Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

About the Company

A rapidly growing FinTech company in Japan is building innovative digital financial services that make investing and asset management more accessible through mobile-first technology.

The company is expanding its engineering organization and looking for talented engineers who are passionate about designing secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and creating products that have a meaningful impact on users' daily lives.

Job Description

The engineering organization is expanding its global team to build the next generation of cloud-based financial services.

As a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you will collaborate closely with software engineers, security engineers, QA engineers, and product teams to design, build, and operate highly available cloud infrastructure supporting business-critical applications.

This role provides an opportunity to become a key member of a growing engineering organization and contribute to building modern cloud platforms from the ground up.

Please note: This position is open to candidates currently residing in Japan.

Highlights of the Opportunity

• Build and improve a growing engineering organization and cloud environment
• Work on large-scale infrastructure supporting millions of users
• Collaborate with talented engineers across different teams
• Influence architecture and technical decisions
• Gain experience with modern cloud technologies in the fintech industry
• Flexible hybrid working environment

Responsibilities

• Design and build robust, scalable, and highly available cloud infrastructure
• Develop infrastructure that enables smooth maintenance, patching, and upgrades with minimal downtime
• Design AWS infrastructure with regional-level fault tolerance
• Collaborate with security teams to build secure infrastructure
• Automate AWS deployments to enable faster delivery of cloud services
• Create self-service solutions that allow developers to easily provision AWS resources
• Improve infrastructure reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing and building AWS-based infrastructure solutions
• Experience managing production infrastructure for high-traffic and business-critical systems
• Strong understanding of cloud security best practices and compliance standards
• Experience with production incident management and cross-functional collaboration
• Hands-on experience with AWS Compute, Storage, and Analytics services
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform
• Experience with Linux system administration
• Experience with cloud monitoring, detection, and response
• Experience with cloud infrastructure patching and upgrades
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Business-level English or Japanese (Native Japanese or JLPT N1 equivalent)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience maintaining 200+ servers or containers in a production cloud environment
• Experience with disaster recovery planning and improving RTO/RPO
• Experience with other cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform
• Experience with cloud performance tuning and cost optimization
• Experience using or contributing to open-source tools
• Experience publishing technical articles, blogs, or papers
• Experience managing IT compliance and security risks
• Experience designing and building infrastructure in financial services or regulated industries
• Experience operating in-house products and services

Working Conditions

Employment Status

• Full-time

Location

• Japan (Hybrid work style: Remote + Office)

Working Hours

• Super Flex Time (No Core Hours)
• Standard working hours: 9:00 AM – 5:45 PM (7 hours 45 minutes + 1-hour break)

Holidays

• Saturdays, Sundays, and Japanese National Holidays
• Summer Leave
• Year-end and New Year Holidays
• Annual Paid Leave

Salary & Benefits

Salary

• Annual salary based on skills, experience, and performance
• Annual salary review
• Overtime allowance
• Transportation expenses
• Work-style support allowance

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Employee Pension
• Employment Insurance
• Workers' Compensation Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan