This position requires English language ability. JD is available in English only. 本ポジションは日本語JDの用意がありません。
Introduction
Circulate all forms of value to unleash the potential in all people
"What can I do to help society thrive with the finite resources we have?" The Mercari marketplace app was born in 2013 out of this thought by our founder Shintaro Yamada as he traveled the world. We believe that by circulating all forms of value, not just physical things and money, we can create opportunities for anyone to realize their dreams and contribute to society and the people around them. Mercari aims to use technology to connect people all over the world and create a world where anyone can unleash their potential.For more information about Mercari Group’s mission, see Mercari's Culture Doc.
Equal Opportunity Hiring
Here at Mercari, we work to realize a world in which no one’s potential is limited by their background and everyone has the opportunity to freely create value. We also firmly believe that a mindset of Diversity & Inclusion is essential for us to achieve our mission.
This, of course, extends to our hiring practices as well. Mercari is committed to eliminating discrimination based on age, gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, physical disability, and other such factors so that anyone who shares our mission and values can join us, regardless of their background. For more details, please read our D&I Statement.
Position Overview
What You'll Do
- Engineering managers are committed to creating organizational structures and solving organizational issues, creating a place where engineers can play more active roles.
- Mercari's engineering organization has members from a variety of backgrounds. By managing teams with diversified experiences, nationalities, cultures, etc., they are responsible for drawing out the potential of teams and individuals and producing greater results.
- The main components of the role are as follows:
- Recruiting, training, goal setting, evaluation, and providing feedback to engineers
- Maximizing the results of engineer members and supporting career their growth
- Assigning engineers to projects and supporting the communication needed to carry them out
- Problem solving for the engineering organization as well as proposing and executing growth strategies
- Planning and implementation of in-house events to deepen understanding of expertise and organization
- Especially, as an engineering manager in the AI/ML teams, you are expected to maximize Mercari’s output through machine learning. The AI/ML teams use technology like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and deep learning to improve Mercari’s UX, with an emphasis on image recognition, NLP, and algorithms for recommendations.
Unique Challenges
- We are looking for people that are interested in our services, mission, and values, and want to work where engineers can go bold, use the latest technology, make autonomous decisions, and take on challenges at a rapid pace.
Minimum Requirements
- Shared understanding and belief in Mercari Group mission and values
- Professional knowledge of AI/ML with specialization in at least one of the following:
- Natural language processing
- Recommendation
- Search
- Hands-on experience with ML modeling or development experience with ML systems
- Experience as a manager for engineers or researchers
- Developing and operating large-scale products
- Project management experience for machine learning projects
- Coordinating with multiple stakeholders
Preferred Requirements
- Making technical decisions for a team as a tech lead
- Designing the architecture of an entire system
- Managing a multicultural team
- Experience writing articles/theses in AI/ML fields
- Experience creating ML models using large-scale data
- Experience training AI/ML engineers and/or researchers
- Hiring AI/ML engineers (application screening, interviewing, direct recruiting, event hosting, etc.)
- Knowledge of and experience with databases (RDBMS/NoSQL), networks, linux, monitoring systems, logging, operations, and SLO/SLA
- Development and operation using microservices architecture
- Cloud development experience (preferably GCP or AWS)
- OSS contribution experience / familiar with OSS community
Screening Criteria
*Check here for more details
Language Requirements
- English: Independent (CEFR - B2)
- Japanese: Independent (CEFR - B2) preferred
*Click here for more information about CEFR
Working Conditions
Employment Status
Full-time
- Probationary period: First 3 months after joining the company. (During this period your contract conditions will be the same as that of a permanent employee.)
Office
Roppongi
- Smoking is prohibited within our offices
- Mercari has introduced a work style policy called “Your Choice.” Each member is free to choose whether they want to work in the office or work fully remote. *Exceptions made for certain kinds of work.
Work Hours
- Full flextime (no core time)
*Does not apply to all positions
Holidays
- Two days off per week (as well as national holidays, New Year's break, etc.)
- Paid leave, congratulatory and bereavement leave, relax days, sick leave
Salary
- Annual salary paid in 12 monthly installments (including fixed overtime allowance)
- Based on skills, experience, and abilities
- Reviewed twice a year
Benefits
- Complete health and social insurance
- Incentive program
- Support systems, including those that benefit employee family members
- Language learning support
- Translation/interpretation support
*See this page for details.
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