Engineering Manager (Remote OK)

Remote OK - Worldwide
Full-time
September 9, 2023

Job Description

As an engineering manager your mission is to maximize the output of engineering. You will utilize your communication skills and technical background to allow individuals and teams to work together to achieve common goals.

At Degica, engineering managers act as visionaries that help drive the technical direction of the product. They work closely with product and engineering to refine the “what” and “how” of features being built. They play a major role in scaling engineering through hiring and solving organizational problems. They are servant leaders who put the needs of employees first and provide opportunities for others to develop and perform to their full potential.

Responsibilities

Participate and improve process around engineering hiring, onboarding, and training
Define processes to increase productivity and ensure adoption across engineering and the organization
Provide mentorship and guidance through 1-on-1’s and performance reviews
Ensure engineering teams are operating efficiently and achieving their goals
Set expectations with engineers and hold them accountable for project deliverables

Required Skills

Good communication and interpersonal skills
Experience building and working on large-scale software products
Solid understanding of software development best practices
Understanding of concepts of technical debt and continuous integration

Good to have

Previous experience managing teams and individuals
Knowledge of the Ruby programming language
Previous experience developing large-scale web applications
Able to speak Japanese, but not required

Compensation

7,000,000 - 12,000,000 yen / year
Includes (rough estimate of) profit share. Based on experience and skill level

Work Condition

Contract-type: Permanent full-time position
Remote Work: Degica allows full remote work from anywhere in Japan. Employees are free to work from home or from our office in Tokyo.
Office Location: ICHIGO Kichijoji BLD. 4F, 2-5-10 Kichijoji-Hon-Cho, Musashino-Shi, Tokyo, Japan

※ 10-minute walk from the Kichijoji Station (JR Line)

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このポジションについて

エンジニアリングマネージャーとしてのあなたの使命は、エンジニアリングの成果を最大限に引き出すことです。コミュニケーションスキルと技術的なバックグラウンドを活かして、個人やチームが共通の目標を達成するために協力します。 Degicaでは、エンジニアリングマネージャーは、製品の技術的な方向性を推進するビジョナリーの役割を果たします。プロダクトやエンジニアリングと密接に連携し、構築する機能の「何を」「どのように」を改善していきます。また、採用や組織的な問題の解決を通じて、エンジニアリングの規模拡大に大きな役割を果たします。エンジニアのニーズを最優先し、エンジニアが能力を最大限に発揮して成長する機会を提供するサーバント・リーダーです。

担当業務

エンジニアの採用、入社、トレーニングに関するプロセスに参加し、改善する
生産性向上のためのプロセスを定義し、エンジニアリングと組織全体での採用を確保する
1on1やパフォーマンスレビューを通じたメンターシップとガイダンスの提供
エンジニアリングチームが効率的に運営され、目標を達成していることの確認
エンジニアの期待値を設定し、プロジェクトの成果に対する説明責任を果たす

必要なスキル

優れたコミュニケーション能力と対人関係能力
大規模なソフトウェア製品の開発に携わった経験
ソフトウェア開発のベストプラクティスを理解している
技術的負債と継続的インテグレーションの概念の理解
ビジネスレベルの英会話能力

あると良いもの

チームや個人を管理した経験
プログラミング言語Rubyの知識
大規模なWebアプリケーションを開発した経験がある

勤務条件

勤務形態: 正社員
勤務地: 日本全国どこでもフルリモート勤務可能。オフィス or リモート勤務どちらでも自由に選べます。
オフィス: 東京都武蔵野市吉祥寺本町2丁目5番10号いちご吉祥寺ビル 4F

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About Degica

Degica supports companies that want to do business in Japan and Korea.

They run a payment platform called KOMOJU that serves a wide variety of companies from small to large, and they provide various services for clients that want to break into the Japanese market. They also have extensive expertise in gaming and eCommerce so they’re able to act as a bridge to the Japanese and Korean markets in these areas.

With partners like Valve and Shopify, Degica is a powerful ally for any company that wants to start or expand a business in the Japanese and Korean markets.

When it comes to engineering, Degica believes in having a flat, inclusive culture and constantly improving by continuing to evaluate itself. The company also prizes individuality and believes that each member brings their own unique value to the team. Their development processes are always updating as the company grows, and they have an engineering culture that largely organizes itself and each engineer has a lot of ownership in their own projects. This culture allows engineers to showcase their strengths while continuing to grow.

Japanese Language Policy
With around half of their total members (and around 75% of engineers) coming from outside Japan, Degica generally uses English for written communication (e.g. Slack, Github). Verbal communication is also primarily in English.

However, quite a few people working there can speak both English and Japanese fluently so Japanese may be spoken at times during meetings, especially when they involve teams other than engineering.

Overall, the language spoken depends on the team. The dev team uses mostly English, but their HR team (for example) speaks primarily Japanese.
Visa Sponsorship
Degica sponsors visas for candidates living outside of Japan. They’re still hiring from abroad, but due to travel restrictions related to COVID-19 new employees from abroad may need to start working on a contract basis. Degica will switch you over to a full-time employee contract and sponsor your visa once it’s safe to come to Japan again.

Degica also helps out with relocation (searching for apartments etc.) but they don’t have a formal policy for this. The support offered depends on each individual case. They do always pay for flight tickets to Japan in the case that someone moves from abroad however.
Paid Leave
Degica has a very generous vacation policy.

Like most companies in Japan, their basic PTO package starts with 10 days of normal paid time off during an employee’s first year, followed by increases in subsequent years in accordance with Japanese labor law.

Degica also offers 5 extra vacation days that can be used during the summer months, and another 5 days of year-end holidays.

They also have birthday leave, which means members can get an extra day off each year on their birthday. So that’s a total of 21 vacation days per year in addition to Japanese public holidays. They also offer maternity and paternity leave.
Benefits
💻 New tech gear

👩‍🎓 Skill development support

💛 Support for attending conferences

🧡 Seminar participation support

📕 Book purchases

👶 Parental Leave

👩‍🏫 Language Learning Support

💜 Social security / insurance benefits included

🏥 Healthcare insurance

💚 Pension insurance

🚃 Commuter allowance

👍 Motorized sitting / standing desks when working from our office
Engineer Interview Process
Engineering Jobs

Degica’s interview process skips the high-pressure whiteboard interviews in favor of a coding challenge that’s closer to what engineers would actually work on day-to-day.

Here’s the basic interview flow:
- First interview: Meeting with two Degica engineers to discuss about something you’ve built and see if you’re a good cultural fit
- Second interview: Technical challenge to test your real-world development skills
- Third interview: Meeting with a senior leader in the company
Remote Work
Degica allows full remote work from anywhere in the world! The only stipulation is that your work hours must have some overlap with the JST time zone.

Even once COVID-19 is no longer a concern, Degica intends to continue their full remote policy.

And if you do relocate to Japan, there's no need to live near their Tokyo office — you can work from anywhere in Japan.
Work style
Degica has an office in the Kichijoji area of Tokyo, but they’ve switched to working fully remotely due to COVID-19. A typical work day at Degica begins at around 10:00AM for most people. Some teams begin with a stand-up meeting where they quickly share their tasks for the day before focusing on work for the rest of the day.

One unique aspect of Degica’s work style is their code review process. Since they have a flat hierarchy and a relatively small team, they have a system where reviewers are selected randomly. Their engineers also take care of operations and handle errors or technical customer queries as a team via Slack.

A typical stopping time for engineers at Degica is at around 7:00PM, and they have very little overtime so engineers normally won’t be online past this time. They also make it a point to avoid unnecessary meetings and prefer to have ad-hoc discussions with relevant members only.
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