Staff Software Engineer - Real Time Engine
- Tokyo
- Partial Remote
- Full-time
- June 26, 2025
At Treasure Data, we’re on a mission to radically simplify how companies use data to create connected customer experiences. Our sophisticated cloud-based customer data platform drives operational efficiency across the enterprise to deliver powerful business outcomes in a way that’s safe, flexible, and secure.
We are thrilled that Gartner Magic Quadrant has recognized Treasure Data as a Leader in Customer Data Platforms for 2024! It's an honor to be acknowledged for our efforts in advancing the CDP industry with cutting-edge AI and real-time capabilities. View the report here.
Furthermore, Treasure Data employees are enthusiastic, data-driven, and customer-obsessed. We are a team of drivers—self-starters who take initiative, anticipate needs, and proactively jump in to solve problems. Our actions reflect our values of honesty, reliability, openness, and humility.
About the Role:
At Treasure Data, our mission is to radically simplify how companies use data to create connected customer experiences. Our sophisticated cloud-based customer data platform drives operational efficiency across the enterprise to deliver powerful business outcomes in a safe, flexible, and secure way. With Treasure Data Customer Data Cloud, companies can responsibly collect and understand massive amounts of data, transform their businesses, and create new, targeted experiences across the entire buying journey. We are proud to be InfoWorld’s 2022 “Technology of the Year” Award winner and trusted by leading companies around the world, spanning the Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises.
Treasure Data builds a programmable platform to efficiently enable and scale customer-centric data platform applications across various verticals, from automotive to CPG and finance. We are looking for an experienced, innovative, customer-obsessed software engineer to join our core service group to enhance and maintain the Real-Time Engine component. Join our Real-Time team to empower our customers by enabling automated triggering of activations and other events. If you're passionate about leveraging technology to drive customer engagement and innovation, apply now to be part of our dynamic team and shape the future of customer experiences!
Responsibilities & Duties:
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of new features and capabilities in the Real-Time Engine.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, customer success, and support, to address customer pain points and improve the user experience.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
- Ensure high availability and reliability of the Real-Time Engine by implementing best practices for coding, testing, and deployment.
- Conduct code reviews, set coding standards, and ensure adherence to them.
- Proactively identify and resolve system bottlenecks and inefficiencies.
- Stay current with industry trends and advancements to drive innovation within the team.
Required Qualifications:
- A BS or higher in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- 8+ years of software development experience in one or more programming languages (e.g., Ruby, Java, Python, Kotlin, Scala).
- 5+ years of experience with RDBMS like PostgreSQL or relevant databases.
- Proven experience running services in public cloud IaaS providers like AWS.
- Deep understanding of the software development life cycle and agile methodologies.
- Strong self-motivation and ability to deliver timely results.
- Extensive hands-on experience with infrastructure as code.
- Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining data-centric services that support a large user base.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively in multi-functional teams and a strong background in delivery as part of a team.
- Familiarity with security best practices.
- Experience working with distributed teams across different time zones.
About Treasure Data:
Treasure Data is the Intelligent Customer Data Platform (CDP) built for enterprise scale and powered by AI. Recognized as a Leader by Forrester and IDC, Treasure Data empowers the world’s largest and most innovative companies to deliver hyper-personalized customer experiences at scale that increase revenue, reduce costs, and build trust.
Through unique capabilities such as the Diamond Record, AI Agent Foundry, and AI Decisioning with Real-Time Personalization, Treasure Data enables marketing and CX teams to personalize cross-channel engagement in real-time, optimize marketing spend while increasing ROI, and drive customer lifetime value through more intelligent retention and loyalty.
Our Dedication to You:
We value and promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in all aspects of our business and at all levels. Success comes from acknowledging, welcoming, and incorporating diverse perspectives.
Diverse representation alone is not the desired outcome. We also strive to create an inclusive culture that encourages growth, ownership of your role, and achieving innovation in new and unique ways. Your voice will be heard, and we will help amplify it.
About Treasure Data
Treasure Data is a best-of-breed enterprise customer data platform (CDP) that powers the entire business to shape customer-centricity in the age of the digital customer. We do this by connecting all data into one smart customer data platform, uniting teams and systems to power purposeful engagements that drive value and protect privacy for every customer, every time. Trusted by leading companies around the world, Treasure Data customers span the Fortune 500 and Global 2000 enterprises.
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