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Typescript Server-side Engineer

AnotherBall Shibuya ku, Tokyo
  • 💴 No salary range given
  • 🏡 Fully remote (worldwide)
  • 🧪 5+ years experience required
  • 💬 No Japanese required
  • 🌏 Apply from abroad
  • 🧳 Relocate to Japan

About AnotherBall

AnotherBall Shibuya ku, Tokyo

We develop and operate AniLive, a mobile streaming app specifically designed for virtual streamers and their fans in English-speaking countries.

Key benefits

  • Founders with a track record
  • We welcome otaku
  • English is our official language

About the position

We are seeking a well-experienced Typescript Engineer to join our core team and help bring our new ideas to life, surprising the world together. This position can involve all elements of product development, from 0 to 1. Our main dev language is TypeScript (Node.js) and we use Github for our task management.

Responsibilities

  • Help guide or lead cross-disciplinary dialogs to drive features from the initial concept of our new product to completion
  • Demonstrate expertise/ownership in major areas of the codebase
  • Collaborate closely with the executive, project manager, and design team

Requirements

  • Passion for the Japanese entertainment industry — anime, manga, gaming, VTubing… you must be an otaku!
  • 5+ years experience, having worked on large-scale services as well as involving one project that you’ve worked on for at least 2 years
  • API development expertise with proven experience in architecting and developing APIs in a cloud environment such as AWS, GCP, etc. and utilizing Typescript (Node.js)
  • Experience using Github, Notion, GSuite, Microsoft Office, Slack, and Zoom

Nice to haves

While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following.

  • Experience developing native iOS / Android applications
  • Knowledge of C#(Unity)
  • Experience in developing communication systems in standard web technologies, such as streaming services and network games
  • Development experience with a team of 3 or more, especially communicating with product design, product manager, and business development team members
  • Experience in performance measurement and bottleneck investigation

Meet AnotherBall's Developers

Jesse Katsumata shares his journey working on AniLive, AnotherBall's VTuber streaming service, and how employees can feel comfortable being their true selves at work.

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