Backend Engineer (Python)

Tokyo
Remote OK
Full-time
January 5, 2024

Background

The Data Connection team is in charge of importing large amounts of data from 3rd party sources into Wealth Park’s system. This is an essential part of our future, and is rapidly scaling up.

We do this using Python , Apache Airflow, PSQL, and AWS to host and support many of our applications and systems.

You will be working closely with the other development teams and closely to the business side.

What You Will Do

Design, develop and test new features
Improve scalability
Onboard new clients
Identify and fix problems
Suggest improvements and make sure they happen

Required Skills

Experience

Backend development professionally for 5+ years or abilities matching such experience

Technical Skills

Experienced in Python development
Experienced in SQL
Experienced in system design
Knowledge of CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, Gitlab CI/CD
Good at identifying and solving code-, performance- and SRE related problems

Soft Skills

English
Leadership experience
Ability to take responsibility of a task and see it to completion
Ability to work on a task / project with other engineers
Ability to communicate clearly with non-engineer stakeholders
Experienced in mentoring

Recommend Skills

Leadership experience
Experienced working with Big Data
Experienced in performance optimization
Experienced with AWS
Experienced in SRE
Experienced with Docker
Able to communicate in Japanese
Experience working in the real estate or Fintech industry

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About WealthPark

WealthPark is a start-up that helps investors and real estate companies manage their assets. It's a global company with offices in Tokyo, Taipei, Hong Kong, New York.

WealthPark's goal is to help all the personal investors in the world invest in alternative assets, with a focus on real estate. Their online platform is built with this in mind, and to help modernize the global real estate industry.

Since starting their US business in November 2018, they've been aggressively expanding into the tech community there, and WealthPark NYC is one of the only officially recognized US real estate start-ups that started in Japan. WealthPark is at the forefront of the US real estate industry in New York.

WealthPark has already made it from 0 to 1, and now they're focused on getting from 1 to 10. They want to build an even larger, more diverse team to further expand their product and achieve global success. We recommend WealthPark highly for those that want to work on a diverse team in English.

Our Service

Owner App
Anytime, anywhere. Real Estate management at your fingertips.
WealthPark Business
New synergy between property managers and investors.
WealthPark Asset Management
Leader in Japan Inbound Real Estate Asset and Property Management for Foreign Investors.

Japanese Language Policy
English and Japanese are both official languages at WealthPark.

Japanese is still the main language spoken, but we've built an environment where anyone can thrive as long as they've got the skills required.
We're actively working on improving their English support to help accomplish this.

For engineering in particular, 90% of our team members are non-Japanese, so there's no need to know Japanese (the engineering team speaks primarily English).

We have a lively environment where Japanese, English, Mandarin, Cantonese and other languages are spoken :)
Visa Sponsorship
We do sponsor visas for candidates living outside of Japan.
Paid Leave
- Saturday and Sunday
- Year-end and New Year Holidays (from 30th December through 3rd January)
- National holidays
- Annual Paid Leave
- Refreshment Leave
- Congratulatory and Condolence Leave
- Menstruation Leave
- Sick Leave
- Child Care Leave
- Family-care Leave
Benefits
💻 Dual display for those who want to use it (PC: MacBook Pro + 1 Monitor *Monitor can only be used in the office)

📱 Mobile rental for business use

🍔 Welcome lunch (with CEO, Division and Department), Welcome drinking

☕️ Free drink (Water server and instant coffee and tea)

🍹 Installation of vending machines

👍 No smoking indoors

💛 Internal events (Year-end party etc.)

💜 Various social insurance benefits included
Engineer Interview Process
(1) Document screening

We will contact you if you are able to proceed to the interview stage

(2) Interview
- We set up 3 or 4 interviews.
- The selection flow may be changed
- During the selection period, we may arrange opportunities for casual talks with team members in addition to interviews.
Remote Work
WealthPark requires their members to come to Japan if they are living abroad. There is no designated in-office day, but full remote work is not possible, and it is necessary to live within a commuting area from the office.
Work style
- 10:00～19:00
  - flextime system (core time 11:00 to 16:00)
Behavior Identity

WealthPark's Behaviour Identity was created in 2020. Since we are a "global" and "cross-boundary" team, we use English as our standard language.

CUSTOMER CENTRIC
We act and think based on our customers' expectation and needs. Our business dedicates to providing and adding values for our customers.

GO BEYOND
We go beyond our roles and positions to take actions that we know will help the business as a whole. We are always proacrtively interacting and helping each other.

APPRECIATION AND RESPECT
We respect diversity and communicate appreciation to the team, and show it with words and acting.

COMMIT TO RESULTS
When we commit to something, we will go the distance. No matter what the difficulty is we think about why we can do it, not why we cannot, and stick to delivering the results.

DO THE RIGHT THING
We always act with integrity and honesty to the society. We take pride in doing the right things.

Learn more
- Pitch Deck (written in Japanese)