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Our Mission
Mercari is a Japan-based company with the mission of “creating value in a global marketplace where anyone can buy & sell.” Having continuously worked toward this goal since our founding in 2013, we are now transforming from a startup into a global player. While this transformation brings its own specific set of challenges, we believe that solving them one after another will allow us to fully achieve our mission. Are you interested in working together to take on these exciting challenges?
Our Culture
Mercari’s culture has been central to the company since our founding, with the three core values of Go Bold, All for One, and Be a Pro. In addition, the “Trust & Openness” value was introduced to embody our culture of mutual trust, where information remains transparent and rules are kept to a minimum. Regardless of how big Mercari gets, our culture is essential to achieving our mission and will be promoted throughout our organization.
Position Overview
Work Responsibilities
Platform engineers for machine learning/search systems develop the functions and services of the marketplace app Mercari through the development and maintenance of infrastructure and platforms. Mercari is actively applying machine learning/search technology to provide a more convenient, safer, and more enjoyable marketplace. Machine learning/search platform engineers use the cloud and Kubernetes to operate and improve machine learning/search systems.
Bold Challenges
Develop libraries and frameworks to improve the availability of machine learning/search systems
Improve the existing machine learning/search infrastructure and leverage industry-leading best practices to help the AI/search team operate
Disseminate the best practices of machine learning/search engine operation, improve the development process, and improve the skills of engineers
Develop and improve monitoring and logging systems for the evaluation of machine learning models/search experiments
Collaborate with other teams to develop large-scale infrastructure
Required Experience
Operating a web system
Over 5 years of software development experience and over 3 years of Java, Python or Golang development experience
End-to-end backend system development experience
Basic knowledge and skills related to security, basic knowledge and troubleshooting skills related to RDBMS, SQL, network, Linux, monitoring system, logging, and operation
Communication skills to carry out projects in collaboration with multiple teams and stakeholders
Preferred Experience
Developing and operating large-scale distributed systems (Kubernetes, Hadoop, etc.)
Functional development and bug fixing skills necessary to improve system performance and reliability
Using container technology such as Docker and Kubernetes
Using the cloud (AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, etc.)
Microservice development and operation experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Search: Elasticsearch, Solr or other OSS search engines
Working Conditions
Employment Status
Full-time
Probationary period: First 3 months after joining the company. (During this period your contract conditions will be the same as that of a permanent employee.)
Office
Roppongi
Smoking is prohibited within our offices
Mercari has introduced a work style policy called “Your Choice” Each member is free to choose whether they want to work in the office or work fully remote. Exceptions made for certain kinds of work.
Work Hours
Scheduled working hours: 10 AM – 7 PM
Currently, due to COVID-19 pandemic, we have introduced a full-flex system without core time to increase the choice of working hours and allow for more flexible working styles. (*does not apply to all positions)
Holidays
Two days off per week (as well as national holidays, New Year's break, etc.)
Paid leave, congratulatory and bereavement leave, relax days, sick leave