Senior Engineering Manager

Summary

Join KOMOJU, a leading cross-border payment gateway, as an Engineering Manager. You will maximize engineering team output, mentor engineers, set project expectations, and improve engineering processes. This role requires strong communication and organizational skills, along with experience managing large-scale software products. KOMOJU offers a supportive and inclusive work environment with opportunities for professional growth, remote work options, and a generous holiday policy. The company fosters innovation through hack days and sponsors developer conferences. Relocation assistance to Japan is available for international candidates.

Requirements

• 3+ years of engineering management experience
• Technical experience building and working on large-scale software products
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work with the product owners to provide context to inform projects and timelines
• Ability to collect and provide meaningful context to help inform the developers' technical solutions
• Ability to provide thoughtful feedback to help developers improve their skills
• Ability to work across teams and departments to unblock developers and improve productivity

Responsibilities

• Ensure engineering teams are efficiently achieving their goals
• Provide mentorship and guidance through 1-on-1’s and performance reviews
• Set expectations with engineers and hold them accountable for project deliverables
• Participate and improve process around engineering onboarding, training and hiring
• Define processes to increase productivity and ensure adoption across engineering

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building and working on large-scale software products
• Solid understanding of software development best practices
• Understanding of concepts like technical debt and continuous integration
• Knowledge of the Ruby programming language
• Able to speak Japanese

Benefits

• At Degica, we embrace remote work while also offering office space for those who prefer in-person collaboration
• 10 days regular vacation, additional 5 days summer and 5 days winter vacation
• Paid birthday holiday
• Budget for self-learning allowance, to ensure our employees’ skills remain current
• Language training for Japanese