Software Engineer, Backend

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