Data Engineering, 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 enabling a novel digital twin platform. Our platform will accelerate their innovations by providing a city-scale testing environment for their ideas, services and products. The platform can be used to simulate and digitally 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 Lead of Digital Twin Backend and this role is hybrid work.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

    • Design, develop, and own parts of the platform with the ability to deal with ambiguous requirements
    • Exercise technical judgment in working with cross-functional teams
    • Build components to manage, monitor, and maintain the health of data flow, data storage, and related services
    • Contribute to documentation and code maintainability
    • Collaborate within and across teams to develop and deliver bests practices

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

    • Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field and 5+ years of work experience
    • Professional experience in one or more languages, such as C++, Java, C#, and Python
    • Extensive background in large-scale batch and/or stream processing
    • Excellent communication and people engagement skills
    • Proficiency in business level English

NICE TO HAVES:

    • Deep experience working with either RDBMS and/or NoSQL databases
    • Experience with big data platforms and stacks (e.g. Hadoop, Kafka, Spark)
    • Familiarity with data governance issues
    • Understanding of security practices around data management
    • Familiarity with DevOps and/or DataOps best practices preferably in a cloud environment (e.g. AWS)
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.