About the position
As a new initiative, Money Forward has begun considering the provision of BaaS/digital banking in collaboration with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation.
We are currently seeking an Engineering Manager.
This role expects a strong security mindset, with a clear understanding of data privacy, credential protection, device security, and the responsible use of corporate systems, tools, and accounts.
Responsibilities
- Lead the team to develop the digital bank system from scratch
- Overall project management including planning, tracking, risk management, stakeholder management, quality assurance etc.
- Build and manage development teams across three countries: Japan, India, and Vietnam
- Build & tracking engineering process follow Scrum/Agile framework
- Taking responsibility for Scrum Master of the team
- Regularly communicate with development team members to resolve technical issues, manage progress, and ensure quality
- Participate in system design, contribute to system architecture, and handle integrations with third parties.
- Review code, provide insights, and set up coding standards for the project.
- Design system operations and maintenance with a view from the development stage to post-release
- After release, efficiently and safely conduct additional system development, operations, and maintenance
- Ensure regular reports to management
Your Skills and Experience
Requirements / Qualifications
- Over 10 years of development experience and more than 3 years of engineering management experience / project management
- Practical experience with Scrum/Agile framework
- Practical experience leading a development team of 30 or more members
- Experience in backend system development using Java or similar
- Experience in developing micro-services applications in Cloud environment
- Practical experience related to frontend technologies such as React or NodeJS
- Experience with authentication and authorization technologies like OAuth 2.0, OIDC
- Experience in system development and operation using cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.)
- Strong problem-solving skills and leadership
- Excellent English communication skill
Nice to haves
While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following.
- Experience in developing, operating, and maintaining mission-critical business systems in financial institutions (especially core banking systems)
- Knowledge and experience in collaboration with financial institutions and regulatory compliance (experience interacting with the Financial Services Agency is a plus)
- Project experience using Mambu
- Experience implementing continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD)
- Experience in building teams and operational flows based on DevOps culture
- Experience in AI development or development using AI tools
