Engineering Manager (Japan Residents Only | Japanese Required)

UNLOCK DESIGN is a recruiting agency in Japan that works with many Japanese companies who are either looking to begin expanding overseas or who are already global and boast multinational teams - this position is for one such company.

【Basic Information】

Position: エンジニアリングマネージャー

Location: Tokyo

Salary: 7.6M-10M JPY

Contract type: Permanent

Who we are

私たちは、決済を起点に新たな価値を生み出し、社会を変革する事業創造イネーブラーです。 ""事業創造イネーブラー""とは、その名の通り新しいビジネスや事業を創り出し、それを可能にする存在。新しいアイデアや技術を活用し、新たな事業モデルを生み出す役割を果たします。

デジタル決済が社会インフラになる社会の大きな潮流の中で、我々はあらゆる産業とサービスにFintechを組み込むことで、これまでにない体験を提供します。目指すのは、すべての企業がFintech化していく未来。自社プロダクトを活用したEmbedded Fintech事業を中心に、コンサルティング事業や加盟店向けソリューション事業など複数の事業を展開。企業のサービスに金融機能を組み込むためのプラットフォームを提供し、金融サービスを誰もが利用しやすい形に進化させています。

私たちのミッションは「決済から、きのうまでの不可能を可能にする」こと。事業創造イネーブラーとして、我々は初めて銀行の更新系APIを活用したサービスを日本に提供するなど、これまでにない挑戦を続けてきました。また、代表を中心に業界団体を立ち上げるなど、日本のFintechの発展をリードし続けています。

English
We are a business innovation enabler that creates new value from payment transactions and transforms society. A "business innovation enabler" is, as the name suggests, an entity that creates and enables new businesses and ventures. It plays a role in leveraging new ideas and technologies to generate new business models.

In the midst of the significant societal shift where digital payments are becoming a part of our social infrastructure, we are striving to provide unprecedented experiences by incorporating Fintech into every industry and service. Our ultimate goal is a future where all companies embrace Fintech. We focus on Embedded Fintech business using our own products and we expand into multiple areas, including consulting services and solutions for affiliated businesses. We offer platforms to integrate financial functions into company services, making financial services more accessible to everyone.

Our mission is to "turn the impossible into possible, starting from payments." As business innovation enablers, we have taken on unique challenges, such as being the first to offer services in Japan using bank renewal APIs. Additionally, under the leadership of our representative, we have established industry organizations, continuing to lead the development of Fintech in Japan.

Roles and Responsibility

エンジニアリングマネージャーとして、拡大しているエンジニア組織のアウトプットを最大化することをミッションに、経営陣やCTOと連携を図り、エンジニアの評価制度作りや、開発環境の整備などの組織作りをワンストップでお任せします。 より事業をグロースさせるべくメンバーの能力向上にコミットし、プロダクトドリブンなエンジニアリング組織を作り上げたい、そんなエンジニアリングマネージャを募集しています。

【具体的には】

• Valueの1つである「Great Work、Great Team.」を体現するためのエンジニア組織設計および施策企画・実行
• エンジニアの技術成長推進に向けた育成・研修プログラムの策定・運用
• パフォーマンス最大化を目的とした各プロジェクトへのメンバーアサイン
• 各チームメンバーのマネジメント(1on1、目標設定、評価・フィードバック制度の整備と改善など)
• エンジニア組織のピープルマネジメント（メンバーとの1on1・人事評価）
• プロダクト戦略に沿ったエンジニア採用計画の策定および施策立案・実行（ダイレクトリクルーティング・リファラル採用推進など）
• English here

  As an Engineering Manager, your mission is to maximize the output of the expanding engineering organization. You will collaborate with the executive team and CTO, taking on the responsibility for creating a comprehensive engineering ecosystem, including the establishment of evaluation systems for engineers and the optimization of development environments.

  Your commitment is towards enhancing the capabilities of the team members to drive business growth, aspiring to build a product-driven engineering organization. We are looking for an Engineering Manager who wants to embody the value of "Great Work, Great Team."

  【Specific Responsibilities】

  • Design and implement organizational structures and initiatives to embody the value of "Great Work, Great Team."
  • Develop and operate training programs to promote the technical growth of engineers.
  • Assign members to projects with the goal of maximizing performance.
  • Manage each team member (conduct 1-on-1 meetings, set goals, establish and improve evaluation and feedback systems).
  • People management within the engineering organization (conducting 1-on-1 meetings, handling personnel evaluations).
  • Develop and implement an engineering recruitment plan aligned with product strategy (including direct recruiting, referral-driven recruitment, etc.).

