Backend Software Engineer, Robot Platform Software
Woven by Toyota4 months ago
Tokyo, JapanSenior
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, maintain, and deploy reliable backend services for the Robot Platform.
- Improve test quality and coverage, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring systems.
- Collaborate with hardware, firmware, frontend, and business teams on robotic product and service design.
- Monitor deployed services, diagnose issues, and coordinate with the Woven City on-site operations team.
- Travel to Woven City as needed for on-site troubleshooting and maintenance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 5 years of hands-on backend software development experience, including object-oriented design, debugging, testing, version control, and CI/CD.
- Hands-on proficiency with Java and modern tooling such as Gradle, Maven, and Spring Boot.
- Strong communication, collaboration, ownership, initiative, and ability to learn new technologies quickly.
- Business-level written and spoken English.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with AMQP, MQTT, RabbitMQ, Docker, Podman, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, JavaScript, React, and TypeScript.
- Business-level written and spoken Japanese is preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive salary based on experience.
- Flexible working hours.
- 20 days of paid holiday per year and 6 days of sick leave per year, prorated.
- Weekends, Japanese national holidays, and other company-defined holidays off.
- Japanese social insurance, including health insurance, pension, workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, and long-term care insurance.
- Housing allowance, retirement benefits, and rental car support.
- In-house software and language training programs.
- Occasional travel to Woven City may be required; interviews are conducted via Google Meet unless otherwise stated.
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About Woven by Toyota
Woven by Toyota develops software for automated driving, advanced driver assistance, and software-defined vehicles, primarily for Toyota and its partners. Its products include Arene (a vehicle software platform), AD/ADAS technologies, and the Woven City test course, supported by cloud and AI infrastructure. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, it operates as a Toyota Motor Corporation subsidiary focused on vehicle software and mobility systems.