Engineering Manager, Data Ingestion - Mercari

Engineering Manager, Data Ingestion - Mercari • Employment Status:　Full-time • Work Hours: Full Flextime (no core time) • Office: Roppongi For more details, see the Overview of Our Positions section on our Careers site.　　 About Mercari Circulate 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 Mission Mercari Engineering Principles Mercari 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 term. • Passion For The Product • Grow Together • Solve Through Mechanisms • Collaborate Openly For more details, please see the following link: • Engineering Culture At Mercari, data drives decision-making across product, marketing, and machine learning. As Engineering Manager for the Data Ingestion Team, you will lead the foundational systems that collect, process, and deliver high-volume event and operational data across Mercari Group — owning the technical strategy, people leadership, and operational health of the platform, in close partnership with Data Management, BI Analytics, SRE, and Platform Engineering. As part of the Japan Business JB Data (Data Ingestion team), you will also be collaborating with the following teams: - Data Management Team - Data Analytics Teams - Machine Learning Teams (Search, Recommendation, Credit, Anti-Fraud, etc.) - Product Teams (Marketing, CRM, Customer Support, Anti-Fraud, etc.) Through these partnerships, the team enables reliable, scalable, and timely data delivery to support analytics, experimentation, machine learning, and business decision-making across Mercari. See here for more information about our mission and values. Work Responsibilities Team Leadership & People Management • Lead, mentor, and grow a team of Data Ingestion Engineers. • Foster a culture of psychological safety, operational excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement. • Support engineers through coaching, performance management, career development, and technical mentorship. • Hire and onboard engineers to strengthen team capability and diversity. • Manage execution planning, prioritization, and delivery of roadmap initiatives. Technical Strategy & Platform Ownership • Define and drive the long-term technical vision and roadmap for Mercari’s data ingestion. • Lead architectural discussions and technical decision-making for large-scale distributed data systems. • Drive improvements in scalability, reliability, maintainability, and developer productivity. …