Monday, October 27, 2025
Mercari, Inc.

Software Engineer, SRE - US App

Posted: 3 days ago

Job Description

本ポジションは日本語JDの用意がありません。Software Engineer, SRE - US AppEmployment Status: Full-time employeeWork Hours: Full Flextime (no core time) Office: RoppongiFor more details, see the Overview of Our Positions section on our Careers site.About MercariCirculate all forms of value to unleash the potential in all people."What can I do to help society thrive with the finite resources we have?" The Mercari marketplace app was born in 2013 out of this thought by our founder Shintaro Yamada as he traveled the world. We believe that by circulating all forms of value, not just physical things and money, we can create opportunities for anyone to realize their dreams and contribute to society and the people around them. Mercari aims to use technology to connect people all over the world and create a world where anyone can unleash their potential. For more information about Mercari Group's mission, see Mercari's Culture Doc.Organization/Team MissionMercari Engineering PrinciplesMercari Engineering Principles are a shared understanding that serves as the foundation of engineering beliefs and behavior at Mercari. The Engineering Principles are designed to complement the organizational identity (Mercari's mission, values, and culture) from an engineering viewpoint.These Principles Ultimately Help Us Achieve Mercari's Mission By Defining The Ideal State We Seek To Realize In The Long TermPassion For The ProductGrow TogetherSolve Through MechanismsCollaborate OpenlyFor More Details, Please See The Following LinkEngineering CultureOur team's mission is to help buyers discover the most relevant items and empower sellers by improving their visibility in Mercari's US marketplace. We strive to provide a fast, trustworthy, and effective search experience that connects millions of users with what they're looking for, seamlessly and at scale.The Search team is responsible for the end-to-end development and operation of the search system, including relevance tuning, query understanding, and infrastructure reliability. Built on Elasticsearch, our system handles high query volumes and constantly evolving inventory with stability, freshness, and cost efficiency.Recent Or Ongoing Initiatives IncludeModernizing our ranking and retrieval pipeline to improve conversion, engagement, and search precisionStrengthening platform stability and flexibility through real-time indexing, cache optimization, search traffic resilience, and observability toolingCollaborating with product, backend, and infrastructure teams across the US and Japan to build a world-class search experienceSee here for more information about our mission and values.Work ResponsibilitiesOperate and Maintain shared components used by multiple teams in Mercari US, impacting overall production reliabilityDefine and Measure System Reliability Goals using SLO/SLIsContinuously monitor capacity, performance, and cost of systems in both production and developmentBuild, run, and integrate software to improve the availability, scalability, latency, and efficiency of our system as a wholeDefine, manage and run Incident Management Processes (on-call, incident response, postmortem)Mentor junior engineers, lead code reviews, and actively contribute to architectural decisions and technical documentation.Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product, engineering, and QA to deliver high-impact features and improvements.Unique ChallengesBe a part of a small distributed team with oversight over Mercari US's entire infrastructure, delivering value to millions of daily active customers across the US. Take ownership and shape the vision of an entire domain. Everyone in the team has strong foundational knowledge and is encouraged to take ownership of a specific area (o11y, DX, databases etc.) to sharpen their expertise. SRE is our domain, but we work very closely with the product/cx/marketing teams to ensure our users come first. If there is any way we can leverage our knowledge, we shift priorities and act swiftly as a team.Be the voice of Mercari US for our group-wide shared platform components.Work in a globally distributed team, collaborating with teammates in both Tokyo and the US, to deliver impactful solutions across time zones and cultures.QualificationsRequired Experience/Skills5+ years of experience working with and administratingproduction DBMS/MySQL clustersCloud Native environments (GCP/AWS/Azure)Docker and Kubernetes5+ years of professional experience maintaining and operating infrastructureBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).Experience and Passion for optimizing performance of databases/networking/microservicesStrong programming expertise in any programming languageExcellent English communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and regions.Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide junior engineers.Preferred Experience/SkillsExperience working with LGTM Stack (Loki Grafana, Tempo, Mimir) or OpenTelemetryExperience working with Cloudflare, Istio, GKEExperience building and operating microservices at scale in PHP or GoDomain knowledge of marketplace or e‑commerce platforms.Experience working within large, cross-functional and geographically distributed teamsLanguage English: Business level (CEFR B2 or higher) requiredLearn More About Mercari GroupCareers site: https://careers.mercari.com/en/ Mercan: https://mercan.mercari.com/en/ Social media: X / Linkedin Recruiting at MercariAt Mercari Group, we value empathizing with and embodying the mission and values of the Group and each company. To promote the creation of an organization that maximizes the total amount of value exhibited by all members, we would like to understand the experience and skills of each candidate as accurately as possible.Recruiting cycle at Mercari GroupApplication screeningSkill assessment: For engineering positions, you will be asked to complete a skill assessment on HackerRank or GitHub. For non-engineering positions, you may be asked to complete an assessment depending on the position. (The timing of the assessment may coincide with the interview process.)Interview: The number of interviews may vary depending on the position.Reference check: We will ask for online references around the timing of the final interview.Offer: Offers will be determined carefully in consideration of the final interview and the reference check.Learn more about our recruiting process here.Equal Opportunity HiringHere at Mercari, we work to realize a world in which no one's potential is limited by their background and everyone has the opportunity to freely create value. We also firmly believe that a mindset of Inclusion & Diversity is essential for us to achieve our mission.This, of course, extends to our hiring practices as well. Mercari is committed to eliminating discrimination based on age, gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, physical disability, and other such factors so that anyone who shares our mission and values can join us, regardless of their background. For more details, please read our I&D statement.Please read and acknowledge our Privacy Policy prior to submitting your application.

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