Engineer Manager, Platform Services

**About the company:** CADDi Taito-ku, Tokyo CADDi makes enterprise software for the manufacturing industry. To date, we have raised 21.73 billion yen and operate business in four countries, including Japan, the U.S., Vietnam, and Thailand. **Responsibilities:** The following tasks are not handled by a single manager at once; responsibilities are divided based on assigned areas, current priorities, and individual strengths and preferences. Promoting Platform Servitization: Planning, development, and operational policy management for foundational services independent of business logic Advancing Platform Engineering: Developing and providing platforms and tools to enhance company-wide developer experience (DX) Close collaboration with EMs and Product Managers in application development organizations People Management for Development Teams: Recruitment, Development, Evaluation, Organizational Design, etc. Formulation and Execution of Technical Strategy: Selecting appropriate technologies and optimizing infrastructure costs based on business phase and ROI Examples of areas of responsibility File Platform: Responsible for unifying file upload and download functionality required by multiple applications. Workflow Engine: Responsible for providing the execution foundation to perform large-scale batch processing in a defined sequence. Additionally, develops and provides foundational services to resolve technical challenges within applications. If your interests or strengths lie closer to the application layer, you may also be assigned to manage the Reliability domain (which includes SRE, QA, and Product Security) within the application development organization. Regarding your initial responsibilities: We will propose your assigned area during the offer discussion, referencing the preferences and strengths discussed during the casual meeting and interviews. We also look forward to discussing the details of each organization during the casual meeting. Requirements Experience demonstrating leadership as a manager in an engineering organization developing in-house products, directly contributing to business outcomes. Experience in people management within an engineering organization (recruitment, evaluation, development, organizational design, etc.). Experience in design, build, and operations experience as a platform engineer, backend engineer, or cloud infrastructure engineer. Fluent business communication skills in Japanese. (Ability to conduct daily work entirely in Japanese, including written communication and meetings.) Business-level English proficiency Nice to haves While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following. Experience developing large-scale file upload/download functionality Experience developing execution platforms for large-scale batch processing Experience designing and operating large-scale web services (high traffic, high availability) Experience building and operating application platforms in Kubernetes environments Experience designing and building architectures on public clouds (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.) Experience driving Platform Engineering and enhancing developer experience Experience within rapidly scaling businesses and development organizations Experience managing teams composed of multinational members. Management experience in rapidly growing organizations or startups. ※We want to work with individuals who have this kind of mindset. Individuals who understand our mission “Unleash the potential of manufacturing”. Individuals who can confront essential challenges and take action with a sense of ownership to resolve them. Individuals who can perform their duties with a positive attitude and constructive discussions in fast-changing and highly uncertain situations. Individuals who can communicate and discuss with a respectful attitude, considering the context and resolution of others. Compensation ¥10,000,000 ~ ¥14,000,000 annually. **Requirements:** Experience demonstrating leadership as a manager in an engineering organization developing in-house products, directly contributing to business outcomes. Experience in people management within an engineering organization (recruitment, evaluation, development, organizational design, etc.). Experience in design, build, and operations experience as a platform engineer, backend engineer, or cloud infrastructure engineer. Fluent business communication skills in Japanese. (Ability to conduct daily work entirely in Japanese, including written communication and meetings.) Business-level English proficiency **Nice to have:** While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following. Experience developing large-scale file upload/download functionality Experience developing execution platforms for large-scale batch processing Experience designing and operating large-scale web services (high traffic, high availability) Experience building and operating application platforms in Kubernetes environments Experience designing and building architectures on public clouds (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.) Experience driving Platform Engineering and enhancing developer experience Experience within rapidly scaling businesses and development organizations Experience managing teams composed of multinational members. Management experience in rapidly growing organizations or startups. ※We want to work with individuals who have this kind of mindset. Individuals who understand our mission “Unleash the potential of manufacturing”. Individuals who can confront essential challenges and take action with a sense of ownership to resolve them. Individuals who can perform their duties with a positive attitude and constructive discussions in fast-changing and highly uncertain situations. Individuals who can communicate and discuss with a respectful attitude, considering the context and resolution of others. **Compensation:** ¥10,000,000 ~ ¥14,000,000 annually.