Mercari

Minato City, Japan | Posted: 4 years ago

Job Description

We are looking for someone who can navigate obstacles, negotiate with stakeholders and grow their team members to optimize their output both as individuals and as a team. The backend team works on the development and operation of the Mercari API, the framework supporting the entire company.

Mercari is currently transitioning from our existing monolithic system to microservices, leading to significant changes and expansion within the team. Amidst these conditions, the engineering manager must propose and implement measures to support members grow and to help expand the team. These are part of a larger effort to ensure that the backend team functions properly within Mercari and helps the company maximize its output.

Details

Proposing and implementing strategies to solve problems and improve our engineering organization, such as:

• Evaluating and leading bold organizational changes that will allow development/operation to change and grow


• Evaluating and promoting projects for hiring, onboarding, and assigning that will help engineers regularly give their best performance within a rapidly growing team


• Proposing and developing new tech projects (projects by the engineering teams) with team members


• Planning and running internal events (EM Philosophy Talk, Lunch & Learn, etc.) with the aim of sharing knowledge and increasing understanding of the organization


• Participating in hiring and PR activities to grow our engineering organization

Maximizing engineering output and encouraging career growth through tasks such as:

• Handling goal setting and evaluations for engineer growth each quarter, in addition to holding 1-on-1 meetings for regular communication and feedback


• Assigning projects and roles to engineers while considering their future career growth

REQUIREMENTS

Minimum Requirements

Experience developing software with backend technologies

Management experience

Experience with interdepartmental coordination

Experience mentoring engineers

Experience hiring engineers (screening applications, interviewing, direct recruiting, hosting events, etc.)

Experience of scrum

Strong understanding of the company mission and values

Preferred

Ability to use English and Japanese for business duties

Experience designing architecture for an entire system

Experience making technical decisions for a team as a tech lead

Experience operating systems that use microservice architecture

Our Ideal Candidate

Those who are motivated to make changes themselves to improve the organization, and involve and execute relevant people

Capable of understanding individual engineer’s motivations and encouraging their personal growth along with the business’s growth

Possesses strong communication abilities for solving organizational problems

Capable of taking responsibility for engineer hiring and training, and possesses a long-term vision for engineer growth