Senior Software Engineer - Platform

Tokyo
Partial Remote
Full-time
November 28, 2024

About the position

Foundation is a platform team within MeetsMore responsible for improving developer experience and delivery speed at MeetsMore.

This means that we are responsible for many things, including:

Developer tooling.
CI / CD systems.
Building core platform infrastructure.
Analyzing and improving infrastructure performance.
Socio-technical problems like improving developer culture by leading through example and developing tooling to solve problems.
A good description of the role is that it is similar to an SRE/Devops position, with more focus on coding rather than operations.

You have a lot of freedom to make things better, but are expected to take initiative to find places to apply this freedom and improve things at an organization-wide level.

Our Tech Stack:

Not exhaustive, but the most important are:

TypeScript everywhere.
NodeJS.
React.
MongoDB.
AWS (Specifically ECS, CloudFront, S3, SQS, Lambda)
Vercel.
Redis.

Requirements:

A comfortable, senior level understanding of cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS, distributed systems).
Production experience working with observability / monitoring platforms (we use DataDog).
Strong programming experience (e.g. equivalent to a Senior full stack engineer).
Systems design and applied architecture experience.
A strong dedication to code quality, documentation, and automated testing.
Initiative to find their own work and act on it.
Willing to wear many hats and get involved in any software system in the company.
Either be conversational Japanese, or a desire to do so (we will help).
Be located in, or be willing to relocate to Japan (we will re-locate). Please be sure to note in your application if you’re already based in Japan or not.

Preferred:

Experience programming in a typed language (TypeScript is ideal).
Experience with CDK-TF (or good Terraform experience).

Hiring Process

Casual chat

A 30-minute casual chat with a MeetsMore engineer to tell you more about us and give you the opportunity to ask questions.
Coding interview

A 1-hour coding interview, this will be done in TypeScript and is a real-world scenario, not a LeetCode style problem, we want this stage to be as realistic as possible so using Google and Stack Overflow etc. is fine.
System architecture and design

A 1-hour casual chat with another engineer where you’ll discuss system architecture and design.
A chat with the CTO

A 1-hour casual chat with Fumi-san, our CTO.

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About MeetsMore

MeetsMore is a local services marketplace that connects people with professionals in the service industry.

MeetsMore’s mission is to increase Japan’s GDP and create a society where people can believe in a better tomorrow.

To achieve this mission, MeetsMore offers two main services: the first is MeetsMore, an online platform that integrates all the necessary procedures in the service industry, from quote comparison to order placement. And the second is ProOne, an all-in-one SaaS solution for field service industries.

MeetsMore is one of Japan’s top platforms for comparing quotes and ordering services online. It allows users to compare quotes from up to five professionals, all online and in a minute or less. The platform allows users to request quotes, compare prices, chat with service providers and complete their payments all inside the app. It’s a one-stop shop for everyday service needs.

The platform offers services from all over Japan, with over 600 categories. You can find wedding photographers, tax accountants, A/C installation companies, gardeners and so much more. There are more than 77,000 registered service providers on the MeetsMore platform.

June 2024 marked the 7th year anniversary of the MeetsMore service launch. In this year alone, MeetsMore surpassed a cumulative total of 5 millions service requests, which is a 160% increase.

ProOne is an all-in-one business management software tool. It helps teams with renovations, short-term construction and other facility-related work. Their software helps field services businesses become more efficient and boost sales. It also assists with increasing customer satisfaction, and reducing employee overtime by providing a suite of tools for customer management, quote creation, project documentation, and financial management.

ProOne helps businesses streamline operations so they can focus more on their work in the field. According to internal research, the ProOne software helps businesses reduce their administrative tasks by 30% and increase revenue by 20%!

MeetsMore’s engineering team is highly international. They have engineers from over 12 countries, which contributes to a multifaceted culture. And while the majority of engineers are based in Japan, they also have a few members working overseas from Europe.

The engineering team is also highly experienced. In fact, MeetsMore has over 5 team members with CTO experience. With engineers from some of Japan’s leading companies, they’ve created an environment where all members can grow together.

MeetsMore’s engineers get to work on interesting technical challenges. They know that sometimes you need to get something out as quickly as possible, but they also take time for thinking about and solving deeper problems.

For example, the team built a custom UI in their platform for allowing professionals to select which areas to accept work orders from. This was a challenge for the team, but they found a solution by building a pipeline that transformed public data into a performant UI (while maintaining a high degree of fidelity).

The MeetsMore platform has already grown a lot, so the team is currently focused on scaling. ProOne launched more recently, so the team is working to evolve the product as quickly as possible. That means that working at MeetsMore will give you chances to experience building products in different phases.