Senior Backend Engineer, Microservices (Go)

About Cybozu

【This Position is for Japan Residents Only 】
Our purpose is to build a society brimming with teamwork. We offer the flexibility you need to work within a supportive, motivated, teamwork-driven environment.

We develop and deliver cloud-based collaboration services that enable diverse people to work together more easily and effectively. Today, we are one of Japan's most successful cloud-based companies, with four key products used every day by more than 160,000 businesses and nonprofit organizations worldwide.

Our Team

We have established a new and rapidly expanding team of around 20 people to build next-generation groupware and workspace solutions, including advanced identity and access management, communications, collaboration, and more.

The team comprises both exceptional existing professionals and newly-hired senior engineers. We aim to foster a team culture with the following qualities:

Aligning actions with a compelling, shared vision
Valuing individual differences and talents
Fostering trust through open and transparent communication
Empowering people to act independently while making progress together through discussion

Position Overview

We are seeking highly experienced backend engineers who are responsible for designing and developing backend systems for our new products. We use technologies such as OAuth2/OIDC, gRPC, Kubernetes, and distributed databases to build the backend.

As a senior backend software engineer, you will analyze the business and technical requirements, design software and systems, and implement them by collaborating with others. You will be responsible for the quality and maintainability of your code, so you must be a very good document writer and set up continuous integration systems with a good set of tests. In the early stage, you will also be responsible for running the services on Google Cloud and dealing with incidents.

Position Description

Job Duties & Responsibilities	Analyze business and technical requirements to design our backend systems Implement the designed system yourself with good documentation and tests Review other backend engineers' design and code Collaborate with frontend engineers, product designers, and architects
Expected Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	5+ years of experience working in development roles in software engineering Hands-on experience in writing software in Go Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies. Knowledge and experience with CI/CD Effective communication and proficient writing in English.
Additional Desirable Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities	Experience with Google Cloud, gRPC, or Istio/Envoy Knowledge of OAuth2, OIDC, SCIM, and SAML Experience in building and managing production services Very good command of Japanese
Location	You can choose the work location nationwide, whether at one of our offices* or from home. Office list: https://cybozu.co.jp/en/company/locations/ The Sapporo, Sendai, and Yokohama offices are designated for specific divisions only. (Ex: Sales Team) Smoking will be prohibited in all office areas, except for designated smoking rooms in some areas.
Work Hours	Flexible Working Hours Core collaboration time : Tue-Fri 9am-11am
Salary Range	Salary Range（※1）: JPY 9,000,000 – JPY 11,000,000 Estimated annual salary: Base Salary (12 months) + Bonus (Base salary x 1 month x twice a year = 2 months) Monthly salary system: Base salary is determined based on your skill set, experience, and abilities, etc. An allowance for additional overtime（※2）is included in the base salary. However, work exceeding additional overtime agreed to between the employer and employee will be compensated separately. Base monthly salary（※1）: JPY 640,000 – JPY 790,000 The base monthly salary breakdown as follows: Base salary: JPY 487,600 – JPY 601,900 Allowance for additional overtime（※2）: JPY 152,400 to JPY 188,100 ※Notes: 1. Depending on your skill set and experience, the amount set may be outside the above range. 2. Calculated based on 160 hours of scheduled working hours per month and 40 hours of additional overtime.
Benefits	Commuter allowance Remote work allowance New tech gear Skill development support Book purchases Language Learning Support Interpretation support Complete health and social insurance Employee stock ownership plan Parental Leave
Vacations	Two days off per week (Saturday and Sunday), Japanese national holidays New Year's vacation（December 29th - January 3rd） Annual paid leave 5 days of Proactive Personal Leave and 5 days of Family Care and Personal Sick Leave
Selection Process	Document Screening Interviews (2-3) *The 2nd interview is a technical interview Offer Meeting

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