Requirements About Us Mercari is a Japan-based C2C marketplace company founded in 2013 with the mission to Create value in a global marketplace where anyone can buy & sell. From being the first tech unicorn from Japan before its IPO in 2018 we have come a long way towards becoming a global player and continuously and diligently work towards our transformation journey with a strong focus on our mission. Since its inception, Mercari Group has worked to grow its services, investing in both our people and technology. Over time Mercari has expanded from being the top player in the C2C marketplace in Japan to new geographies like the U.S. We have also successfully launched new businesses such as Merpay, which is a mobile payment service platform with a vision to create a society where anyone can realize their dreams through a new ecosystem centered not only on payment service but also on credit. Today, Mercari Group is made up of multiple subsidiary businesses including logistics, B2C platform, blockchain, and sports team management. For our services to be utilized by people worldwide; however, there is still a mountain of work ahead of us. This endeavor naturally requires the capability of the best talent and minds, and that is exactly the reason for us to launch the India Center of Excellence. With your help, we will continue to take on the world stage and strive to grow into a successful global tech company. Our Culture To achieve our mission at Mercari, our organization and each of our employees share the same values and perspectives. Our individual guidelines for action are defined by our three values: Go Bold, All for One, and Be a Pro and Move fast. Our organization is also shaped by our four foundations: Sustainability, Diversity & Inclusion, Trust & Openness, and Well-being for Performance. Regardless of how big Mercari gets, the culture will remain essential to achieving our mission and something we want to preserve throughout our organization. We invite you to read the Mercari Culture Doc, which summarizes the behaviors and mindset shared by Mercari and its employees. We continue to build an environment where all of our members of diverse backgrounds are accepted and recognized, and where they can thrive while holding dear to Mercari's culture. Work Responsibilities Engineering managers are committed to creating organizational structures and solving organizational issues, creating a place where engineers can play more active roles. Mercari's engineering organization has members from a variety of backgrounds. By managing teams with diversified experiences, nationalities, cultures, etc., they are responsible for drawing out the potential of teams and individuals and producing greater results. The main components of the role are as follows: Recruiting, training, goal setting, evaluation, and providing feedback to engineers Maximizing the results of engineer members and supporting career their growth Assigning engineers to projects and supporting the communication needed to carry them out Problem-solving for the engineering organization as well as proposing and executing growth strategies Planning and implementation of in-house events to deepen understanding of expertise and organization Engineering Culture Tech Stack Bold Challenges We are looking for people that are interested in our services, mission, and values, and want to work where engineers can go bold, use the latest technology, make autonomous decisions, and take on challenges at a rapid pace. People with enthusiasm and empathy to lead and manage several teams. Minimum Requirements Shared understanding and belief in Mercari Group's mission and values Experience in Software development At least 3 years of experience as an Engineering Manager along with people management. Experience developing and operating large-scale products Project management experience Coordinating with multiple stakeholders Helping and reviewing technical decisions of tech leads Preferred Requirements Designing the architecture of an entire system Managing a multicultural team Hiring engineers (application screening, interviewing, direct recruiting, event hosting, etc.) Strong experience in one of the following: Backend: Design, development, and operation of APIs using Go or PHP Machine Learning: ML modeling or development experience with ML systems Data Engineering : Architecture and development of large scale data/BI on cloud platforms, ETL (ie. DBT, Dataform, Informatica, Talend) and BI (Looker, Tableau, PowerBI) Knowledge of and experience with databases (RDBMS/NoSQL), networks, linux, monitoring systems, logging, operations, and SLO/SLA Development and operation using microservices architecture Cloud development experience (preferably GCP or AWS) Understanding of UI development OSS contribution experience / familiarity with the OSS community Employment Status Full-time Benefits Office Bangalore Hybrid workstyle We believe in high performance and professionalism. We work from office for 2 days/week and work from home 3 days/week To build a strong & highly-engaged organization in India, we highly encourage everyone to work from our Bangalore office, especially during the initial office setup phase We will continue to review and update the policy to address future organizational needs Work Hours Full flextime (no core time) *Flexible to choose working hours other than team common meetings
