Dev-ENG-Engineering Manager - Japan Dev

■ Team You will lead a new-product squad of ~5 engineers. A dedicated Tech Lead owns architecture; your focus is people, process, and velocity. ■ Mission Help fulfill amptalk’s purpose “Maximize the time people can truly face each other.” You will accelerate delivery of a brand-new product by removing organizational and technical friction while still contributing code where it counts. ■ Key Responsibilities □ Team Building & Hiring Define hiring needs, run interviews, and onboard new engineers to strengthen the team. □ Performance Management & Career Growth Set individual goals (OKRs/KPIs), run regular 1:1s, give feedback, and support promotions or skill development. □ Culture & Process Foster an engineering culture and continuously improve team processes. □ Cross-Functional Coordination Act as liaison between product management, design, QA, and other departments to unblock and align work. □ IC Contribution Although the Tech Lead retains ultimate responsibility for technical decisions, as an individual contributor the EM must be able to contribute to product development at a coach‐level.

・3+ years leading engineering teams (5 members or more) ・Hands-on web-application development (design, coding, ops) ・Demonstrated ability to drive delivery and cut through ambiguity ・Strong track record in strategic alignment - tying engineering outcomes to business goals ・Skilled in Systems thinking - designing processes and structures that scale ・Comfortable toggling between high-level team enablement and hands-on execution when needed ・Conversational-level Japanese and Fluent English communication skills

・Our stack: Nuxt.js / TypeScript, Node.js, AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, Aurora PostgreSQL), AWS CDK ・Large-scale system or legacy refactor projects ・Modern engineering practices (DDD, TDD, Clean Architecture) ・Integrations with Salesforce or other SaaS platforms ・Managing multicultural, distributed teams

■ What Kind of Leader Thrives Here This role is best suited to either: ・A Guide — you invest deeply in people, foster trust, and strengthen team cohesion. You excel at coaching, creating psychological safety, and maintaining engagement even in challenging startup conditions. ・An Operator — you bring operational rigor, structure, and systems thinking to ensure predictable delivery. You excel at building processes, guardrails, and reliable execution paths without over-bureaucratizing. You naturally: - Create clarity in ambiguous situations. - Align engineering execution to business impact. - Balance immediate delivery needs with long-term scalability. ❌ This role may not be a good fit if you: - Over-rely on vision without driving delivery. - Avoid difficult prioritization or feedback conversations. - Prefer focusing on your own coding work rather than leading and enabling the team.