Software Architect, Senior Engineer, Digital Twin Platform
Woven
Full-time
On-site
Tokyo, Japan
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.
Our team, Digital Twin Platform, as one of the core Woven Inventor Solutions teams under the Woven City umbrella, is responsible for the realization of Woven City's vision: "Expand mobility. Enhance humanity. Engage society" by developing a robust software platform, on one hand to enable inventors and business owners to “test” their products and services in a virtual environment before deploying to the physical Woven City and other sites; on the other hand, to create analytics to assist in decision making based on both simulated results and more importantly operational data collected from the physical city, such as residents daily life, traffic dynamics, energy consumption, etc.
For more information about Woven City, please visit: https://www.woven-city.global/
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are looking for a passionate tech leader who loves the vision of the digital twin platform and can guide the team in building and delivering an innovative cloud-based simulation product. We expect you to have a strong technical background in software development, platform architecture, and a proven track record of leveraging common libraries and existing solutions (both open source and commercial) to deliver innovative technical solutions. You should also have the experience to effectively collaborate across functions and organizations internally and externally to deliver measurable results.
You will report to the lead of the function and its workplace type is hybrid.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Design scalable, robust, and secure software architecture aligned with business goals
- Define and enforce coding standards, best practices, and architectural guidelines
- Lead architectural decision-making across development teams and provide technical direction
- Evaluate and recommend new technologies, frameworks, best practices and tools for software development
- Conduct design reviews to ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards
- Create high-level design documentation and ensure proper technical specifications
- Mentor engineers and promote best practices
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 8+ years of software development experience, including 3+ years in a lead or architect role
- Experience designing and implementing distributed cloud native systems with deep understanding of system design patterns, APIs, microservices, and cloud architectures, data storage paradigms, etc.
- Stakeholder management skills with excellent communication
- Practical knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and DevOps tooling
- Proficient in business level English
NICE TO HAVES
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with security frameworks and secure coding principles and proven ability to implement application-level security controls
- Experience working in agile and cross-functional development environments
- Experience with streaming platforms (Kafka, Pulsar, Kinesis)
- Proficient in conversational-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.