Engineering Manager, Mobile

About Mercari

We believe the world needs a place where people can exchange their loved goods. That’s why we built Mercari—to connect people who want to buy and sell things of emotional value through their mobile phones. Mercari has grown to become a leading community-powered marketplace that brings together millions of people every day.

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Position

Mercari is looking for someone who can commit to the goal of maximizing the engineering team’s output and scaling the organization.

This position in particular is a management role with the main purpose of increasing the mobile team’s output as much as possible. The mobile team consists of members from many different countries; we hope to unlock the potential of this diverse team in order to make even greater achievements.

Mercari has been downloaded about 75 million times in Japan and has about 10.75 million users per month. Within these conditions, Mercari’s mobile team is currently working on a major re-architecture of the Android/iOS apps in order to create a structure where it can conduct further large-scale development while maintaining speed and security. The team is also working on various other projects such as developing new features and improving the UX.

Maximizing engineering output and encouraging career growth through tasks such as:

• Handling goal setting and evaluations for engineer growth each quarter, in addition to holding 1-on-1 meetings for regular communication and feedback
• Considering engineers’ careers and providing them with the support needed to grow
• Assigning projects and providing communication support needed for work duties

Proposing and implementing strategies to solve problems and improve our engineering organization, such as:

• Proposing and developing new tech projects (projects by the engineering teams) with team members
• Planning and running internal events (EM Philosophy Talk, Lunch & Learn, etc.) with the aim of sharing knowledge and increasing understanding of the organization
• Participating in hiring, training, and PR activities 

Your qualification

• Experience developing/operating Android or iOS services
• Engineering management experience
• Project management experience
• Experience coordinating with multiple stakeholders
• English communication skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking)

Will be a plus

• Experience making technical decisions for a team as a tech lead
• Experience developing and operating native apps with large user bases
• UI/UX design experience
• Knowledge of standard OS libraries and frameworks
• Experience hiring engineers (screening applications, interviewing, direct recruiting, hosting events, etc.)

What we offer

• Health insurance
• Incentive program
• Employee stock ownership plan
• Full transportation coverage
• Visa support
• Custom PC
• Dual screen if needed
• Company smartphone
• New Employee Benefits at Mercari「mercibox」