Software Engineer, Backend (Ads) - Mercari

Software Engineer, Backend (Ads) – Mercari

• Employment Status:Full-time
• Work Hours:Full Flextime (no core time) 
• Office: Roppongi
• For more details, see the Overview of Our Positions section on our Careers site.
  https://careers.mercari.com/en/recruitment-selection/#section3 　　

About Mercari

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.
https://careers.mercari.com/en/culture/ 

Organization/Team Mission

Mercari Engineering Principles  

Mercari Engineering Principles are a shared understanding that serves as the foundation of engineering beliefs and behavior at Mercari. The Engineering Principles are designed to complement the organizational identity (Mercari’s mission, values, and culture) from an engineering viewpoint. 

These principles ultimately help us achieve Mercari’s mission by defining the ideal state we seek to realize in the long term. 

• Passion For The Product
• Grow Together
• Solve Through Mechanisms
• Collaborate Openly

For more details, please see the following link:

• Engineering Culture

Team mission:

To realize Mercari’s vision of leading the circular economy, we aim to provide new tools to businesses involved in the production and sale of products, adding value to the primary distribution value chain.

See here for more information about our mission and values.
https://careers.mercari.com/en/culture/ 

Work Responsibilities 

• Launching a new platform for the advertising business.
• Building and implementing the architecture for the advertising system.
• Improving and optimizing advertising performance.
• Developing mechanisms to streamline advertising operations.

Unique Challenges 

• Launching an advertising solution on a media platform with over 20 million MAU (Monthly Active Users).
• Mercari currently does not offer advertising solutions. However, it is anticipated that if Mercari were to provide advertising solutions, it could have a significant impact on the Japanese advertising market.
• Taking a challenge on revolutionizing advertising beyond boundaries
• Advertising solutions are already available on many platforms, and there are numerous success stories. By leveraging the strengths of existing solutions, it is possible to provide an even better solution. 

Qualifications 

• Required Experience/Skills
• Shared understanding and belief in our company’s mission and values
• Experience in developing and operating large-scale system, as well as experience in technology selection and codebase improvement
• Experience in API development using languages such as Go, PHP, Java, and more.
• Design and development capability with a focus on performance and scalability
• Experience in the development and operation of advertising systems
• Preferred Experience/Skills
• Project management or team leadership experience
• Communication skills to collaborate with stakeholders and drive product development
• Experience in development and operations using Microservices architecture
• Knowledge and experience in databases (RDBMS/NoSQL), networking, Linux, monitoring systems, logging, operations, and SLO/SLA
• Experience in development in the cloud, particularly with GCP or AWS.
• Language 

Either of the following is required:

• English: Proficient (CEFR - C1) / Japanese: Independent (CEFR - B2) preferred
• English: Independent (CEFR - B2) preferred / Japanese: Proficient (CEFR - C1) 

For details about CEFR, see here.
https://careers.mercari.com/en/language/  　

Learn More About Mercari Group

• Careers site: https://careers.mercari.com/en/   
• Mercan: https://mercan.mercari.com/en/  
• Social media: X / Linkedin 
• https://mercan.mercari.com/en/articles/37585/
• https://mercan.mercari.com/en/articles/38060/

Recruiting at Mercari

At Mercari Group, we value empathizing with and embodying the mission and values ​​of the Group and each company. To promote the creation of an organization that maximizes the total amount of value exhibited by all members, we would like to understand the experience and skills of each candidate as accurately as possible.

Recruiting cycle at Mercari Group

• Application screening
• Skill assessment: For engineering positions, you will be asked to complete a skill assessment on HackerRank or GitHub. For non-engineering positions, you may be asked to complete an assessment depending on the position. (The timing of the assessment may coincide with the interview process.)
• Interview: The number of interviews may vary depending on the position.
• Reference check: We will ask for online references around the timing of the final interview.
• Offer: Offers will be determined carefully in consideration of the final interview and the reference check.

　Learn more about our recruiting process here.
　https://careers.mercari.com/en/recruitment-selection/ 

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 Inclusion & Diversity 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 I&D statement.https://about.mercari.com/en/inclusion-diversity/ 

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