Web Application Engineer (RC)

Job Description

Career Opportunity for a Web Application Engineer in Japan!

Web Application Engineer

Company Overview

An e-commerce fintech digital content and communications company with more than 30000 employees and operations in 30 countries and regions.

Your Role and Responsibilities

You will be responsible for the development and operation of both the frontend and backend of travel experience services.

Specifically you will work on the design implementation testing and deployment of systems in collaboration with team members product managers and QA engineers.

Additionally you will be responsible for improving frontend functionality and performance handling monitoring and alerts and responding to user this role you are expected to function as a role model for the next generation of engineers the future of the system and lead the organizations growth.

You will have the opportunity to enhance your technical skills and achieve results through collaboration with the team.

This environment allows you to advance your career and tackle various challenges by contributing to the organizations growth.

Experience and Qualifications

5 years of experience in web application development

(e.g. JavaScript/TypeScript )

Experience with build/dependency tools such as Webpack and npm

Experience designing and implementing tests using tools such as Jest

Experience making technical documentation (e.g. Architecture specification Development specification)

Experience using RESTful APIs

Basic knowledge of web security

Solid understanding of SPA including SSR SASS/SCSS and responsive design

Experience improving web performance on both client and server sides

Strong UX and design sensibilities with attention to detail

Experience designing and maintaining infrastructure using public cloud service (e.g. GCP AWS)

Development Tools

Languages/Frameworks: JavaScript TypeScript PostgreSQL Redis

Middleware: Nginx

Infrastructure: Google Cloud Platform

Monitoring: New Relic (APM) Pager Duty

Tools: Slack Microsoft Teams Confluence JIRA Bitbucket etc.

Additional Preferred Qualifications
Experience in Java-based web application development (e.g. Spring Framework)

Experience contributing to cross-product/shared platform development in the travel domain

Experience building and operating services on cloud environments such as GCP

Experience improving operations using observability tools (e.g. New Relic)

Experience with performance tuning incident response and operational automation (e.g. CI/CD)

Experience communicating in English in a technical context

Good Reasons to Join

Hybrid position in Japan

Work with International team members

Work Location

Tokyo Japan

Details will be provided during the meeting.