insurance, Long-term care insurance)
・In-house Training Program (software study/language study)

By submitting your application you agree to the following terms: https://woven.toyota/en/applicant-privacy-notice

Our Commitment
・We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.
We pledge that any information we receive from you will be used ONLY for the purpose of hiring assessment.