Basic Information

Client ID: 102000

Job ID: 1921

Position: C2. DevOps (junior engineer)

Location: Tokyo (Hybrid)

Salary: 4.5M 6M JPY

Language: Japanese English *Candidates are expected to be comfortable communicating in both Japanese and English.

Contract type: Permanent

Who we are

2200150

BtoB

• English

  The company provides the No.1 ebook intermediary service in Japan with a market share of over 2200 publishers and over 150 ebookstores. In order to widely distribute digital content such as books and comics domestically and internationally we have mainly developed BtoB ebook intermediary systems that register digital content received from publishers and distribute it to ebookstores. The ebook market in Japan mainly comics will reach approximately 350 billion yen in 2019 and it is a market with great potential that continues to grow.

  Our ebook intermediary system continues to be designed and developed based on the early ebook distribution business and in order to support the even greater growth of the ebook market in the future it will be essential to update the system to be able to withstand this growth. In order to contribute to the further development of the ebook market in the future it has decided to revamp its ebook distribution system.

  To accelerate this project we are looking for engineers to join our development team.

Roles and Responsibility

• Python
• / Terraform CloudAWS AWS / GCP / OCI SRE
• New Relic APM
• BI

AWSOCIIaC

1. 8 IaC

2. 3 RPASREPython

• English
  • Automation of operational tasks: We automate operational tasks for business units and development teams using Python. We constantly explore opportunities for automation in daily operational tasks to reduce toil.
  • Public cloud construction/operation: We build AWS environments using Terraform Cloud and perform performance tuning on the infrastructure postdeployment. Additionally SRE manages account management for AWS/GCP/OCI and we work on improving resources that do not adhere to best practices.
  • Monitoring: We collaborate with the development team to operate monitoring tools centered around New Relic. We monitor daily performance using APM and detect and respond to system anomalies.
  • Cost analysis and optimization: We build and operate BI tools to aggregate and visualize the costs of public clouds. We analyze for unnecessary resources and abnormal costs and optimize accordingly.

  Career Path After Joining

  Youll gain experience in operating and building public cloud environments such as AWS and OCI. Moreover youll have the opportunity to explore a wide range of technologies from application development to infrastructure construction enabling you to acquire a broad spectrum of skills.

  As decisionmaking and work processes are at the discretion of individual team members youll develop leadership skills by leading projects yourself.

  After making significant contributions as an engineer you can advance your career from a team leader to a technical specialist for the entire project or to an engineering manager.

  Example 1: Senior Engineer (8 years of tenure) Joined as a new graduate gained experience in operating onpremises servers as an infrastructure engineer. Subsequently acquired knowledge in public clouds IaC and programming languages and currently leads various projects as a project leader.

  Example 2: Junior Engineer (3 years of tenure) Joined midcareer responsible for automating business unit operations using RPA tools. Later assigned to SRE driving automation of tasks using Python and now also involved in management tasks such as recruitment.

Minimum Requirements

• Python / Go
• / 3
• English

  Experience in one of the following:

  • Development experience using programming languages (Python/Go etc.)
  • Infrastructure engineering experience in construction/operation for over 3 years

Preferred Requirements

• CI / CD
• TerraformInfrastructure as Code
• RPA / ETL
• SLI / SLO
• English

  Experience in one of the following:

  • Performance tuning
  • Operation of development infrastructure such as CI/CD
  • Operation of inhouse services
  • Operation of Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform
  • Development of RPA/ETL tools
  • Establishment of SLIs/SLOs
  • Team management

Who You Are

• English
  • Someone who resonates with our mission and vision
  • Someone who can work on challenges while communicating with the team to achieve results.

Tech Stacks

• Public Cloud
  • AWS
  • GCP (Google Cloud Platform)
  • OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure)
• Operating Systems
  • Linux
  • Windows
• Monitoring
  • New Relic
  • CloudWatch
  • QuickSight
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • Terraform / Terraform Cloud
  • Serverless Framework
• Programming Languages
  • Python
  • Shell Script

Conditions / Benefits

Employment type: Permanent

Location:

Head Office: Chiyodaku Tokyo
Access : Directly connected to Takebashi Station on the Tokyo Metro Tozai Line

Annual Salary: 4.5M 6M

Hours:

• Flextime System (Core Hours: 11:0015:00) Flexible Time: Start from 5:00 to 11:00 End from 15:00 to 22:00
• Remote Work Available Available on days not designated for inoffice work by the team Remote Work Allowance provided (500 yen/day)

Overtime for the engineering organization averages less than 15 hours per month.

Holidays and Leave:

• Annual holidays: 121 days (as of FY2023)
• Complete twoday weekend system (Saturday and Sunday)
• Public holidays
• Paid leave (14 days granted after 6 months of employment)
• Summer vacation
• Yearend and New Year holidays
• Bereavement leave
• Maternity leave Taken in the past
• Childcare leave Taken in the past
• Nursing care leave

Probation: 3 months

Benefits:

Skills Enhancement

• Certification support
• Training participation support
• Book purchase support

Communication

• Social gathering fee subsidy
• Support for various club activities

Others

• Comprehensive social insurance
• Corporate pension system (matching system)
• Employee stock ownership plan
• Commuting allowance (up to 50000/month)
• Short working hours for childcare and nursing care
• Enrollment celebration system

Interview Process

1. CV Screening and Web Aptitude test
2. Casual Meeting (Only those who are interested)
3. 1st interview
4. Final Interview

This process is subject to change.

Remote Work :

No