Platform Tech Lead Engineer 

■ Your Role and Responsibilities 

• Collaborating with business stakeholders on requirements’ definition and technical goal-setting.
• Working with the Platform team on development of core back-end features of the companies platform.
• Leading the team on the technical front, both by guiding others and delegating work, but also demonstrating hands-on technical excellence.
• Cross-team communication and alignment. 

■ Work Location

• Tokyo, Japan

■ Experience and Qualifications 

• 5+ years of experience developing backend web applications using Golang or another modern high-level language.
• System and database architecture design experience in high-scale, asynchronous microservice environments.
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Focus on engineering best practices such as testing, CI/CD, and DevOps.
• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Clear and audience-oriented communication skills.
• Bi-lingual (business English & Japanese daily conversation OR English daily conversation & Japanese native)

■ Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Track-record of leading autonomous, self-improving teams.
• Ability to collaborate with business stakeholders and project managers to facilitate requirement discovery and cross-functional delivery of products.
• Experience hiring and onboarding engineers.
• Interest in mentoring and developing junior engineers.
• Experience in the fields of SRE, QA, security, and release management.