Cloud Engineer Lead

Cloud Engineer (Lead / Potential Lead) – Full Remote

Location: Tokyo (Full Remote Available)

Salary: ¥8,000,000 – ¥12,000,000

Work Style: Fully Remote

About the Company

A fast-growing venture-backed company delivering business solutions that combine cloud technology, CRM, and geospatial data. Backed by investors in Japan and the US, the company partners with Salesforce to build innovative products such as customer mapping and GPS-powered business tools.

With over a decade in the market, the company has recently experienced rapid growth and now serves major enterprise clients. The organization is actively expanding its global team and fostering a diverse, international work environment.

What You’ll Do

Cloud Architecture & Leadership

• Define and lead the cloud strategy and roadmap within the Technology Center of Excellence

• Act as the technical lead for cloud initiatives across products

• Establish cloud standards, service menus, and operational guidelines

Infrastructure & Operations

• Design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, or Azure

• Implement monitoring systems for performance and failure detection

• Ensure system reliability, scalability, and availability

DevOps & Optimization

• Improve CI/CD pipelines and developer experience

• Automate infrastructure and operational processes

• Collaborate with security and platform teams to enhance system robustness

R&D and Innovation

• Research and apply new cloud technologies

• Drive continuous improvement across cloud architecture and operations

Why This Role

• Full remote work from anywhere in Japan

• Lead cloud initiatives in a newly established tech division

• Work on products used by large enterprise clients

• Opportunity to shape cloud standards and architecture from the ground up

• Global and diverse team environment

Requirements

Must Have

• 3+ years of experience building and operating cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP)

• Experience in system development projects with some project management exposure

• Advanced Japanese for team communication

Nice to Have

• Experience as a technical or IT consultant

• Experience defining cloud architecture standards

• Experience with Kubernetes or container-based environments

• Experience in cloud-based R&D or innovation projects

• Security-related experience

Ideal Candidate

• Proactive and self-driven

• Strong communication and collaboration skills

• Comfortable working in a fully remote environment

• Interested in leading initiatives and driving improvements

Benefits

• Full remote work

• Flextime (core hours: 11:00 – 15:00)

• Social insurance coverage

• Transportation allowance (up to ¥50,000, if applicable)

• Weekends and holidays off

We still have more positions available across different roles. If this isn’t the perfect fit, explore our other openings and feel free to apply!

Job ID: 02924