| Global Market for QA
As the speed of software development accelerates to unprecedented levels, QA alone remains trapped in an outdated, labor-intensive model. Test engineers are in chronic shortage, outsourcing costs continue to rise, and even with SaaS tools in place, operations remain a persistent bottleneck.
This dilemma is not a tooling problem—it is a structural problem within QA itself.
Now, for the first time, the conditions to transform this structure are in place. AI has reached a level where it can autonomously make decisions, act, and improve. This is the moment—the only moment—to fundamentally redefine QA, which has long depended on human labor. We are here to seize this opportunity.
| About Us
Autify, Inc. is a startup founded in San Francisco. As the first Japanese team to graduate from Alchemist Accelerator, we have been challenging the global market with our mission: “Enhance people’s creativity by technology.”
Since our launch in 2019, we have systematically eliminated human dependency in QA.
Autify Genesis standardizes QA workflows by using AI to handle documentation tasks such as test design, planning, and reporting.
Autify Aximo (available in the U.S. only as of April 2026) enables autonomous test execution, where AI interprets UI and runs tests without scripts.
Autify Nexus continuously executes scripted regression tests with high speed, low cost, and stability.
By placing AI across every phase—thinking, executing, and repeating—we are building a world where QA operates independently of human intervention.
Today, these products have evolved into an integrated platform that supports the entire QA lifecycle, from test design to execution. Autify AI Coworker brings together these products with professional QA services, taking full ownership of testing processes end-to-end.
Rather than simply providing tools, we transform entire workflows—delivering results that were previously unattainable with any conventional approach.
Transforming testing through people and technology, and turning quality into a competitive advantage—this journey has only just begun.
We are now looking for those who will help us realize this transformation. Your work will redefine the standard for development teams around the world.
| About This Role
Job Purpose
Genesis is a new product specializing in cutting-edge AI, machine learning, and data analytics solutions focused on the Japanese market. We are seeking an experienced engineering manager to lead our Japanese market Genesis team and oversee the development of core technologies. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams to align project goals, mentor engineers, and drive innovation. If you have a strong background in software engineering and exceptional leadership skills, join us to shape the future of technology.
You can find more info here:
https://autify.jp/products/genesis
Responsibilities
Create succession strategies and recruit the team members required to fulfill the team's missions.
Share the business vision as well as the team missions with the teams
Facilitate the team’s ceremonies and remove blockers and impediments to support your team's day-to-day operations.
Provide visibility on your team and their progress, through reporting on the different metrics evaluating the team performance as well as engaging with stakeholders through refinements and demos.
Support the product team in delivering fast and high-quality business value.
Be flexible and capable of altering the team roadmap when faced with new information, communicate, and engage the team in delivering new directions.
Identify the different architectural and technical debt challenges, and plan their improvement accordingly.
Support cross-team initiatives and facilitate collaboration within the teams.
Build relationships with your reports, support their career development and motivate members in achieving the team goals.
Empower the engineers and maximize the team's productivity by setting goals, performing evaluations, and utilizing data to improve operational workflow.
Support the operations through procurement and third party management, reporting and monitoring of the released software
Required Qualifications
Over 3 years of Engineering management experience
Over 5 years of experience designing and supporting software development, and backend implementation experience is a plus.
Ability to communicate and work in English
Preferred Qualifications
Experience working at a SaaS startup company
Have an understanding of QA practices, especially test automation
Have experience working with designing, developing and delivering software
Selection Process
1. Hiring manager interview
2. EM interview
3. HR interview
4. Reference check
| About the Engineering Team
Our Team
Autify's engineering team is international, with more than half of the engineers being foreign nationals and all developers being English speakers. We have a good culture where members respect each other's backgrounds. Since we have two products, Autify for Web and Autify for Mobile, our development engineers are divided into two teams corresponding to each product. We have about 30 front-end, back-end, and technical support engineers who work closely with engineering managers, product managers, QA managers, designers, and machine learning engineers. The product manager is in charge of the general roadmap. The product manager develops a rough roadmap and works with the engineers and designers on the details of each feature and bug fixes before implementation. Depending on the size of the feature, we appoint a feature lead from among the engineers to be in charge of the project and give them the discretion to make technical decisions.
Our Development Process
We create a ticket about what kind of function we will develop. In some cases, the product owner creates it based on user feedback; in other cases, each team creates bugs and investigation requests directly.
The development cycle consists of one Sprint, which takes two weeks. Development tasks are assigned during the planning stage on the first day of the Sprint, and we hold a daily standup meeting to check the overall progress and any problems. (If there is a time difference, it is done at lunchtime).
We review code on GitHub. After the review, the merged branches are automatically deployed to the staging environment, and E2E tests are performed (which Autify does itself).
After testing on the integrated branch, it's deployed to the production environment. Deployment is done several times a week as needed. We also hold sprint ceremonies like Sprint planning, feature refinement and sprint retrospective sessions. The developer will demonstrate the developed function to all employees at the end of the Sprint in the Sprint Demo.
Tech Stack
- Backend: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, Go
- Frontend: JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Redux, Styled Components
- Machine learning: Python, PyTorch, Kubernetes, GPT-4
- Database: PostgreSQL, Redis
- Test: Appium, Selenium, WebdriverIO, Puppeteer
- Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Terraform, Packer, MacStadium, GoogleCloud
- Monitoring: Datadog, New Relic, Sentry
- CI/CD: CircleCI, GitHub Actions
- Source code management: GitHub
- Project management: Jira
- Misc.: G Suite, Slack, Notion, Gather, Zoom, Miro, 1Password, Mixmax, Calendly, etc.
| Employment Conditions
Employment Status
- Permanent employee (Full-time)
- Probation period: 6 months after joining the company (conditions are the same as permanent employment)
Work Location
- Tokyo office or Remote in Japan
- Working from the office is required at least once a week.
Work Hours
- Full flextime time
Note: The determination of working hours (start and end times) must be made to the extent that one's own duties (including guidance and supervision of subordinates) are properly performed and that there are no obstacles to work in terms of coordination and communication with other employees.
Bonus
- Twice a year
Holidays/PTO
- Complete a five-day workweek system (National holidays, Year-end and New Year holidays, etc.)
- Unlimited paid time off
Benefits
- Equipped with various social insurance
- Regular health checkups
- Stock option
- A laptop PC will be rented when joining the company
- Remote work allowance
- English learning support
- Skill-up support
- Visa sponsorship
- Relocation bonus
- Relocation housing support
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