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.
Software development in the automotive industry comes with unique challenges. Developers need to build, test, secure, and deploy software across cloud environments, mobile devices, embedded systems, and vehicles. They also need modern AI-enabled tools that are safe, governed, observable, and integrated with enterprise systems.
The Developer Productivity function builds tools, platforms, and workflows that help engineering teams at Woven by Toyota and the broader Toyota organization move faster while keeping safety, security, and quality as top priorities.
As part of this function, the Generative AI Engineering team builds enterprise-grade AI platforms and developer-facing AI capabilities. We focus on secure access to large language models, AI gateways, internal AI tooling, model usage governance, identity-aware authorization, cost controls, observability, and integrations with engineering systems.
Our goal is to make AI useful, reliable, and safe at enterprise scale.
We are looking for an engineering manager who can lead a high-impact Generative AI Engineering team and deliver enterprise-grade AI platform capabilities for Developer Productivity. You should have experience leading complex engineering projects, working closely with engineers and stakeholders, and identifying practical accelerators that improve how engineering teams build, test, operate, and deliver software.
You should be deeply focused on customer value and willing to spend time understanding the real problems engineers are trying to solve. You help the team clarify requirements, make sound technical decisions, align on software design, and deliver reliable platform capabilities that can be adopted across teams.
You should be comfortable setting direction while staying close to implementation details. You define goals, prioritize work, reduce unnecessary rework, and ensure that the team’s roadmap is aligned with the broader Developer Experience and Generative AI strategy. You use metrics to understand adoption, usage, quality, reliability, and business value, then continuously improve the team’s impact over time.
You should understand current trends in developer productivity, platform engineering, and enterprise Generative AI, and be able to turn that understanding into a clear, motivating vision for the team.
You will report to the Head of Developer Experience and Generative AI, working closely with them to shape strategy, guide execution, and help the team deliver safe, reliable, and useful AI capabilities at enterprise scale. You will work in a hybrid environment requiring your presence onsite at least 3 days per week.
・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.
・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)
・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.
Woven by Toyota exists to accelerate Toyota’s once-in-a-century transformation from a car company into a mobility company. Rooted in a legacy of reinvention, we carry forward a singular founding principle: to innovate for the benefit of others.
Today, we are driving this transformation from two vantage points: redefining how vehicles are built, experienced, and connected to the world to realize a true software-defined vehicle, and reimagining how people, goods, information, and energy move and interact in society to empower individuals from all walks of life.
Through these two lenses, we combine bold innovation with real-world execution, bridging the gap between present and future to help Toyota evolve its business and its role in society.
