Senior FinOps Engineer

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

The mission of the Cloud and AI Engineering is to increase productivity and accelerate delivery of software and services for both Woven by Toyota and the larger Toyota organization as a whole. We do this by building and integrating best of breed cutting-edge technologies to help engineering teams go faster, while emphasizing safety. By providing modern, agile and transparent services to our customers, we aim to realize Woven by Toyota’s vision of ”Mobility to Love, Safety to Live”.

WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We are looking for a FinOps practitioner with hands-on experience in public cloud, developer tools such as GitHub, and modern engineering methodologies like DevOps. You have a proven track record of partnering with senior leaders, engineering teams, and business stakeholders to drive company-wide cost optimization initiatives and implement cost allocation best practices. As an engineer, you turn FinOps principles into real solutions by implementing cloud and tool governance, building automation, and developing data pipelines that provide clear, actionable insights across the organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Support architecting public cloud environments including cost optimization effort for multiple engineering teams using Infrastructure-as-Code tools with industry best practices

Work with FinOps and engineering teams to optimize their cloud usage/cost

Design, implement, and maintain cost dashboards for all engineering teams with proper access management

Drive FinOps cross-organization culture in Woven with Cloud & AI Business Operations Team

Review and Improve current code base and infrastructure deployment pipeline

Have fun!

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent practical experience
Experience writing code in Python, Go, Java, Javascript, Shell or a similar language
Experience architecting, deploying, operating solutions built on AWS, or GCP
Experience designing, implementing, and/or maintaining cloud cost optimization solutions
Experience data modification, massaging
Ability to analyze requirements, design and implement solutions to automate routine tasks
Strong interest in platform engineering (and/or SRE) topics like automation, application/platform management, performance assessment and monitoring, and more
Strong interest in Cloud cost management & cost optimization
Ability to speak and write in English & Japanese

NICE TO HAVES

• Have hands-on experience with Cloud Native tools/technologies, Kubernetes, container, Infrastructure as Code
• FinOps certification, Professional certifications on AWS/GCP/Azure
• Have hands-on experience with data engineering tools like Databricks, Snowflake, PowerBI
• Have experience working in a cross-function topics with Finance/Accounting team
• Have hands-on experience with troubleshooting and incident management
• Experience in data structures, algorithms, and software design
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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