The Role
Join Woven by Toyota as a Backend Engineer, overseeing software development, incident management, and improving system operations. Collaborate with teams and ensure quality service delivery.
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About Woven by Toyota
Woven by Toyota is enabling Toyota’s once-in-a-century transformation into a mobility company. Inspired by a legacy of innovating for the benefit of others, our mission is to challenge the current state of mobility through human-centric innovation — expanding what “mobility” means and how it serves society.
Our work centers on four pillars: AD/ADAS, our autonomous driving and advanced driver assist technologies; Arene, our software development platform for software-defined vehicles; Woven City, a test course for mobility; and Cloud & AI, the digital infrastructure powering our collaborative foundation. Business-critical functions empower these teams to execute, and together, we’re working toward one bold goal: a world with zero accidents and enhanced well-being for all.
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TEAM
Toyota is redefining what it means to move. We're challenging the current state of mobility by enhancing the movement of people, goods, information and energy. Centered around three core concepts - A Living Laboratory™, Human-Centered, and Ever Evolving City™ - Woven City serves as a test course for mobility to fulfill our purpose of well-being for all.
We do this by bringing together a diverse community of people with a shared passion for the future of mobility to co-create, develop and refine innovative products and services. This cross-section of social infrastructure, mobility, and people provides a unique opportunity for inventors, residents and visitors to interact seamlessly with new technologies throughout daily life in an environment that emulates a real city.
For more information about Woven City, please visit: https://www.woven-city.global/
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic engineer to join our team of experienced developers and technical professionals. We are using the latest technologies to provide the best services and solutions to this city’s applications and customers.
You will drive the entire process of development, implementation and operation, along with defining the cross-functional specifications and requirements.
You will report to the lead of the function and the workplace is hybrid (remote and office).
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Drive the majority of development processes and oversee the qualitative and quantitative outputs of the backend software services.
- Exercise technical judgment when collaborating with cross-functional teams.
- Point of contact for production incidents and investigation
- To ensure stable operation and maintenance, improve and automate existing system designs, codebases, CI/CD, development process and tools.
- Prepare documentation for colleagues and report to managers.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related technical field
- 5+ years of experience in large-scale application product development, covering requirement design, requirement and risk management, scope estimation, dependency identification, daily development management, architecture design, coding, testing, CI/CD, operation, maintenance, and documentation
- Proficiency in Go and related Go tools, SQL, NoSQL, and synchronous/asynchronous communication protocols (Web API, gRPC, Kafka, RabbitMQ)
- Extensive experience and knowledge in testing design/frameworks and implementation
- Experience with DevOps tools and container orchestration platforms (Docker, Kubernetes or similar) and developer workflow tools such as GitHub, GitHub Actions, CI/CD tools, Jira, Confluence
- Proficiency in business-level English
NICE TO HAVES:
- Experience in API development (OpenAPI Specification (OAS)) with microservices architecture
- Experience in cloud-based data platform design and development (AWS, GCP, MS Azure or similar)
- Practical experience or certificate for a SCRUM master
- Experience and skills of Bazel, ArgoCD, Flux, etc.
- Proficiency in business-level Japanese
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Important Points
・All interviews will be arranged via Google Meet, unless otherwise stated.
・The same job descriptions are available in both English and Japanese; therefore, we kindly ask that you apply to only one version.
・We kindly request that you submit your resume in English, if possible. However, Japanese resumes are also acceptable. Please note that, depending on the English proficiency requirements of the role, we may request an English version of your resume later in the process.
WHAT WE OFFER
・Competitive Salary - Based on experience
・Work Hours - Flexible working time
・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 Insurance - Health Insurance, Pension, Workers’ Comp, and Unemployment Insurance, Long-term care insurance
・Housing Allowance
・Retirement Benefits
・Rental Cars Support
・In-house Training Program (software study/language study)
Our Commitment
・We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.
・Any information we receive from you will be used only in the hiring and onboarding process. Please see our privacy notice for more details.
Top Skills
Ci/Cd
Docker
Git
Go
Grpc
Java
Kafka
Kubernetes
NoSQL
RabbitMQ
SQL
Web Api
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The Company
What We Do
Woven by Toyota will help to deliver the safest, most intelligent mobility experiences and lifestyle for Toyota customers everywhere. At Woven by Toyota, we envision a human-centered future, where world-class technology expands global access to mobility, enhances the capabilities of drivers, and empowers people to thrive. We achieve this with a unique global culture that weaves modern Silicon Valley innovation with Japanese quality craftsmanship. As society, technology and customer needs evolve, we continuously pursue new ways to create a more personal, seamless experience for customers.
