Bilingual Engineering Manager
Job Summary
This role involves leading a multinational engineering team of 20-30 people at a fast-growing AI-SaaS company. You will oversee organizational growth, hiring processes, and technical decision-making in a bilingual environment. The position focuses on fostering high-quality output, psychological safety, and building scalable organizational systems.
Responsibilities
- Manage engineering organization (20-30 staff)
- Design and execute hiring strategies
- Oversee resource and budget allocation
- Implement OKRs and cross-functional collaboration
- Provide technical guidance and decision support
Required Skills
- Business-level Japanese & English
- 5+ years Engineering Management
- 3+ years Recruitment process experience
- 5+ years Web application development
- Experience in multinational team leadership
Job Details
### Engineering Manager
This position will lead an engineering team (20-30 people) supporting our rapidly growing AI x SaaS product, overseeing organizational growth, hiring, and technical decisions. In a multinational, bilingual environment, you will be responsible for building a team where engineers can continue to produce high-quality results with peace of mind, and for establishing the systems necessary for organizational scale.
#### Major Job Duties
- Engineering organization management (team conditioning, psychological safety, 1-on-1 meetings, training, evaluation)
- Hiring process design and operation (role definition, interviews, standardization, candidate experience improvement, quarterly hiring of 5-10 people)
- Resource and budget management (personnel, time, and tool allocation, external partner management, AI tool utilization)
- OKR implementation and cross-sectional collaboration (dependency management, progress visualization, organizational bottleneck improvement)
- Technical decision support (non-functional requirements, technical debt, quality and reliability improvement)
#### Expected Results After Hiring
- 3 Months: Diagnose organizational health, establish hiring criteria and interview loops, and establish execution rhythm
- 6 Months: Improve performance metrics, hiring repeatability, and delivery reliability
- 1 Year: Strengthen leadership, improve technical health, and facilitate cross-border execution across Japan and the UK
#### Tech Stack
- Primary Language: TypeScript (Java/Go/Python as needed)
- Backend/Frontend: Node.js/NestJS, React, etc.
- Cloud: AWS (ECS/Fargate/Lambda, etc.) + monitoring and data infrastructure
- Tools: GitHub, AI-assisted development tools, various collaboration tools
#### Job Requirements
- Business-level Japanese and English (reading, writing, and speaking)
- Engineering management (people management): 5+ years
- Experience in key areas of recruitment (requirements definition, interviews, offers/closing, process improvement, etc.): 3+ years
- Practical experience in web application/service development: 5+ years
- Proven track record of improving team performance, engagement, and retention
#### Desired Skills
- Experience managing multinational/distributed teams
- Experience with department-level operations (OKRs, leveling calibration, recruitment KPIs)
- Experience with vendor/outsource control and contract/SOW
- Strong collaboration experience with PdM/PM in roadmap development