About Mercari Mercari is a Japan-based C2C marketplace company founded in 2013 with the mission to “Create value in a global marketplace where anyone can buy & sell.” From being the first tech unicorn from Japan before its IPO in 2018 we have come a long way towards becoming a global player and continuously and diligently work towards our transformation journey with a strong focus on our mission. Since its inception, Mercari Group has worked to grow its services, investing in both our people and technology. Over time Mercari has expanded from being the top player in the C2C marketplace in Japan to new geographies like the U.S. We have also successfully launched new businesses such as Merpay, which is a mobile payment service platform with a vision to create a society where anyone can realize their dreams through a new ecosystem centered not only on payment service but also on credit. Today, Mercari Group is made up of multiple subsidiary businesses including logistics, B2C platform, blockchain, and sports team management. About Mercari India Established in Bangalore in 2022, Mercari India serves as a crucial technology hub for the Mercari Group. Leveraging the rich and diverse tech talent in India, we primarily collaborate closely with our development hub in Japan to drive engineering development for Mercari's applications. Having grown to an organization of approximately 80 members over about three years since its inception, Mercari India aims to evolve into an even stronger engineering organization that spearheads technological innovation for the entire group. This will be achieved by further enhancing our engineering capabilities and promoting AI initiatives that reflect India's cutting-edge technology and knowledge. Work Responsibilities What You’ll Do: Frontend Languages: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript(ES6), TypeScript, Reactjs, Next.js, GraphQL, Apollo Client, Redux, Cypress, Rendertron and Storybook Infrastructures: Google Cloud Platform (Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, App Engine) Configuration management tool: Terraform Other: Circle CI, GitHub, Slack, JIRA, Spinnaker and Datadog Requirements Minimum Requirements Shared understanding and belief in Mercari Group's mission and values. At least 5-8 years of experience in development related to frontend fields such as web browsers, JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, Next.js and Redux. Experience with developing and operating large-scale products. Ability to design and develop with performance and scalability in mind. Ability to use HTML and CSS to develop solid user interfaces. Knowledge of JavaScript and experience developing with UI libraries or frameworks such as React. Strong understanding of cross browser compatibility and best practices. Understanding of version management and ability to participate in development via Git. Effective communication skills, needed for product development with team members and with other teams. Preferred Requirements Extensive knowledge of standard web technologies and specialized knowledge in some areas, like TypeScript, React.js, Next.js, Redux. Understanding of the characteristics of different libraries/frameworks and the ability to introduce them to projects where necessary. Ability to design architecture based on the characteristics of the app. Ability to consistently take initiative in implementing improvements to the app. Cloud development experience (preferably GCP or AWS). Experience contributing to an open-source project. Familiarity with CI systems and the release process.
Role: Engineering Manager - Platform Engineering Team Mode Of Work: Hybrid Mode of work Job Type: Full time Job Location: Vaishnavi Tech Park,Sarjapur Main Rd, Bellandur, Bengaluru, Karnataka - 560103, India Careers Page Link for this role: https://apply.workable.com/mercari-india/j/A0C2DC0879/ Position Overview: About Platform Team: The Platform Engineering organization builds and scales infrastructure, developer tooling, and foundational services for Mercari Group globally. Our goal is to empower engineers across Japan, the U.S., and India to deliver reliable, secure, and innovative products at speed and scale. Within the platform domain, teams specialize in Developer Experience, CI/CD, Infrastructure, Observability, and Networking. As an Engineering Manager, you will provide technical leadership while driving people and organizational growth for Mercari India's platform group. Open Role: We are seeking an Engineering Manager (Platform) who will lead and grow teams responsible for Mercari's core platform systems. The role goes beyond technical expertise it requires a leader who can hire, mentor, and inspire engineers, partner with global counterparts, and set a strong vision for platform engineering in India. A key aspect of this role is to define and articulate a compelling vision for platform engineering within Mercari India, driving strategic growth and technological advancement. This is a high-impact role where you will balance strategic direction, people leadership, and hands-on guidance to ensure our platform teams scale effectively. Your contributions will be central to Mercari's continued success and innovation in the e-commerce landscape. Work Responsibilities What you will do People Leadership & Growth Build, hire, and retain world-class platform engineering talent in India. Foster a culture of collaboration, learning, and continuous improvement. Provide mentorship, career development, and performance feedback for engineers and leads. Delegate effectively to promote team member growth and foster a blameless, high-trust culture that welcomes bold challenges. Technical Strategy & Delivery Partner with global engineering managers and architects to define platform vision and roadmap. Drive initiatives in areas such as Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, and network infrastructure. Ensure high standards of reliability, security, scalability, and cost-efficiency across systems. Explore and champion the integration of modern platform capabilities, including AI-driven operations (AIOps) and intelligent developer tooling, to enhance productivity and system reliability. Operational Excellence Balance innovation with stability by applying SRE and DevOps principles. Enable self-service capabilities and automation to reduce toil for developers. Champion engineering best practices across teams and functions. Optimize development processes and unblock the team to increase development speed, supporting swift and efficient technical decision-making. Cross-Functional Leadership Collaborate closely with product engineering, SRE, and security teams. Align team priorities with Mercari's global business objectives. Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. You may be fit if you Are excited to define platform strategy while staying close to technical problem-solving. Believe in developer productivity, automation, and pragmatic decision-making. Are passionate about people leadership and building high-performing engineering teams. Have experience hiring, mentoring, and growing engineers in diverse and global environments. Thrive in cross-cultural, distributed teams with clear communication and empathy. Platform Engineering Challenges Since the platform and its toolings are used not only by the Japan marketplace but also by Japan fintech and Mercari US marketplace, the changes and improvements can affect the whole organization's performance from development agility to system reliability. As the leader of this team, your guidance and strategic direction can have a truly significant impact. Your team needs to understand what the developers are struggling with and what is required for the Mercari Group's product development. With this empathy and collection of requirements, the team prioritizes the problems to solve and decides the solution for them. You can join this decision-making process and propose a pragmatic solution leveraging your knowledge and experience. Minimum Requirements 5+ years of experience in platform, infrastructure, or distributed systems, with at least 3+ years in a leadership/People management role. Proven experience building and leading high-performing engineering teams, including hiring, mentoring, performance management, and fostering a culture of ownership and collaboration. A clear understanding of Platform Engineering. Strong background in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and container technologies (Kubernetes, Docker). Familiarity with infrastructure as code (Terraform, etc.) and automation practices using any programming language. Experience designing scalable, secure, and highly available systems that serve as foundational platforms for application teams. Ability to work closely with cross-functional partners (Product, Security, SRE, and other Platform teams) to define roadmaps, priorities, and success metrics. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts into clear business value. Preferred Requirements Experience scaling engineering teams in high-growth, global tech companies. Strong understanding of SRE principles, developer experience, and CI/CD ecosystems. Hands-on experience with service mesh (e.g., Istio, Kong, Linkerd) and observability stacks (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, etc.). Prior open-source contributions or experience engaging with the developer community. Experience managing multi-region or hybrid cloud infrastructure. About Mercari: Mercari is Japan's biggest C2C marketplace founded in 2013 with the mission to create value in a global marketplace where anyone can buy & sell. From being the first tech unicorn from Japan before its IPO in 2018 we have come a long way towards becoming a global player and continuously and diligently work towards our transformation journey with a strong focus on our mission. Since its inception, Mercari Group has worked to grow its services, investing in both our people and technology. Over time Mercari has expanded from being the top player in the C2C marketplace in Japan to new geographies like the U.S. We have also successfully launched new businesses such as Merpay, which is a mobile payment service platform with a vision to create a society where anyone can realize their dreams through a new ecosystem centered not only on payment service but also on credit. Today, Mercari Group is made up of multiple subsidiary businesses including logistics, B2C platform, blockchain, and sports team management. For our services to be utilized by people worldwide; however, there is still a mountain of work ahead of us. This endeavor naturally requires the capability of the best talent and minds, and that is exactly the reason for us to launch the India Center of Excellence. With your help, we will continue to take on the world stage and strive to grow into a successful global tech company. Our Culture To achieve our mission at Mercari, our organization and each of our employees share the same values and perspectives. Our individual guidelines for action are defined by our three values: Go Bold All for One Be a Pro Move Fast Our organization is also shaped by our four foundations: Sustainability Diversity & Inclusion Trust & Openness Well-being for Performance Regardless of how big Mercari gets, the culture will remain essential to achieving our mission and something we want to preserve throughout our organization. Benefits Hybrid workstyle We believe in high performance and professionalism. We work from office for 3 days/week and work from home 2 days/week To build a strong & highly-engaged organization in India, we highly encourage everyone to work from our Bangalore office, especially during the initial office setup phase We will continue to review and update the policy to address future organizational needs Work Hours Full flextime (no core time) *Flexible to choose working hours other than team common meetings
About Mercari Mercari is a Japan-based C2C marketplace company founded in 2013 with the mission to “Create value in a global marketplace where anyone can buy & sell.” From being the first tech unicorn from Japan before its IPO in 2018 we have come a long way towards becoming a global player and continuously and diligently work towards our transformation journey with a strong focus on our mission. Since its inception, Mercari Group has worked to grow its services, investing in both our people and technology. Over time Mercari has expanded from being the top player in the C2C marketplace in Japan to new geographies like the U.S. We have also successfully launched new businesses such as Merpay, which is a mobile payment service platform with a vision to create a society where anyone can realize their dreams through a new ecosystem centered not only on payment service but also on credit. Today, Mercari Group is made up of multiple subsidiary businesses including logistics, B2C platform, blockchain, and sports team management. About Mercari India Established in Bangalore in 2022, Mercari India serves as a crucial technology hub for the Mercari Group. Leveraging the rich and diverse tech talent in India, we primarily collaborate closely with our development hub in Japan to drive engineering development for Mercari's applications. Having grown to an organization of approximately 80 members over about three years since its