Senior Engineering Manager (AD Platform)

Background 　

To strategically advance our "one of Japan's largest advertising platform" from a technical perspective, we aim to refresh our development environment and reform our product structure.

To achieve this, we need a Senior Engineering Manager to develop specific roadmaps and strategies based on technical perspectives, and to manage the organization.

Responsibilities 　

Overall responsibilities for product strategy formulation and execution from an engineering perspective

• Business and technical perspective for business promotion
• Bridging business strategy and engineering
• Building data infrastructure and ad delivery control systems to support massive transactions
• Improving and developing large legacy products with numerous customers from a development efficiency perspective

Creating an environment that maximizes team performance

• Overall responsibilities for formulating and executing mid- to long-term organizational strategies
• System design/organizational design (evaluation systems and career development for development teams)
• Planning and execution of initiatives to improve product quality
• Maximizing results and providing education and training for engineering team members
• Implementing initiatives to enhance the motivation of the development team
• Optimizing development processes and team building according to the product and project
• Developing talent including source code reviews and mentoring for junior members
• Selecting technologies such as languages, development environments, and tools with a long-term perspective at the start of product development

Development Environment 　

1. Main languages and frameworks used by this team

• Main development languages: C++ / Python
• Development tools: GitLab, Slack, Redmine, Confluence
• Frameworks: React, Symfony, Gin
• Databases: RDB, KVS
• Cloud: GCP, AWS
• OS & Middleware: Linux (built on-premises with Debian, CentOS, etc.), MySQL, Redis, Aerospike

2. Other technology stacks used by this team

• Frontend: PHP / JavaScript (React)
• Backend: C++ / Golang / JavaScript / Python
• Common environment including other ad technology and marketing technology products
• Development tools include GitHub, GitLab, Slack, Confluence, etc.

3. Work Environment

• Mac OS

Experience and Appeal of the Job 　

• Continuously taking initiatives in the growing ad tech SSP market
• Developing products that handle massive traffic and fast processing, displaying ads at approximately 30 billion impressions per day, totaling 90 billion impressions per month, with each ad displayed in 100 ms

Ideal Candidate 

• Someone who can think about the overall service and collaborate with various departments
• A person who enjoys diverse changes for continuous improvement and growth
• Someone who can not only be satisfied with the product but also commit value to customers
• Someone who resonates with our company's purpose

Work Style 　

• Generally, the position requires working on-site, but remote work is possible twice a week (subject to change depending on circumstances in the future).

Required Qualifications 

• Experience in server-side construction and programming
• Knowledge of web communications and domains
• Experience in managing a development organization
• Experience in formulating technical strategies

Preferred Qualifications 　

• Experience working in the ad technology or related fields
• Experience with C++ or other programming languages
• Experience in production, direction, and development in the web and smartphone domains
• Comfortable with reading, writing, and communicating in English

Selection Process 　

• Application screening → Interviews (2-3 rounds) → Job offer
  ※Note: Candidates will need to take the SPI exam and undergo reference checks before the final interview.