At MFBC (Money Forward Business Company), we primarily develop and operate the B2B service “Money Forward Cloud”. Money Forward Cloud is a component-based cloud ERP where users can choose combinations according to their needs, and it consists of multiple products. However, if multiple products are developed individually, it leads to data fragmentation, a decline in the combined user experience, and worsening development efficiency. Therefore, strategic standardization is necessary. Our Business Platform Development Department is responsible for building this common platform and promoting its stable use by each product.
This recruitment is for an Engineering Manager in the Domain Specific Platform Development Division of the Business Platform Development Department. Compared to purely technical platforms like authentication and notifications, the Domain Specific Platform Development Division is responsible for developing and operating platforms that deeply handle domain knowledge, such as voucher storage for receipts and invoices, and chart of accounts masters. We expect you to grasp future company strategies, the current state of the platform, and the needs of each product team, then draw up the optimal strategy and lead the creation of an engineering organization to execute it.
The Business Platform Development Department has multinational engineers from countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Indonesia, Taiwan, and so on. Furthermore, we collaborate closely with engineers belonging to Money Forward Vietnam, requiring the practice of effective organization building in a multicultural and multi-location environment. We are not aiming for so-called offshore development, but rather a flat organization where everyone, regardless of affiliation or location, can commit to product creation with high enthusiasm.
We are looking for an Engineering Manager who is passionate about tackling both technical and organizational challenges.
Responsibilities
- Manage a global engineering organization and build an organization that continuously delivers high-quality software.
- Contribute to the growth of the company by maximizing the productivity and growth of the engineering organization with a view to 3-5 years ahead.
- Identify and lead the resolution of technical and organizational issues associated with the growth of the platform and the organization.
- Be responsible for project management of highly important initiatives at the division or department level.
- Deeply understand the company-wide strategy and the requirements of products using the platform, and reflect them in the development roadmap and organizational strategy.
- Collaborate with other managers to address cross-company challenges.
- Conduct people management, including 1-on-1s, monthly evaluations, and semi-annual evaluations.
- Develop and recruit successors and next-generation leaders for the sustainable development of the company and its business.
- Brand “Money Forward as a place for engineers to work” and communicate its appeal externally.
- Fulfill the above responsibilities effectively in English.
Requirements
- Work experience in a web application development organization.
- Experience managing 5 or more engineers (1-on-1s, development, evaluation).
- Experience being responsible for or having a significant impact on the team’s technical decision-making.
- Sufficient development and design experience to understand and promote the resolution of engineers’ issues.
- Experience managing challenging projects involving multiple stakeholders, with teams of 10 or more people, and spanning six months or longer.
- Experience collaborating with non-engineer roles such as product managers and sales.
- Experience with recruiting engineers.
- Strong empathy for Money Forward’s Mission and Vision.
- Willingness to learn Japanese.
Nice to haves
While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following.
- Experience in developing and operating development platforms.
- Experience in developing and operating web applications using Ruby on Rails or Golang.
- Experience in developing and operating systems that heavily utilize S3.
- Experience or knowledge in designing file system permissions.
- Management experience with multinational engineers.
- Business level Japanese proficiency.
- Experience in AI development and/or experience in using AI tools to improve development processes.
Money Forward recently announced our AI Strategy roadmap which focuses on improving AI-driven operational efficiencies, as well as integrating AI agents into our products to deliver better value to our users.
Compensation
10.008 to 12.504 million JPY annually.
