Hybrid Senior Kubernetes Software Engineer, Multicloud Platform

at Woven Planet

• Job title: Senior Kubernetes Software Engineer, Multicloud Platform
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: Ansible, AWS, Cloud, Google Cloud Platform, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Python, Terraform, Go
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Tokyo, Japan

About the role

• Software Engineer developing enterprise-grade Kubernetes platforms at Woven by Toyota. Join a team focused on cloud-native technologies and innovation in mobility.

Responsibilities

• You will design and implement highly available, cost-efficient, and secure multi-cloud Kubernetes solutions and cloud services
• Develop backend software and Kubernetes controllers, mostly written in Go
• Write automated tests and health checks to validate critical components
• Design modular infrastructure deployment patterns for Kubernetes configurations with common tools like Kustomize, Helm, and Terraform
• Collaborate with engineers across disciplines to define engineering requirements and deliver customer value
• Partner with and advise Site Reliability and Observability engineers to triage, troubleshoot, and mitigate production issues
• Advise manager, peers, and senior leaders across domains on Kubernetes and platform engineering best practices and architecture patterns
• Mentor junior engineers in both functional and related teams

Requirements

• Extensive experience developing and maintaining a large-scale Kubernetes cloud platform in an enterprise environment using configuration tools like Kustomize or Helm
• Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes infrastructure and security, including service meshes such as Istio
• Significant experience developing with IaC (Infrastructure as Code) using technologies such as Terraform or Ansible
• 5+ experience developing highly available cloud platforms on cloud providers such as AWS or GCP
• 5+ years of experience in backend software development using languages such as Go or Python
• Experience creating CI/CD automation workflows using tools such as Github Actions or Jenkins
• Working knowledge of cloud security and networking best practices
• Working proficiency in English

Benefits

• 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)