Software Engineer, Tools and Infrastructure

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

Remote work is also possible.

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.

Work Responsibilities

• In order to improve our product’s quality, our developers’ productivity, and the speed of delivery in the product development process, you will be drafting improvement proposals, as well as building and operating the CI/CD environment for the web and mobile versions of the Mercari marketplace app

Bold Challenges

• Building the foundation for data-driven decision-making in order to improve our CI/CD environment
• Building and operating the automation tools and infrastructure needed to support our product developers
• Providing technical support in order to foster a healthy testing culture across the Mercari Group

Your qualification

• Shared interest of Mercari’s mission and values
• Extensive knowledge and development experience with software testing and test automation including feature, performance, and security testing
• Experience using cloud service providers (such as Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud Platform)
• Communication skills to be able to discuss with many developers and make appropriate decisions
• Following experience on either Web or Mobile area (or both):
  • Web:
    • Experience developing CI/CD environments for web apps (like CircleCI or Github Actions)
    • Basic knowledge of cloud native applications and infrastructure
    • Experience using container management tools (Kubernetes, Mesos, Swarm, etc.) and container runtimes (such as Docker or rkt)
  • Mobile:
    • Experience developing CI/CD environments for mobile apps (like CircleCI or Github Actions)
    • Experience developing Swift based iOS or Kotlin based Android apps
    • Extensive knowledge of mobile build systems, like Gradle or Cocoapods or Bazel

Will be a plus

Experience contributing to an open-source project Following experience on either Web or Mobile area (or both): Web: Experience developing and operating systems using microservice architecture Mobile: Experience using container management tools (Kubernetes, Mesos, Swarm, etc.) and container runtimes (such as Docker or rkt) Basic knowledge of cloud native applications and infrastructure

Language Requirements

• English : Proficient (CEFR-C1)
• Japanese : Independent (CEFR - B2) preferred
  *For details about CEFR, see here

What we offer

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 Location

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

Salary

• Annual salary paid in 12 monthly installments (including fixed overtime allowance)
• Based on skills, experience, and abilities
• Reviewed twice a year

Benefits

• Complete health and social insurance
• Incentive program
• Support systems, including those that benefit employee family members
• Language learning support
• Translation/interpretation support
• *See this page for details

Support

• Relocation Support
  *See this page for details

Additional details

Media

Corporate Sites

• Mercari, Inc.
• Merpay, Inc. [Japanese]
• Souzoh, Inc.
• Mercoin, Inc. [Japanese]
• Mercari US

Owned Media

• Mercari Careers
• Mercari Engineering Portal
• Mercan - Introduces the people that make Mercari
• Mercari US Careers
• Mercari US Blog