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Updated 2025-05-01
Activated 2025-05-01

Senior Software Engineer (Data Application) / Flextime & Remote Work / Japan' Leading Media Company

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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) - Business Application SE
IT (PC, Web, Unix) - Web Application SE
IT (Other) - Machine Learning/AI Engineer
Industry IT - Other
Location Asia Japan Tokyo Chiyoda

Job Description 【Your Role】
The company provides a matching platform that connects individuals with companies and business support services for companies.
In this process, the company's mission is to improve the matching accuracy of its platform by combining the power of its data with data analysis and AI technologies, and to add new value to its services.
The company's senior software engineer will handle the company's data, which is accumulated in vast quantities on a daily basis from services that have the top market share in Japan, and contribute to the creation of new value in a wide range of areas.

【Responsibilities】
The mission is to lead the development of systems that make full use of algorithms, machine learning, and mathematical theory to perform optimization.
Specifically, you will be responsible for the development of data-related applications for Recruit's large-scale services such as Hot Pepper Gourmet, Hot Pepper Beauty, Jaran, Air Series, and Study Sapuri English, including the following tasks.

・Leading the development and refactoring of applications with high development difficulty, such as those handling high traffic
・Leading mutual source code reviews among engineers
・Selection of languages, development environments, frameworks, tools, and other technologies at the start of product development, with an eye on the medium to long term, and decision-making on re-selection of technologies, including refactoring at appropriate times.
・Disseminating best practices and facilitating mutual communication.
・Make strategic and timely decisions on complex and ambiguous technical issues
・Providing suggestions and recommendations from a technical perspective for solving highly abstract business problems

【Products to be in charge】
・SUUMO
・Jaran
・Zexy related services
・Hot Pepper related services
・Air Series related services
・Study Sapuri English, etc.
*During the selection process, you will be considered based on your orientation and aptitude, and will be proposed a specific product for which you will be in charge.

【Scope of change】Possible reassignment to all duties

【Department Introduction】
The company's Data Promotion Office is responsible for data utilization, data governance management, and data product development and operation at the company.
Currently, there are about 300 employees in the department, with various specialties in data science/engineering/business.

◆The Style Aimed for by the Data Promotion Office
The Data Promotion Office aims to achieve business expansion and personal growth at the same time by having engineers and data scientists work across all business domains.

◆Future Vision of the Data Promotion Office
・To promote the safe and free use of data by 45,000 employees
・Rather than only a few engineers and data scientists utilizing data, all employees utilizing data together create “unpredictable and significant changes”.
・Create an environment in which employees can utilize data to create a future that they themselves cannot even imagine.
・“Engineering” is the core competence that generates profit.
・Establish a style of growth with the “power of technology” to strengthen business competitiveness.

【Development Environment】
◆Programming languages
SQL, Python, JavaScript, etc.
◆Infrastructure
Google Cloud (GCS, BigQuery, Cloud Pub/Sub, GKE, etc.)
AWS (S4, DynamoDB, SNS, etc.)
◆Team Development Tools
JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, Slack, etc.
Company Info The company constantly wants to create new value and deliver it to the world in the form of businesses and services.

The company (client), the sender of products and services, and the consumer (customer), the recipient, are connected by new interactions and are creating a place for both people to meet each other.

<Supporting all decisions in life>
From big choices of life such as going to school, employment, marriage, and residence, to everyday choices such as booking travel, beauty salons, restaurants, etc., users can eliminate various inconveniences and anxiety in their own life. They provide matching services that connect individuals and companies. In addition, by providing various business support services that utilize technology to clients, they are pursuing digitization of business and information(which used to be analog management) and trying to increase industrial productivity.

[Business description]
Management/business promotion of the media and solution business, a unit that integrates domestic and overseas promotional media business, Japanese HR technology and global staffing services.
Working Hours ★FLEX TIME★
Job
Requirements		 MUST
Experience and skills in all of the following
①5+ years of work experience in software engineering
②Ph.D. in computer science or related technical area, or equivalent basic knowledge.
③JLPT N1 certification

WANT
Any of the following
・Hands-on experience in development using algorithms and machine learning
・Knowledge of high-performance systems and security programming
・Yellow coder or higher programming skills
English Level None
Japanese Level Business Level(JLPT Level 2 or N2)
Salary JPY - Japanese Yen JPY 10000K - JPY 20000K   
Other Salary
Description		 Social Insurance
Commuting/ Transportation Allowance
Retirement allowance
Employee shareholding system
Holidays 145 days per year (140 company holidays + 5 designated holidays)
*Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, etc. are taken into consideration and determined by the company calendar.

Year-end and New Year holidays, summer, GW, maternity and parental leave, care leave, transfer leave,
Public injury leave, congratulation or condolence leave, maternity leave, nursing leave, family care leave, jury leave, etc.
Job Contract
Period		 Full time
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