QA Intern - Mercari India

About Us

Mercari is a Japan-based C2C marketplace company founded in 2013 with the mission to “Circulate all forms of value to unleash the potential in all people” From being the first tech unicorn from Japan before its IPO in 2018 we have come a long way towards becoming a global player and continuously and diligently work towards our transformation journey with a strong focus on our mission.

Since its inception, Mercari Group has worked to grow its services, investing in both our people and technology. Over time Mercari has expanded from being the top player in the C2C marketplace in Japan to new geographies like the U.S. We have also successfully launched new businesses such as Merpay, which is a mobile payment service platform with a vision to create a society where anyone can realize their dreams through a new ecosystem centered not only on payment service but also on credit. Today, Mercari Group is made up of multiple subsidiary businesses including B2C platform, blockchain, and sports team management.

For our services to be utilized by people worldwide; however, there is still a mountain of work ahead of us. This endeavor naturally requires the capability of the best talent and minds, and that is exactly the reason for us to launch the India Center of Excellence. With your help, we will continue to take on the world stage and strive to grow into a successful global tech company.

Our Mission

Mercari is a Japan-based company with the mission of “Circulate all forms of value to unleash the potential in all people”. Having continuously worked toward this goal since our founding in 2013, we are now transforming from a startup into a global player. While this transformation brings its own specific set of challenges, we believe that solving them one after another will allow us to fully achieve our mission. Are you interested in working together to take on these exciting challenges?

Our Culture

To achieve our mission at Mercari, our organization and each of our employees share the same values and perspectives. Our individual guidelines for action are defined by our three values: Go Bold, All for One, and Be a Pro. Our organization is also shaped by our four foundations: Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion, Trust & Openness, and Well-being for Performance. Regardless of how big Mercari gets, the culture will remain essential to achieving our mission and something we want to preserve throughout our organization. We invite you to read the “Mercari Culture Doc,” which summarizes the behaviors and mindset shared by Mercari and its employees. We continue to build an environment where all of our members of diverse backgrounds are accepted and recognized, and where they can thrive while holding dear to Mercari’s culture.


Work Responsibilities

• Design/develop new features/systems and improve existing features/systems under mentorship of Senior engineer in the team
• Improve services and measure effectiveness using quantitative and qualitative analysis
• Work on development as a team, collaborating with product managers, designers, software engineers, and QA/testing engineers
• Improve code quality, service documentation and upgrade the development environment through automation
• Investigating inquiries from customer support or other development teams and conducting system operations as needed
• Engineering Culture
• Technology Stack
• Mercari india
  

Bold Challenges

• We are looking for people that are interested in our services, mission, and values, and want to work where engineers can go bold, use the latest technology, make autonomous decisions, and take on challenges at a rapid pace.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• University students who are scheduled to graduate in 2025.
• Experience in at least one of the following:
• Backend: Design, development, and operation of APIs using Go, PHP, or Java
• Mobile (iOS, Android) : Development using Swift or Kotlin
• Platform Engineering
• QA
• Experience in the product lifecycle, from design to operation, ensuring functionality and user satisfaction.
• Basic knowledge of RDBMS and SQL

Preferred Requirements

• Ability to design and develop with performance and scalability in mind
• Knowledge of object-oriented software development, networking, and memory management
• Knowledge in software test including unit testing, functional testing, and e2e testing
• Knowledge of and experience with networks, Linux servers, surveillance systems, logging, and system operation
• Experience with development and operation in a microservices architecture
• Cloud development experience (preferably GCP or AWS)
• Understanding of UI development
• OSS contribution experience / familiarity with OSS community
• Experience with team development using Git or similar management systems

Benefits

• Employment Status : Contract

Office : Bangalore

• Hybrid workstyle
• We believe in high performance and professionalism. We work from office for 2 days/week and work from home 3 days/week
• To build a strong & highly-engaged organization in India, we highly encourage everyone to work from our Bangalore office, especially during the initial office setup phase
• We will continue to review and update the policy to address future organizational needs



Work Hours

• Full flextime (no core time) *Flexible to choose working hours other than team common meetings

Media

Owned Media

• Mercari Engineering Portal
• Mercan - Introduces the people that make Mercari