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Updated 2024-04-30
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Back-end Engineer [Senior Class] | Fully Remote Work / Generative AI Area

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This posting is managed by: G Talent/Bizmates, Inc.
Company Name Company is not publicly visible
Job Type
G Talent/Bizmates, Inc.
IT (PC, Web, Unix) - Back-End Engineer
IT (PC, Web, Unix) - Tech Lead/Lead Engineer
Industry IT - Other
Location Asia Japan Tokyo Shibuya

Job Description ■Recruitment Background
The company is developing services using ChatGPT, and has developed cutting-edge services in the area of Generative AI, including being featured as one of the three leading examples of Generative AI at Microsoft's Azure AI Day.
BOTCHAN AI, the new service, has been growing rapidly since its release, and the number of companies that have adopted BOTCHAN has exceeded 600 companies in total, mainly in the D2C industry.
In April 2023, the company raised a total of 2 billion yen in funding, and is looking for an engineering manager to further enhance its performance as a team.
If you are considering VPoE as your future career, or if you are "interested in building an organization" or "want to test your abilities", please apply!

■Responsibilities
In the development team of "BOTCHAN Payment" (*), which has a chat payment function, you will be involved in development practice and the following tasks, with a focus on project management.
・Manage project progress in collaboration with Customer Success team
・Identification and resolution of issues in incident flow/development process to improve development productivity
・Chatbot development/operation/maintenance, etc. (including code review)
・1-on-1 and personnel evaluations

In the future, you will be assigned to the following tasks.
・Implement measures to maximize member performance
・Maintenance and improvement of the evaluation system
・Organizational design and recruitment with a view to product growth

*What is "BOTCHAN Payment"?
It is a "Payment Chat Form" that maximizes CVR and LTV.

■Language used
The company's products are mainly back-end development using Node.js.
The initial phase of BOTCHAN was developed using JavaScript (Node.js) + PHP (Laravel) to operate the service.
However, since TypeScript is clearly more efficient than JavaScript when developing services with more than a few dozen developers, the company changed its main language to TypeScript a few years ago.
Currently, TypeScript (React, Node.js, Nest.js) is used on the Japan side and the offshore side is still using the initial phase of the technology stack.
They are currently planning a full rearchitecture to T3Stack and will reconfigure the service with TypeScript (Next.js) as the core.

New services are basically developed in TypeScript (Next.js).
Only the AI part of BOTCHAN AI uses Python.

Languages used (frameworks)
Backend: JavaScript(Node.js,JQuery),TypeScript(Node.js, Nest.js), PHP(Laravel)
Front-end: JavaScript(JQuery),TypeScript(React,Next.js)
AI: Python
Cloud infrastructure: Azure
Database: MongoDB, AtlasDB
Analysis infrastructure: Zoho Analytics, BigQuery, Google Cloud Storage
CI: Github Actions
Source code management: GitHub
Monitoring: Datadog, Sentry, New Relic
UI/UX : Figma
Backlog management : Backlog, JIRA
Communication : Slack, Notion, miro, Zoom

■About the Engineering Organization
- Currently, there are about 55 engineers in the company.
- Although the ratio of offshore engineers in Vietnam is still high, the company is actively recruiting engineers in order to increase the number of areas of in-house production.

Japan team (including Tokyo headquarters, Okinawa, Osaka, and regional remote offices): approx. 20
Vietnam offshore team: Approx. 30

■Working Style of Engineers
The basic working style is a flexible work schedule with core hours (11:30~15:30).
Most engineers start work around 9:00~10:00.
- Average overtime for engineers is about 20 hours per month.
those who do not work overtime at all.
i.g. Those who work almost no overtime in order to focus on their private life
  Those who work overtime to focus on their own growth and career.
- There are many engineers who are raising children, and they are flexible to leave work in the middle of the day or finish work early to pick up their children.
Work is evaluated based on output, not working hours.
- The company system allows full remote work, so there are many engineers who work full remotely from rural areas.
- The company system also allows [side jobs], and about 20% of engineers have a side job.

■Evaluation System
Evaluations are conducted once a half year (March/September), and salaries are revised accordingly.
In the past, 20%~30% of all engineers have received a raise at the time of evaluation.

■Team Culture
Members mostly work flexibly, including local work and full remote work.
Mainly chat communication via Slack
Daily consultations are resolved as needed using Huddle
Foreign members also belong to the team and actively communicate in English.
Proactive in introducing cutting-edge technology, while considering the introduction of technology as a means rather than an end
Company Info Development of BX (Brand Experience) platform "BOTCHAN" and provision media business

【What is "BOTCHAN"】
This is a marketing SaaS product that uses conversational chat forms to maximize LTV.
Its strengths include the ability to complete payment within the chat form and the ability to provide comprehensive marketing support for each funnel of recognition, purchase, inquiry, and retention. Currently, mainly four of the company's products have been introduced to customers in various industries, including e-commerce, and the total number of customers has exceeded 500.
Working Hours Flextime System
Job
Requirements
Required
■3+ years of web development experience
■Experience in people management (any number of years and any scale)
■Experience in product development in a team environment (regardless of the type of project, e.g., toB, toC, outsourced, etc.)
■Experience communicating and negotiating with the business side
■Language skills equivalent to JLPT N1 level

Preferred
■Experience in web application backend (Node.js, Ruby, PHP, etc.) development
■Experience in API development
■DevOps development team management
■Ability to disseminate information outside the company
English Level Minimum Communication Level (TOEIC 225-470)
Japanese Level Business Level(JLPT Level 2 or N2)
Salary JPY - Japanese Yen JPY 6000K - JPY 8000K   
Other Salary
Description
- 5,000 yen/month remote work allowance
- Up to ¥10,000/month allowance for book purchases
- Remote work environment enhanced by remote HQ
Reference https://magazine.hq-hq.co.jp/n/n317017616409
- Various qualification allowances for engineering-related qualifications
- GitHub Copilot For Business , GitHub Copilot X for full-time engineers
- OpenAI paid account (application required)

Communication allowance (5,000 yen per month)
Commuting allowance: commuting expenses paid (up to 30,000 yen)
Housing allowance: Rent subsidy system (conditions vary depending on years of employment)
*Rent subsidy...20,000 yen (within 3km radius) for those who have worked for less than 3 years, 30,000 yen (no distance specified) for those who have worked for more than 3 years
Social insurance: fully provided
Paid holidays are encouraged (e.g., anniversaries, GW, etc.)
In-house massage (once a month, company pays the cost)
Celebration and condolence expenses (congratulatory and sympathy money)
Maternity and paternity leave
Lunch subsidy
Lending of PCs
Second job: Permitted (subject to company regulations)
Holidays Saturday/Sunday/National Holiday
Annual Paid Leave
New Year Holiday
Parental Leave
Congratulations & Condolence Leave
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