Software Engineer, City OS - Data - Storage
Tokyo
Woven City – City Platform /
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
Toyota's 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 a diversity of cutting edge technologies. It will be the world's most programmable city. At the same time, it is also 'human-centric', serving the needs of its citizens and keeping people safe, comfortable and happy.
Our mission is to create the digital heart of Woven City: a software platform called "Agora". All digitally connected services in the city will be orchestrated and delivered on this platform. The technical challenge is huge, and includes creating state of the art systems for collaborating microservices, identity, authentication, privacy, security, brokering data, IoT control, and much more.
The City OS Platform's Data team is tasked with providing systems, services, tools and mechanisms that enable teams to store, manage and share data on the platform in a secure, resilient and privacy-respecting manner.
For more information about Woven City, please visit: https://www.woven-city.global/
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR
We are hiring Engineers for individual contributor roles based in Tokyo. These roles report to a team lead or Manager, focusing on delivering our platform. It is a highly technical team of software engineers. This role's workplace type is hybrid.
Do you have what it takes to solve complex challenges in a distributed setting? Are you passionate about technology and how it can transform the world into a better place? Are you looking for a role where you can make an enormous impact on the future by empowering other engineers to build secure systems?
RESPONSIBILITIES
・You will collaborate closely with other engineers to develop and document requirements, architecture, design, code, and test for the City's data systems/services
・You will collaborate with teams who are building digital services, and help them get the most out of the their data on the City OS platform
・Assisting internal teams onboarding
・Providing teams with technical support
・Troubleshooting storage service or database issues encountered by services utilizing the CityOS platform
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
・Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
・5+ years of Software engineering or Solutions Architecture experience
・Experience with Kubernetes
・Experience with at least one of the following:
・Extensive experience managing and administrating AWS services, including RDS and other managed storage solutions
・Experience utilizing Terraform infrastructure as code solution to manage cluster resources
・Good communication, a proactive mindset, and strong problem-identification and solving skills
・Proficiency in business-level English
NICE TO HAVES
- Experience with Redis, CouchDB, and other similar NoSQL solutions
- Experience with PostgreSQL, or similar RDBMS solutions
- Proficiency in business level Japanese language
If you are located outside of Japan we will set up an interview over Google Hangout Meet.
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.