Minimum Requirements

• VPoE/エンジニアリングマネージャーの実務経験（業界不問）
• ダイレクトリクルーティング（スカウト）によるエンジニア採用活動経験
• エンジニア評価制度や組織戦略などの立案・改善・運用経験
• エンジニア向け育成・研修プログラムの企画・運営経験
• English here
  • Practical experience as a VPoE (Vice President of Engineering) or Engineering Manager (industry irrelevant)
  • Experience in engineer recruitment through direct recruiting (scouting) activities
  • Experience in formulating, improving, and operating engineer evaluation systems and organizational strategies
  • Experience in planning and managing training programs for engineer development

Tech Stacks

言語/フレームワーク バックエンド：Java(SpringBoot), Kotlin, Ruby (Ruby on Rails)

フロントエンド：JavaScript(Vue.js/TypeScript),Thymeleaf

モバイルDart(Flutter)

データベース：Microsoft SQL Server, Google BigQuery

インフラ：AWS, Azure, GCP

環境構築 ：Ansible,Terraform,Docker,Firebase

CI/CD：Bitrise, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions

テストツール：JUnit, Autify

デザイン：Figma, AdobeXD, illustrator, Photoshop

ソースコード管理　 ：GitHub、GitHub Copilot

プロジェクト管理　 ：JIRA

情報共有ツール　　 ：Slack

言語 バックエンド　　 ：Go

フロントエンド　 ： Elm, React, TypeScript

データベース　　　 ：MySQL, DynamoDB,S3

インフラ　　　　　 ： AWS

環境構築　　　　　 ： Terraform,Docker,AWS Fargate

CI/CD 　　　　　　 ： CircleCI

ソースコード管理　 ： GitHub

プロジェクト管理　 ： JIRA

情報共有ツール　　 ： Slack

その他　　　　　　 ： Datadog

Conditions / Benefits

Employment system: Full-time

Location: Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

• Approximately 5 minutes on foot from Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line "Kojimachi Station" (Exit 2)
• Approximately 8 minutes on foot from JR "Yotsuya Station"
• Approximately 9 minutes on foot from Tokyo Metro Marunouchi Line/Ginza Line "Akasaka-mitsuke Station" (Exit D)
• Approximately 10 minutes on foot from Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line/Yurakucho Line/Namboku Line "Nagatacho Station" (Exit 7)

Annual Salary: 7,600,000 - 10,000,000 JPY *based on experience, ability, and previous work experience

• Salary adjustments: Twice a year
• Bonuses: Twice a year (April and October)
• Overtime allowances for exceeding regular working hours are provided (subject to position/grade).
• Wage structure: Monthly salary
• Retirement benefits: None

Hours: 9:30 - 18:30 (60 minutes of break time)

• Depending on the position/grade, it will fall under flextime, specialist discretionary labor system, or management and supervisory discretionary labor system.
• The above-mentioned hours are the standard, and employee determinations may vary.
• Overtime work beyond regular hours is expected.
• The flextime system does not have a core time.
• Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays
• Annual paid leave (provided according to company regulations from the first day of employment)
• Refresh leave (provided according to company regulations, 5 days)
• Year-end and New Year holidays (5 days)
• Sick leave (3 days)
• Other (condolence leave, special leave, childcare/elderly care leave, etc.)

Probation Period: 3 months

【Benefits】

• Remote work support system (assistance for purchasing equipment such as monitors)
• Work-from-home allowance (3,000 JPY per month)
• Actual commuting expenses reimbursed
• Health checkups
• Employee stock ownership plan
• Onboarding/internal training
• Club activity support
• Company-wide social events
• Book purchase system (up to 10,000 JPY per month)
• Benefit station
• Support for acquiring/maintaining qualifications (*)
• Business school attendance support program (*)
• Seminar participation fee subsidy (*)
• Relocation expense assistance (*)

• Eligibility criteria apply

【Insurance】

• Employees' Pension
• Health Insurance
• Employment Insurance
• Workers' Compensation Insurance

Interview Process

1. Document review
2. First interview
3. Aptitude test
4. Second interview
5. Offer

This process is subject to change.