Technical Lead

Tokyo
Remote OK
Full-time
August 8, 2021

Job Description

Reaktor Japan is looking for a Technical Lead who is vital to the engineering team. Due to their involvement in implementation, they need to have an understanding of the projects and technical goals on a high level and keeping up to date on latest design processes as well as being able to collaborate with teams of software engineers in user research, design, implementation, testing and development of software.

Technical Lead at Reaktor must be able to communicate technical concepts concisely to both technical and non-technical members such as clients, project managers and sales person in both English and Japanese. They should also be quick learners and be open to discussing utilization of new technologies that can help Reaktor's business.

A typical day as a Tech Lead at Reaktor:

Creating beautiful digital service loved by users
Planning the software architecture and technology stack
Building elegant and robust software using latest technology
Automating processes whenever possible
Working with our clients in Japan
Creating alignment between the team and client to help unblock issues that impede the team’s performance
Work together with developers, designers and the client to clarify any ambiguous requirements to help define the best course of action

What you need to bring with you:

Strong verbal communication skill and ability to communicate with multiple stakeholders both in English and Japanese
Understand digital service development
Experience delivering complex and demanding projects from beginning to end
Experience with both backend and frontend – one may be stronger than the other
Experience with at least one cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP etc.)
Hands-on experience with different types of technology projects and environments
Interest and/or experience in agile software development and team work
Compassion for people and being people centric—both those around you and those who will use what we build. A letter from your future colleague, Gab discusses what this means in practice.
Moving initiatives forward to make things happen and an understanding that leadership can be shared! Niklas shares his view on No Hierarchy!

Steps after submitting your application:

Brief chat to say "Hi!"

Introduction to Reaktor. We call this the Culture Fit round. Check out what Adam had to say about our interview.

Technical Round. Forget about brain teaser questions, let's have a chat about your source codes!

Final Round. We take this opportunity to clarify our mutual expectations

If you believe you are the person we’re looking for, introduce yourself. Tell us your story and what you want to accomplish. Details of any open source projects and your GitHub repository are highly regarded. Drop us a line at about why you’re a perfect fit for this position, and include your CV along with few samples of your work.

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About Reaktor

Reaktor is a team of curious engineers and designers that build custom digital products for a diverse portfolio of clients and industries around the globe. We offer a full range of consultancy and agency services, built on exceptional digital competence and unmatched execution. Our services include high-level business consultancy, branding and marketing; to hands-on concept and service design, UI/UX design, and high-performance engineering. We have over 500 experts and offices in Helsinki, New York, Tokyo, Berlin, Stockholm and Amsterdam.

Japanese Language Policy
Internal communication at Reaktor Japan is in English, but since our client base is focused on the Japanese market, we prefer candidates to be minimally capable of business-level Japanese.
Visa Sponsorship
- With the current pandemic, we are only accepting applicants with valid working visas in Japan.
- We offer support for visa renewal to new hires with valid working visas in Japan.
Paid Leave
- Weekends (Saturday and Sunday), Japanese national holidays, New Year’s holiday
- 20 paid vacation days per year
- Up to 1 month of sick leave per year
Benefits
✈️ Paid on-boarding trip to Finland (on hold at the moment due to Covid-19)

⛱️ Bi-annual company trip and company-sponsored team-building outings and events (on hold at the moment due to Covid-19)

📲 Paid cell phone and data plan

🍹 Free dinner and drinks when we celebrate

🥑 Request-based stocking of healthy foods in the office

👕 No dress code (except when meeting with clients)

💻 The latest equipment - computer, monitor, smartphone

🧑‍💻 Choose your own software tools

🏥 Health insurance/ Health check-ups

👩‍🎓 Buy books, courses, and other resources you need to continue learning and developing

💚 Flexible support for employees' family situations, including parental leave

💜 Reaktor beanies, t-shirts, notebooks, and more

👶 Flexible parental leave for the birth of new children

💹 Reaktor share ownership plan

🚃 Full transportation coverage
Engineer Interview Process
Reaktor's interview process for engineers usually consists of a combination of phone screenings and remote interviews. They'll generally focus on these areas:
- Interpersonal skills
- Gauging fit for your career ambitions
- Code review exercises
? Brief chat to say “Hi!”

? Introduction to Reaktor. We call this the Culture Fit round. Check out what Adam had to say about our interview.

? Technical Round. Forget about brain teaser questions, let's have a chat about your source code!

? Final Round. We take this opportunity to clarify our mutual expectations.
Remote Work
All employees are working remotely at the moment.
Work style
At Reaktor, we have a very shallow explicit hierarchy. There are some leadership roles that resemble the more traditional explicit hierarchy, such as the CEO, but as a whole people don’t have bosses in the traditional sense who would tell you what to do. Instead, there’s a more fluid hierarchy that forms naturally around subject matters in the teams.
To give you an idea what it’s like working at Reaktor:
- We believe digitalization can bring unprecedented change to Japan. At Reaktor, you will be fulfilling a key role to help us bring innovative digital services to Japanese enterprises.
- We create digital services that answer users’ needs without compromising on software quality or execution speed.
- We support work-life balance. We believe that quality in our work comes from a mixture of experience, passion for the job, and a healthy lifestyle.
- We have global offices in New York, Helsinki, Amsterdam and Tokyo. You get to learn and share knowledge with other top talent from all over the world. Let's be real though, compared to our established office in Helsinki, we have a smaller setup. Having said that, we work with MNCs like Shiseido, ANA, Mercari to name a few to succeed in their digital ventures.