Senior Cloud Engineer

Tokyo
No Remote
Full-time
February 24, 2025

A Quick Overview of What This Role Entails

As we continue to grow, scalability is crucial for deploying our products faster and more efficiently. At the center of this effort is our new Cloud Team, formed in November last year to lead this important mission.

The Cloud team's mission is to lead Mujin’s global expansion by developing a cloud-based platform that connects and centralizes our edge-computed controllers across factories and warehouses. This platform will provide integrators and users with a user-friendly GUI, enabling them to monitor production remotely. It also simplifies deploying the latest robotic technology on a large scale, making advanced automation more accessible and efficient.

As the system is still in its early stages, you’ll have the exciting opportunity to contribute to its design and development from the ground up.

The cloud team’s goals

Let's create a modern cloud service with us by focusing on high availability (HA), automation, and productivity enhancements. Your work will not only improve the team’s efficiency but also have a direct connection to Mujin’s business success.

Build a platform for monitoring and managing the Mujin products at scale
Build a platform for simulating and testing environments automated with the Mujin products

Responsibilities

Help design scalable and highly available [HA] architectures
Implement and maintain configurations, services and tools for cloud infrastructure orchestration and provisioning
Setup monitoring and observability for the cloud infrastructure and services running in the cloud
Monitor the cloud infrastructure and identify/address performance bottlenecks and/or any other issues related to cloud systems and services running in the cloud
Analyze cloud resource usage and optimize cost
Implement security measures to protect data stored and applications running in the cloud
Implement CI pipelines for orchestration and provisioning automation
Work closely with the team to implement cloud native services/APIs

Minimum Requirements

Experience with infrastructure as code [IaC] for orchestration and provisioning automation
Experience with containers/containerization
Deep knowledge of Kubernetes (understand the basic concepts such as workloads, services, load balancing, networking, storage, security, etc.)
Experience working with Linux (Debian, Alpine)
Experience building scalable, multi-regional/distributed architectures for big data
A good testing ethic

Preferred Requirements

Experience with various cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
Experience with search/analytics engines (Elasticsearch)
Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Grafana, Kibana, Vector/Fluentbit, etc.)
Experience working with CI platforms (e.g. GitLab CI)
Experience with build tools and cross-compilation in docker (mainly for Rust/Golang)
Comfortable scripting in Shell or Python

Interview Process:

Resume Screening
HR interview
Technical interview
Culture/Team fit interview

Location

3-8-5 Tatsumi, Koto-Ku, Tokyo 135-0053, Japan

Work Hours

8:45 - 17:45 (with a 60-minute break)

Salary

Based on experience and skills
Salary revision twice a year
Additional bonuses available based on performance

Holidays

Every Saturday and Sunday
Annual paid leaves
Maternity leave and Childcare leave
Other holidays as defined by the company

Company Benefits

Flexible dress code policy
Commuting allowance
Japanese Social Security (Health Insurance, Pension, Labor Insurance)
Monthly team dinner support
Free buffet lunch every workday
Free vending machines (offering drinks and snacks)
High-end coffee machine
Exclusive Employee Gym Access

Japan Relocation Support

Visa sponsorship
Flight ticket support
Shipping expenses coverage up to a specified limit
Assistance for housing

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About Mujin

Mujin develops "MujinController," a platform that leverages a real-time digital twin and advanced robotics to seamlessly connect industrial equipment for fully autonomous operations.

Driven by their unique approach towards Robotics, Machine Intelligence (MujinMI), Mujin offers a robust suite of perception, planning, and control algorithms, enabling autonomous robot movement and transforming automation in challenging industrial environments.

Trusted by globally recognized companies, Mujin's cutting-edge technology enhances efficiency and innovation across the supply chain. With headquarters in Japan and expanding offices in China, the US, and Europe, Mujin offers a dynamic, fast-growing environment where your work directly shapes the future of automation.