Engineering Manager - Open for Expats

We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead multi-product engineering teams, delivering high-quality software solutions while ensuring engineering standards, scalability, and maintainability. You will drive technical excellence, balance speed with quality, and foster a high-performing team culture across projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead multi-product engineering teams to deliver scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions.
• Evaluate and recommend technical solutions balancing performance, scalability, maintainability, and cost.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Balance delivery speed with quality, acting as a voice of reason between business and engineering priorities.
• Define clear goals, SMART objectives, and measurable outcomes for teams and individuals.
• Implement and oversee Agile (Scrum, Kanban, LeSS) and DevOps practices, driving continuous improvement.
• Lead initiatives to improve development and delivery processes.
• Mentor and coach engineers, overseeing people management activities including 1:1 meetings, training, career development, probation, and performance reviews.
• Solve complex technical and business challenges, including escalated issues and technical debt.
• Drive data-driven decision-making to improve performance, reliability, and user experience.
• Conduct risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies to ensure system stability.
• Maintain openness, transparency, and proactive communication across teams and stakeholders.
• Foster adaptability by encouraging adoption of tools, processes, and approaches that support the product roadmap.

Must-Have Skills

• Degree in Information Technology, Software Engineering, or Information Systems.
• 8+ years in software development with 5+ years in engineering or product leadership roles.
• Proven experience managing engineering teams of 5–10+ members. To lead the design, scaling, and security of high-performance distributed systems.
• Proven technical experience with any programming language, micro-services, and AWS, along with exposure to other modern tech stacks to guide architecture and implementation decisions.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, secure development standards, and coding best practices.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Data-driven mindset with ability to make informed technical decisions.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills; ability to adapt across cultural differences.
• Risk assessment and mitigation skills to ensure reliable and secure delivery.
• User-first mindset with strong focus on quality and maintainability.
• Experience in Agile methodologies and practices (Scrum, Kanban, LeSS).
• Experience with micro-services, micro-frontend architectures, and multi-tenant systems.
• Experience in developing software for accounting, finance, or related domains.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Exposure to multi-tenant SaaS platforms, cloud cost optimization, or high-availability systems.
• Japanese-speaking skills to enhance cross-country collaboration.