inception, Mercari India aims to evolve into an even stronger engineering organization that spearheads technological innovation for the entire group. This will be achieved by further enhancing our engineering capabilities and promoting AI initiatives that reflect India's cutting-edge technology and knowledge. Work Responsibilities Design, development, and operation of APIs using Golang, Java or PHP Improving services and measuring effectiveness using quantitative and qualitative analysis on user behavior logs, etc. Design architecture and select middleware based on application requirements Microservice performance tuning, monitoring, and alert handling Working with PMs on a series of development tasks (plan, design, implementation, QA, release, etc.) Investigating inquiries from customer support or other development teams Conducting system operation tasks, including responding to alerts while on call Bold Challenges We are looking for people that are interested in our services, mission, and values, and want to work where engineers can go bold, use the latest technology, make autonomous decisions, and take on challenges at a rapid pace. Minimum Requirements 4-8 years of experience in backend design, development, and operation of APIs using Go, PHP or Java Experience developing and operating systems for large-scale products, selecting technologies, and improving their codebase Experience in designing and developing databases (MySQL or similar RDBMS) Ability to design and develop products while considering performance and scalability Experience selecting middleware and designing software architecture Ability to take ownership and lead the software development process Good communication skills to collaborate with stakeholders and teammates on product development Preferred Requirements Project management and/or team leadership Experience developing and operating systems using microservice architecture Cloud development experience (preferably GCP or AWS) Knowledge of and experience with databases (RDBMS/NoSQL), networks, Linux, monitoring systems, logging, and SLO/SLA Experience contributing to an open-source project Employment Status Full-time Office - Bangalore Hybrid workstyle We believe in high performance and professionalism. We work from office for 2 days/week and work from home 3 days/week To build a strong & highly-engaged organization in India, we highly encourage everyone to work from our Bangalore office, especially during the initial office setup phase We will continue to review and update the policy to address future organizational needs Work Hours Full flextime (no core time) Flexible to choose working hours other than team common meetings
About Us Mercari is a Japan-based C2C marketplace company founded in 2013 with the mission to “Create value in a global marketplace where anyone can buy & sell.” From being the first tech unicorn from Japan before its IPO in 2018 we have come a long way towards becoming a global player and continuously and diligently work towards our transformation journey with a strong focus on our mission. Since its inception, Mercari Group has worked to grow its services, investing in both our people and technology. Over time Mercari has expanded from being the top player in the C2C marketplace in Japan to new geographies like the U.S. We have also successfully launched new businesses such as Merpay, which is a mobile payment service platform with a vision to create a society where anyone can realize their dreams through a new ecosystem centered not only on payment service but also on credit. Today, Mercari Group is made up of multiple subsidiary businesses including logistics, B2C platform, blockchain, and sports team management. About Mercari India Established in Bangalore in 2022, Mercari India serves as a crucial technology hub for the Mercari Group. Leveraging the rich and diverse tech talent in India, we primarily collaborate closely with our development hub in Japan to drive engineering development for Mercari's applications. Having grown to an organization of approximately 80 members over about three years since its inception, Mercari India aims to evolve into an even stronger engineering organization that spearheads technological innovation for the entire group. This will be achieved by further enhancing our engineering capabilities and promoting AI initiatives that reflect India's cutting-edge technology and knowledge. Work Responsibilities What You’ll Do: Languages: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript(ES6), TypeScript, Reactjs, Next.js, GraphQL, Apollo Client, Redux, Cypress, Rendertron and Storybook Infrastructures: Google Cloud Platform (Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, App Engine) Configuration management tool: Terraform Other: Circle CI, GitHub, Slack, JIRA, Spinnaker and Datadog Requirements Minimum Requirements Shared understanding and belief in Mercari Group's mission and values. At least 5-8 years of experience in development related to frontend fields such as web browsers, JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, Next.js and Redux. Experience with developing and operating large-scale products . Ability to design and develop with performance and scalability in mind. Ability to use HTML and CSS to develop solid user interfaces. Knowledge of JavaScript and experience developing with UI libraries or frameworks such as React. Strong understanding of cross browser compatibility and best practices. Understanding of version management and ability to participate in development via Git. Effective communication skills, needed for product development with team members and with other teams. Preferred Requirements Extensive knowledge of standard web technologies and specialized knowledge in some areas, like TypeScript, React.js, Next.js, Redux . Understanding of the characteristics of different libraries/frameworks and the ability to introduce them to projects where necessary. Ability to design architecture based on the characteristics of the app. Ability to consistently take initiative in implementing improvements to the app. Cloud development experience (preferably GCP or AWS). Experience contributing to an open-source project. Familiarity with CI systems and the release process.