Engineering Office Specialist

Tokyo
Remote OK - Anywhere in Japan
Full-time
April 22, 2022

Position Overview

Work Responsibilities

The mission of the Engineering Office (EO) is to provide the best employee experience for all engineers at Mercari, and we are working to strengthen and empower the engineering structure of Mercari. We’re creating mechanisms in order to make the engineering structure at Mercari a more attractive place to engineers, where they can experience growth through product development. In order to achieve this mission, you’ll promote, plan, and implement a wide array of improvement activities, while communicating with both internal and external stakeholders. We’re looking for somebody who can responsibly take ownership of all of these activities, and lead the team. Have a look at the general responsibilities below.
- Planning and implementation of engineering training programs
- Planning and implementation of engineering onboarding program
- Operations to support engineer’s project and team assignment
- Proposal and implementation of organization problem solving and growth strategies
- Design and introduction of new evaluation system
- Planning and implementation of in-house events for knowledge sharing and information update
- Support engineers achievements and career growth

Bold Challenges

EO covers a wide variety of areas, so many skills will be necessary. The strengths of each member of the team are used in unison to accomplish different tasks. In order for this to work well, members are encouraged to have a wide variety of skills in order to tackle more problems. Ultimately, there will be a limitless amount of opportunities to expand your skills, and it is encouraged to keep on growing.

Required Experience

Empathy for Mercari’s mission and values
Experience developing software (web or mobile applications)
Passionate about education and people growth
Experience working outside Japan

Preferred Experience

Experience managing engineers
Experience teaching engineering topics
Experience working in Japanese companies
Ability to communicate and work in both English and Japanese

Language Requirements

English: Business Level
Japanese: Conversational (preferred)

Working Conditions

Employment Status

Full-time

Probationary period: First 3 months after joining the company. (During this period your contract conditions will be the same as that of a permanent employee.)

Office

Roppongi

Smoking is prohibited within our offices
Mercari has introduced a work style policy called “Your Choice.” Each member is free to choose whether they want to work in the office or work fully remote. *Exceptions made for certain kinds of work.

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About メルカリ

日本初のユニコーン企業、メルカリは日本で最も多くのユーザー数を誇る、フリーマーケットアプリを運営しています。国籍に関わらず国内外から優秀な人材を大規模に採用しています。シリコンバレーにもオフィスがあり、アメリカ向けにローカライズしたメルカリアプリを開発し、アメリカのフリーマーケット市場でもシェアを拡大しているグローバルテック企業です。

「限りある資源を循環させ、より豊かな社会をつくりたい」。創業者である山田進太郎氏が世界一周の旅で抱いた、そんな問題意識によって生まれたのがフリマアプリ「メルカリ」です。テクノロジーの力によって、世界中の個人と個人をつなぎ、誰もが簡単にモノの売り買いを楽しめる。それにより資源を循環させる豊かな社会、個人がやりたいことを実現できる社会をつくっていきたいと考えています。

これまで中古品の売買は、実店舗で行うのが一般的でした。しかし、お店に行くのに時間がかかること、お店の品揃えが限られていること、販売店が介在することで買い手も売り手も価格が不明瞭になるなどの問題がありました。また、中古品を売買するためのオンライン・オークション・サイトでは、出品手続きが難しかったり、入札に時間がかかったりするなどの問題がありました。

メルカリでは、誰もがスマートフォンを使って簡単に商品を売買することができます。また、配送業者やコンビニエンスストアとの提携により、簡単で安価な配送方法を実現しています。買う側も売る側も個人を対象としたサービスなので、不要なものを簡単に売ってお金にする楽しさや、ユニークな中古品を見つけて買うワクワク感を誰でも味わうことができます。

Japanese Language Policy
Mercari doesn’t require Japanese skills for developers to do their day to day jobs. It’s becoming a pretty international company, but they have many Japanese engineers, so the more Japanese you know the better.

Mercari believes that it’s essential for team members to meet halfway during daily communications. They use the CEFR Framework to understand language levels and guide members in improving their skills. See more info on CEFR here.
Visa Sponsorship
Mercari sponsors Japanese visas for engineers. The only condition is that you meet the requirements of the Japanese government (but this is the case at every company). This usually means that you'll need a bachelor's degree or 10 years of demonstrated work experience in your field.
Paid Leave
- Two days off per week (Saturday and Sunday), Japanese national holidays, New Year's vacation
- Paid Leave (starting with 10 days, adding 1 day each year)
- Sick leave (10 days per year)
- Relax days (3 extra vacation days that can be taken year-round)
- Bereavement Leave
- Maternity/paternity and caregiving support
- Caregiving leave
- Paid childbirth leave and gift
- Paid honeymoon leave and gift
- Condolence money and paid leave
Benefits
🏥 Health insurance

💹 Employee stock option plan

🚃 Full transportation coverage

💻 The latest equipment - computer, monitor, smartphone

🍹 Free drinks

💴 Seminar participation support

📓 Book purchases

👩‍🎓 Language learning support

🌎 Translation/interpretation support

🍔 Chat lunch

💛 Financial support for fertility treatment

💜 Financial support for childcare costs

💚 Financial support for private preschools
Remote Work
Mercari currently operates on a hybrid model, combining both office and remote work.
Work style
(Dev Team Members)
- Fixed working hours 10:00-19:00.
- Flex time (core hours 12:00-16:00, 60 minute lunch)
Tech Stack
* Backend Languages: Go & PHP * Frontend Languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript (TypeScript, React.js, Next.js, Redux, etc) * Mobile Languages: Kotlin, Swift, Java, Objective-C * Infrastructure: Dedicated servers, MySQL, memcached, Nginx, Solr, Elastic Search, Google Cloud Platform (Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Spanner, Cloud SQL, Datastore, Storage, Stackdriver Logging, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, etc.) * Configuration management tool: Terraform * CI/CD: Circle CI / Spinnaker * Monitoring: Stackdriver Monitoring / Datadog / PagerDuty / Sentry / Mackerel / NewRelic / ELK Stack * Knowledge Tools: Confluence / Crowi * Other: GitHub / Slack / JIRA * Process: Scrum
Diversity
There is more diversity in the world than any of us can imagine. Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) is strongly linked to Mercari’s mission as we aim to build a company environment where everyone can be themselves and work to their fullest potential.

Diverse Backgrounds

We already have members with many diverse backgrounds at Mercari. Our goal is for everyone to have equal chances to do their best work, without dividing individuals into groups based on age, gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, physical ability, or any other identifying feature, and without classifying anyone as “majority” or “minority.” We strive to create various policies and initiatives to make this a reality.

No Quotas

Mercari does not set quotas, such as a 50:50 gender balance or a specific number of countries represented, because we feel labeling groups and people in terms of numbers goes against our ideal of respecting the diversity inherent to all individuals. Meaningful efforts towards diversity are reflected not in the quantitative goals many companies tend to rely on, but in the thoughts and behavior of every person within.

Our Focus

Providing fair chances for members of all backgrounds Fostering a culture of learning to allow everyone to reach their full potential Creating an organization built on trust so that everyone working here feels like they truly belong Our first step is for D&I to take root in the thoughts and actions of all members at Mercari.