Engineering Manager, Platform Services (Fluent Japanese & English Required)
Engineering Manager(Fluent English and Japanese Required)
Responsibilities
※What is an Engineering Manager at CADDi?
●Your mission is to maximize the results of the departments and groups you oversee.
●Setting OKRs to chart the course forward and perform necessary management tasks by working backward from our desired future state.
●The role of an EM is not rigidly defined; we believe the approach to achieving results should align with each individual's strengths. For example, some excel at empowering others to drive outcomes, while others lead design and policy decisions directly on the ground. The balance between technology management, project management, product management, and people management also varies depending on each EM's assigned domain and key focus areas.
This recruitment position is primarily for leading a team involved in application development and platform development. The team is composed of members from multiple countries and operates as a global team.
●Setting and managing team goals aligned with business strategy and product vision.
●Developing team members through 1-on-1 meetings, performance evaluations, and feedback sessions.
●Driving recruitment initiatives and external communications to strengthen our engineering brand.
●Designing organizational structures optimized for scaling the product and business.
●Planning and implementing effective information-sharing processes to enhance productivity in a bilingual (Japanese and English) environment.
●Identifying issues, proposing initiatives, and executing measures aimed at maximizing the value and effectiveness of the engineering organization.
About the position
You will be responsible for managing platform service development within the CADDi Core Division, which oversees the common infrastructure (including goal setting for your assigned domain and various management activities to achieve those goals).
The mission of the CADDi Core Division is to develop and expand platform services that bear responsibility for solving common technical challenges across applications, thereby driving the overall business growth of CADDi through the power of its technological foundation.
※The following tasks are not handled by a single manager at once; responsibilities are divided based on assigned areas, current priorities, and individual strengths and preferences.
●Promoting Platform Servitization: Planning, development, and operational policy management for foundational services independent of business logic
●Advancing Platform Engineering: Developing and providing platforms and tools to enhance company-wide developer experience (DX)
●Close collaboration with EMs and Product Managers in application development organizations
●People Management for Development Teams: Recruitment, Development, Evaluation, Organizational Design, etc.
●Formulation and Execution of Technical Strategy: Selecting appropriate technologies and optimizing infrastructure costs based on business phase and ROI
※Examples of areas of responsibility
●File Platform: Responsible for unifying file upload and download functionality required by multiple applications.
●Workflow Engine: Responsible for providing the execution foundation to perform large-scale batch processing in a defined sequence.
●Additionally, develops and provides foundational services to resolve technical challenges within applications.
●If your interests or strengths lie closer to the application layer, you may also be assigned to manage the Reliability domain (which includes SRE, QA, and Product Security) within the application development organization.
Around 30% of our development team members come from various international backgrounds, including Asia, Europe, and North America. To build a thriving multicultural environment, some teams communicate primarily in English, and critical meetings are held bilingually in both Japanese and English.
As a manager, you’ll be responsible for leading diverse, multinational teams. Depending on your experience and organizational needs, you may manage one or multiple teams. The exact team(s) you’ll oversee will be decided based on your expertise and preferences discussed during interviews and will be presented during the offer stage.
Internal communication within teams is primarily in English, whereas communication across teams involves a mix of Japanese and English, but a high level of Japanese proficiency isn't necessary.
This role provides you with opportunities to tackle challenging problems alongside passionate colleagues, contribute to a product that’s reshaping industry structures and creating social impact, participate in scaling a global product and international engineering organization, and experience significant professional growth by working closely with experienced leaders, including former CTOs of publicly listed SaaS companies.
※Based on your experience and preferences, you will be expected to manage either a single team or multiple teams immediately upon joining.
※Alternatively, you may start by actively contributing hands-on for several months to deepen your technical understanding, build relationships with stakeholders, and gradually transition into management duties.
※Regarding your initial responsibilities:
We will propose your assigned area during the offer discussion, referencing the preferences and strengths discussed during the casual meeting and interviews.
We also look forward to discussing the details of each organization during the casual meeting.
About development organization
Our team includes top-tier technical leaders in Japan, such as CTO Kobashi, ex-Apple US Headquarters, and VPoE Fujikura, former CTO of Sansan.
We are tackling an unprecedented mission: fundamentally transforming an entire industry. That's why we've cultivated a culture that embraces the unfinished and challenges the unimaginable future. We prioritize unlocking individual potential, inspiring each other to build a development organization that delivers greater value to customers faster, and collectively create a world-class development platform to support it.
※Examples of team members you'll be working with
●[CTO Aki](https://recruit.caddi.tech/member/akikobashi)
Articles he wrote:
・[Building for the future in 2025](https://caddi.tech/2024/12/25/100000)
・[The pursuit of Excellence](https://caddi.tech/2025/09/12/193256)
●[VPoE Fujikura](https://recruit.caddi.tech/member/shigemotofujikura)
Management philosophy for building a strong development organization Video [成長企業の開発組織デザイン](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uriCLphLHos)
●[Engineering Manager Takeshi Matsuda (George)](https://recruit.caddi.tech/member/takeshimatsuda)
●[Enginering Manager Masaaki Sugiura](https://recruit.caddi.tech/member/masaakisugiura)
An article he wrote: "What's more important than English for working with engineers around the world" [世界のエンジニアと働くために「英語」よりも大切なこと](https://note.com/moral_snail8035/n/n6636b43679a0)
※Reference materials that provide insight into the atmosphere of the CADDi development organization
●[キャディによる挑戦の本気度(VPoE藤倉のnote)](https://note.com/sigemoto/n/n8eb9dc477794)
●[600人でも「0.1合目」の異次元な挑戦──“3年で数十個”のハイグロースなプロダクト開発に挑むキャディの開発組織](https://www.fastgrow.jp/articles/caddi-tech-session)
●[AI時代を生き残る、次世代のエンジニアに必要なこと
](https://newspicks.com/news/14438945/body/?ref=book_4394)
