Senior Software Engineer

About KOMODO

KOMODO is a company that delivers innovative products and services shaping the future of the gaming and manga industries.

We are expanding Steam Deck sales across Asia, developing and publishing original games, and now, bringing "NIUHI"—a platform that directly connects manga creators with fans—to the world. To achieve this, we are looking for passionate and skilled individuals to join our team!

At KOMODO, we are a diverse and passionate team dedicated to delivering new value to our customers. If you share our enthusiasm for games and manga, come be a part of a dynamic business expanding new products into the Japanese, American, and Asian markets. KOMODO offers the perfect environment where you can seek a role where you can directly contribute to the development and see the impact of your work.

Join us in shaping the future from our Tokyo, Honolulu, and Seoul offices. We look forward to your application!

The Opportunity

We are looking for a talented Senior Software Engineer to join our team, based in either our Akihabara or Honolulu studio. You will develop, maintain, and improve a rich set of interactive customer experiences on multiple platforms. You write clean, scalable, and well-maintained code, and enjoy brainstorming solutions with other engineers, designers, and artists. Developers at KOMODO have artisanal pride and take great care and attention to detail to create joyful customer experiences.

A successful candidate will love gaming and manga with a passion for creating incredible customer experiences. You will bring your accountability and creative problem solving skills to the team while motivating yourself and team members. As an early hire you will have opportunities to contribute during a uniquely influential time, helping shape a product that will be enjoyed by users of all ages across the globe.

Responsibilities

• Implement user-facing application features using TypeScript, Vue.js, GraphQL, PostgreSQL, and Google Cloud Platform.
• Depending on your experience and interests, responsibilities may include: defining user-facing features, evaluating application architecture, optimizing multi-region server-less application and service deployments, and evaluating infrastructure efficacy.
• Maintain stability, performance, and quality of the codebase while leveraging continuous integration, deployment, and team development standards.
• Consistent and disciplined decision making, based on product impact, while assessing new features, feature enhancements, defects, and chores.
• Collaborate with the team during code reviews, retrospectives, and individual meetings with internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• 3-5 years of professional software engineering experience
• Fluent in spoken and written English, with fluency in Japanese or Korean a plus
• Experience shipping a customer-facing product
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience collaborating with teams internationally
• Advanced Javascript and TypeScript experience
• Experience with GraphQL API design and implementation
• Experience and interest with PostgreSQL, MySQL, or similar databases a plus
• Experience with user-centric, data-driven, interactive application development using popular front-end technologies such as Vue, React, or Angular
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure such as GCP, AWS, or Azure a plus

Benefits

• 17 Observed Holidays
• Additional Holidays (Birthday Holiday, Game Launch Day Holiday, Summer Holiday - 5 business days, and a Winter Holiday - 7 business days)
• 12 days of PTO
• HMAA Medical Plan where we pay the full premium for you and all enrolled dependents
• Group Life, AD&D, and FSA 
• Language Learning Free classes (Japanese, English)
• Company Events
• A Steam Deck will be provided to employees for their employment.
• Free Games and Manga

Some benefits will be available after the completion of the probationary period.