Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Zeals, a rapidly growing tech company in Japan, and make a significant impact in customer acquisition and revenue growth through conversational commerce technology. As an Engineering Manager (LangAI), you will lead a team of 6 engineers in building and launching industry-leading conversational AI. This role requires 5+ years of experience managing data scientists or ML engineers, a deep understanding of conversational AI and NLP, and a successful track record of shipping machine learning products. Zeals offers a highly flexible, remote-first work environment, competitive salary with performance reviews twice a year, paid holidays, visa sponsorship, and various allowances. We are looking for an experienced engineering leader to spearhead the advancement of innovative language AI technologies and nurture a high-performing team. Zeals has been recognized with the LinkedIn Top Startups award twice.

Requirements

• 5+ years managing data scientists or ML engineers
• Deep understanding of conversational AI and NLP
• Successful track record shipping machine learning products
• Excellent communication, leadership, and coaching abilities

Responsibilities

• Recruit, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team
• Drive engineering priorities, budgets, roadmaps, and goals
• Facilitate cross-functional collaboration between engineering, product, and design
• Continuously improve team productivity, code quality and velocity

Preferred Qualifications

• Japanese language proficiency at a business or native level
• Understanding of cultural differences
• Knowledge and experience in chatbots, AI, marketing, and SaaS products

Benefits

• Competitive salary ( performance review every 6 months)
• Performance review: twice a year
• Holidays: 10 days paid holidays during the first year, weekends off, national holidays, summer and winter break
• Visa support: We sponsor visas for the right candidates. You can expect full visa support from our professional HR team
• Flexible working: Highly flexible, remote-first international organization
• For Japanese residents: Work from anywhere, interim work from overseas, full flex time
• Housing allowance (within 1.5KM away from office)
• Club activity allowance
• Team building allowance
• Lunch Allowance Zeals Bar (bi-monthly free flow beer party)