Engineering Manager

Main Responsibilities

1. 1Build and develop a high-performing engineering team by improving both delivery quality and productivity through clear goals, healthy processes, and strong collaboration.
2. 2Own people management for the team, including coaching, career development, performance evaluation, and hiring, within a global and diverse engineering organization.
3. 3Take accountability for delivery and execution across projects in collaboration with Product Managers, Tech Leads, and business stakeholders.
4. 4Guide Agile execution at the team level, ensuring planning, prioritization, and progress tracking support predictable and sustainable delivery.
5. 5Act as a key communication bridge between engineering, product, and business teams to align priorities, manage expectations, and maintain transparency.
6. 6Drive engineering excellence by partnering with Tech Leads and senior engineers to shape technical direction, review designs, improve engineering practices, and support implementation where it provides value.
7. 7Monitor team health, delivery metrics, and risks using tools such as Jira, and drive continuous improvement in both processes and outcomes.
8. 8Contribute to mid- to long-term planning by aligning team goals with broader platform and organizational strategy.

What Success Looks Like

1. 1The engineering team consistently delivers value at a sustainable pace, with improved predictability, quality, and ownership.
2. 2Engineers grow in skill, confidence, and autonomy through clear expectations, regular feedback, and a healthy team environment.
3. 3Team structure, processes, and priorities are continuously refined to maximize overall output, regardless of specific development methodology.
4. 4Collaboration between engineering, product, and business stakeholders is smooth, transparent, and built on trust.
5. 5Platform and backend initiatives progress steadily, with technical risks managed proactively in partnership with Tech Leads and senior engineers.

応募資格（必須）

• 5+ years of professional experience as a software engineer, with sufficient technical depth to guide design discussions and evaluate engineering quality.
• Proven experience managing engineers (typically 3+), including coaching, performance evaluation, and hiring.
• Experience leading or managing development teams in an Agile environment, with accountability for delivery outcomes and team health.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders such as Product Managers, designers, and business teams to drive projects forward.
• Experience working with globally distributed or multinational engineering teams, including communication and coordination in English.
• Solid understanding of backend systems, software architecture, and modern web or platform-based services (hands-on coding experience required in past roles).
• Strong ownership mindset, with the ability to prioritize, make decisions, and drive progress in fast-moving environments.

歓迎する経験

• Experience as a Tech Lead or Engineering Manager in an organization of 10+ engineers, including scaling teams and processes over time.
• Experience designing, developing, or operating cloud-based systems and microservices in a production environment.
• Familiarity with modern platform or backend architectures, including distributed systems or event-driven designs.
• Experience improving services and teams over a long lifecycle, including modernization, refactoring, or operational stability improvements.
• Experience conducting and receiving code reviews, with the ability to guide engineering quality without micromanagement.
• Experience in people evaluation, talent development, and addressing organizational or team-level challenges.
• Exposure to AI-assisted development or productivity tools (e.g., AI coding assistants, internal AI tools), and interest in leveraging AI to improve engineering efficiency.
• Experience working in a multi-national, cross-timezone team environment.
• Experience speaking at, organizing, or contributing to internal or external tech talks, study sessions, or engineering communities.

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