Job title: Lead Software Engineer (RC)
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Industry: IT & Telecommunications / IT・通信
Functional Expertise: Technical (IT) / 技術職(IT)
Salary: Negotiable
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Job published: 2025-10-20
Job ID: 66187

Job Description

Career Opportunity for a Lead Software Engineer in Japan! [ No Japanese proficiency is required]

 

■ Lead Software Engineer 

 

■ Company Overview

An e-commerce, fintech, digital content and communications company with more than 30,000 employees, and operations in 30 countries and regions. 

 

■ Your Role and Responsibilities
● We expect this person to plan and design the technical solution, communicate with stakeholders and work with the development team to deliver the product.

● Understand product needs to define system specifications. 

● Plan and design the structure of a technology solution. 

● Communicate system requirements to software development teams. 

● Evaluate and select appropriate software/hardware and suggest/design integration methods. 

● Conduct code reviews and provide guidance to team members. 

● Hands on and assist with solving technical problems when they arise. 

● Ensure the implementation of agreed architecture and infrastructure .

 

■ Experience and Qualifications

● At least 10 years of experience in product development. 

●Experience in leading an engineering team. 

● Communication skill to keep various stakeholders on the same page. 

● Proven experience in Architecture design, programming languages (Java/JavaScript/HTML), databases(MYSQL, MongoDB), frameworks (Spring/Spring boot/jQuery). 

● Proven experience of troubleshooting and data analysis 

 

■ Additional Preferred Qualifications
● Experience as Technically working with cross-functional teams. 

● Familiar with Agile practices. 

● Familiarity with big data technologies- Hadoop, Hive. 

● Understanding of advertising technologies and solutions. 

 

 

■ Good Reasons to Join

● Hybrid work culture 

 

 

■ Work Location

Tokyo, Japan

 

Details will be provided during the meeting.

 

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