Backend Engineer (Senior Staff) RC

Tokyo - Japan

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 20 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

Career Opportunity for a Backend Engineer (Senior Staff) in Japan!

Backend Engineer (Senior Staff)

Company Overview

With over millions of active users worldwide the platform is a leading messenger while also maintaining a strong presence in many countries. Guided by the mission to create an exceptional life platform that delivers an excellent experience it is dedicated to transforming the digital landscape through services spanning chat messaging entertainment fintech lifestyle offerings and more.

Your Role and Responsibilities

Lead the design and implementation of scalable backend features and APIs

Drive collaboration across organizational boundaries aligning with Product SRE Security and other Platform teams to enhance system reliability observability and user experience while ensuring efficient delivery meeting business needs.

Drive enhancements to test automation monitoring and incident response practices.

Shape the long-term technical vision decision-making and roadmap for evolving our backend architecture to meet future demands aligning with organizational goals

Mentor engineers and foster a culture of learning quality and continuous improvement.

Experience and Qualifications

Strong proficiency in developing and maintaining large-scale backend services using Java Kotlin Scala or similar.

Experience leading mid-to-high complexity and impactful projects coordinating with stakeholders to meet the business needs.

Proven track record of providing strong technical leadership by shaping architecture and driving standards across teams.

Proficiency in system monitoring incident management and reliability practices.

Demonstrated self-drive and ability to deliver timely results.

Effective team player with a strong track record of collaboration and successful project delivery in cross-functional environments.

Additional Preferred Qualifications
Experience with distributed data storages such as Redis MongoDB Apache HBase Apache Kafka.

Proficient with SRE practices including defining and monitoring SLIs/SLOs.

Knowledge in Security Engineering for backend systems. Awareness of and modern security best practices in software development.

Proficient with test engineering for highly concurrent systems.

Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines testing strategies and software deployment best practices.

Hands-on experience with observability tools such as Prometheus Grafana Elasticsearch and Kibana.

Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration in production environments.

Good Reasons to Join

Hybrid position in Japan

Work with International team members

Work Location

Tokyo Japan

Details will be provided during the meeting.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Job DescriptionCareer Opportunity for a Backend Engineer (Senior Staff) in Japan! Backend Engineer (Senior Staff) Company OverviewWith over millions of active users worldwide the platform is a leading messenger while also maintaining a strong presence in many countries. Guided by the mission to crea...