Mandatory Qualifications:
- 8+ years’ experience in Java development
- Experience in agile development (scrum & kanban)
- Development experience with a Relational database (Ex. MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, ProxySQL)
- 3+ years’ experience in leading a development team
- Ability to take proactive actions for the team’s success
- Fluent English communication skills

Desired Qualifications:
- MS or Ph.D in Computer Science or related technical discipline
- Experience in Kotlin development
- Experience in PHP development
- Design and development experience for high traffic systems
- Experience for CI/CD and test automation
- Experience with Container (Ex. Docker, Kubernetes, Istio)
- Experience for application deploy and operation (on-premises and usage of a Public cloud)
- Development experience with at least one of the following: Node.js, modern JavaScript frameworks (such as Angular, React, Webpack), JavaScript, NGINX Apache Tomcat?
- Experience with Non-SQL development (Ex. Couchbase), especially KVS (including personal level)
- Experience with messaging systems (Ex. Kafka, RabbitMQ）
- Knowledge & experience in performance tuning
- Experience with JIRA / Confluence
- Experience in managing small to mid-size development teams
- Good communication & collaborative mindset to promote discussion and development with the dev. Team
- Experience working with global teams in different locations
- Japanese skills: Basic reading and writing