Engineering Manager, Acquisition
| Global Market for QA
Markets are changing rapidly, and there is a demand for quick software releases. Agile development has become mainstream; on a global scale, 92% of developer teams adopt agile development, 71% of which aim to release at least once a week. With such a rapid cycle, manual verification is too time-consuming, and there is an urgent need for automation. Our services can solve these critical challenges and make our clients a competitive advantage in software development. QA’s global budget is said to reach over $1 trillion. We are rapidly expanding our service reach internationally to win this vast global market.
| About Us
XXX, Inc. is a start-up company founded in San Francisco by a team of engineers who were the first Japanese team to graduate from the top US accelerator, Alchemist Accelerator. With the mission to increase creativity with the power of tech, we develop and provide XXX, an AI-powered software testing automation platform.
In October 2019, we officially released XXX for Web, our test automation software that targets web applications. Also, in October 2021, XXX for Mobile for mobile app testing was officially launched and we have closed our $10M Series A. Although the product lineup is continuing to expand and we have been able to provide all basic functions needed in a test automation platform, we continue to receive requests for new features and improvements.
| About This Role
Job Purpose
With the growth of our market share, comes the growth of our product feature set. We are building new teams focused on customers acquisition features. This new team comprises five engineers and would be an autonomous team supporting itself in infrastructure, back end, and front end expertise. This position is opened to oversee the creation, growth and success of this team.
Responsibilities
Create and recruit the team members, share its vision, its mission and build up the strategy to deliver the best business value.
Facilitate all the ceremonies to enable the day to day work of the team and report on the different metrics evaluating the team performance.
Support the product team in transforming the strategy into an actionable roadmap.
Identify the different architectural and technical debt challenges, and plan their improvement accordingly.
Support cross team initiatives and facilitate collaboration within the teams.
Build relationships with your reports, support their career development and motivate members in achieving the team goals.
Empower the engineers and maximize the team's productivity by setting goals, performing evaluations, and utilizing data to improve operational workflow.
Required Qualifications
Being able to work during day hours 09am~5pm JST
3 years of Engineering management experience or more
5 years of experience developing software, backend experience is a plus.
English spoken and written at a business level
Desirable Skills & Experience
Experience in working within a SaaS
Understanding of QA practices, especially test automation
Japanese proficiency
Selection Process
1. Management interview: 60min
2. HR interview: 60min
2. Technical interview: 60min
4. Final interview: 60min
Note: We will ask you to provide references after the final interview.
| About the Engineering Team
Our Team
XXX engineering team is an international team, with more than half of the engineers being foreign nationals and all developers being English speakers. We have a good culture where members respect each other's backgrounds.
Since we have two products, XXX for Web and XXX for Mobile, our development engineers are divided into two teams corresponding to each product. We have over 15 front-end and back-end engineers who work closely with product managers, QA managers, designers, technical support engineers, and machine learning engineers who are responsible for resolving technical inquiries from customers. The product manager is in charge of the general roadmap. The product manager develops a rough roadmap and works with the engineers and designers on the details of each feature and bug fix before implementation. Depending on the size of the feature, we appoint a feature lead from among the engineers to be in charge of the project and give them the discretion to make technical decisions.
Our Development Process
We create a ticket in advance about what kind of function we will develop. In some cases, the product owner creates it based on user feedback, and in other cases, each team creates bugs and investigation requests directly.
The development cycle consists of one Sprint, which takes two weeks. Development tasks are assigned during the planning stage on the first day of the Sprint, and we hold a daily standup meeting to check the overall progress and any problems. (Due to the time difference, it is done at lunchtime).
We review code on GitHub. After the review, the merged branches are automatically deployed to the staging environment, and E2E tests are performed (which XXX does itself).
After testing on the integrated branch, it's deployed to the production environment. Deployment is done several times a week as needed. The developed function will be demonstrated by the developer themselves to all employees at each Sprint.
Tech Culture/Support
- Tech is selected at each staff's discretion
- We actively adopt new tech
- We actively work on technical debt
- There is technical skill improvement support (learning support allowance)
- PC with the staff's desired specs, external monitors, etc. can be rented from the company
Tech Stack
- Backend: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Go
- Frontend: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Redux, Styled Components
- Machine learning: Python, PyTorch, Kubernetes
- Database: PostgreSQL, Redis
- Test: Jest, Selenium, WebdriverIO, Puppeteer
- Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Terraform, Packer, MacStadium
- Monitoring: New Relic, Sentry, Papertrail, Datadog
- CI/CD: CircleCI, GitHub Actions
- Source code management: GitHub
- Project management: ClickUp
- Misc.: G Suite, Slack, Notion, Gather, Zoom, Miro, 1Password, Mixmax, Calendly, etc.
| Employment Conditions
Employment Status
- Regular employees
- Probation period: 3 months after joining the company (conditions are the same as permanent employment)
Work Location
- This is a remote work position.
Work Hours
- Full flextime system (no core time or flexible time)
Note: The determination of working hours (start and end times) must be made to the extent that one's own duties (including guidance and supervision of subordinates) are properly performed and that there are no obstacles to work in terms of coordination and communication with other employees.
Bonus
- Twice a year
Holidays
- Complete five-day workweek system (holidays, year-end and New Year holidays, etc.)
- Paid leave, sick leave, condolence leave, childcare leave, nursing leave (all paid)
Benefits
- Equipped with various social insurance
- Regular health checkup
- Stock option system
- Laptop PC will be rented when joining the company
- Partial payment of remote work equipment costs
- English learning/skill improvement program support
- Visa support
