Job Description
We are looking for a senior backend engineer to help up build our platform to handle payments on a global scale. You will primarily work with Ruby, building out features using Ruby on Rails. As we’re still scaling our front-end team, you may be asked occasionally to work on front-end tasks as well.
As a senior developer, you will need to work with our product managers to define requirements and convert that into a usable architecture to discuss with colleagues. As hiring and supporting new developers is important to us, you will be expected to be able to mentor junior developers, and work with them to improve their core skills.
In addition, as a payment service originating in Japan, KOMOJU supports numerous Japan-specific payment methods. This requires reading and interpreting extensive documentation written in Japanese, defining the development required at KOMOJU, writing down requirements in another language as needed, and assisting other team members with implementation tasks. In some cases, it may be necessary to speak directly in Japanese with KOMOJU's partners who are providing the payment instruments, explaining the issues and obtaining technical support.
Our ideal candidate has experience working with large web applications. They will know how to build reliable, scalable, and performant web applications. Testing and code quality are also extremely important to us, so having a strong knowledge of testing and the different testing types is required.
Responsibilities
- Understand product goals and feature requests and translate them into working software
- Support team members through code review and architecture discussions
- Write tests that validate the stability and correctness of implementations
- Mentor junior developers and help them grow their skills
- Handle refactorings with both bravery and care
Qualifications
- Experience with building performant and scalable APIs, including DB performance
- Experience with integrating with third party APIs in a secure and fault-tolerant manner
- Experience and understanding of common web exploits and how to mitigate them
- Strong understanding of OOP programming languages and patterns
- Native-level Japanese
- No strong resistance to internal communication in English.
Nice to Haves
These aren't required, but be sure to mention them in your application if you have them.
- Experience with Ruby on Rails
- Experience with TypeScript and/or Vue.js
- Experience with payments or payment systems
About the Company
KOMOJU (by Degica) is the leading cross-border payment gateway for Japan. We power payments for companies like video game distribution platform Steam and the popular mobile app TikTok. Today we help thousands of merchants by providing them with the payment infrastructure they need through developer-friendly API’s to integrations on popular platforms like Shopify and Wix; we help our merchants grow in all markets they are expanding.
Benefits
- At Degica, we embrace remote work while also offering office space for those who prefer in-person collaboration
- 10 days regular vacation, additional 5 days summer and 5 days winter vacation
- Paid birthday holiday
- Budget for self-learning allowance, to ensure our employees’ skills remain current
- Language training for Japanese