[Engineering Manager] Leading Legal Tech SaaS with 4,000 Implementations / Drive Organizational Design During Expansion PhaseTranslated from Japanese

▼Job Description [About This Position] As an Engineering Manager at KiteRa, your core responsibilities will revolve around people management, including supporting member growth, hiring, and performance evaluations. You will build a development organization that continuously delivers value by improving development processes and resolving organizational challenges. Working closely with the CTO and Product Managers, you will act as a bridge between engineers and management, participating in decision-making. A unique aspect of our engineering team is the close collaboration with licensed professionals such as Social Insurance Labor Consultants (experts). Engineers discuss requirements from the definition stage with specialists who possess deep knowledge of laws and practical business operations, creating products where domain accuracy is paramount. Supporting engineers to excel in this environment is a key role for the EM. KiteRa is currently in the process of evolving from an "Internal Regulation Management Tool" to a "GRC Platform." In this phase of organizational expansion and change, you can join as a core member to help shape the organizational design and the very nature of engineering management. [Job Responsibilities] You will play a role in supporting member growth and the overall output of the development organization. Your responsibilities will include: ◆ People Management & Hiring - Support engineer growth through 1-on-1 meetings, goal setting, and performance evaluations. - Plan and execute hiring strategies (interviews, scouting, refining hiring criteria). - Develop onboarding and training programs, and foster engineering culture. ◆ Development Process Improvement - Identify and improve issues in development workflows, CI/CD, and review processes. - Create systems to resolve technical debt and enhance development productivity. ◆ Cross-Organizational Collaboration & Strategy - Collaborate with the CTO, Product Managers, and Leaders in organizational operations. - Plan and execute engineering organizational strategies to support business growth. ＜Expected Outcomes＞ - Improved engineer hiring capabilities. - Increased member growth rate and retention. - Strengthened cross-team collaboration. - Continuous improvement in development productivity. - Establishment of reproducible management processes. - Building an organizational foundation that can withstand business growth. [Background for Recruitment] KiteRa is currently evolving into a GRC platform and expanding into multiple products. With business growth, our development organization is also continuously expanding, and we anticipate an increase in both the number of teams and products. Our development organization has achieved high results with a small team. However, with organizational expansion, the need to systematically promote themes such as hiring, training, evaluation, and organizational design has become more critical. We are currently in a phase of further evolving our management and career support systems in line with the growth of the development organization. Furthermore, as the number of teams increases, we are addressing themes such as: - Standardization of management quality. - Supporting engineer growth. - Strengthening hiring capabilities. - Improving development productivity. - Building an organization adapted to the AI era. We are looking for someone who can actively shape the future of KiteRa's engineering management alongside the CTO and leaders, rather than simply operating an established organization. [KiteRa's Unique Strengths] ◆ Deep Domain Specialization - We focus on the highly specialized and error-intolerant fields of internal regulations and labor affairs, refining products deeply rooted in practical workflows. Our products are valued for their practical functionality and usability, which are difficult for generic tools to replicate. ◆ Dual Expansion: For Businesses (KiteRa Biz) and Professionals (KiteRa Pro) - We support both companies that manage their own regulations and Social Insurance Labor Consultant firms that assist clients with regulation creation. We provide tailored products for each. These two user groups are closely connected through retainer contracts, and the network that supports this relationship itself forms our business foundation. ◆ Management and Organization with Deep Domain Understanding - Our CEO is a licensed Social Insurance Labor Consultant, and licensed professionals (domain experts) are directly involved in product development. Decision-making that considers the nuances of laws and practical operations contributes to the reliability of our products. [Advantages in the AI Era] We believe KiteRa's value will only increase with the advancement of AI. Regulations and labor affairs are areas where "accuracy," "legal basis," and "company-specific individuality" are strictly required, and errors are not permissible. For example, even the same "Childcare and Family Care Leave Regulations" will have different appropriate content depending on a company's employment structure, labor-management agreements, and past operational history, and a single phrase can lead to legal violations or labor disputes. These areas are difficult to replace safely with generic AI alone, making reliable domain data and expert knowledge indispensable. KiteRa possesses the foundation for AI to perform well, comprising "regulation data × legal amendment information × company-specific operational knowledge." For us, AI is not a threat but a tailwind. By combining specialized knowledge and AI in the creation, checking, and proposal of revisions for regulations, we can enhance the value proposition of our products. [Future Business Outlook] KiteRa is evolving from "Internal Regulation DX" to a platform that supports the entire GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) domain. Since our founding in 2019, our initial focus has been the digitalization of internal regulations and work rules. With two products, "KiteRa Biz" for companies and "KiteRa Pro" for professional firms, we support both the "users" and "creators" of regulations, exceeding 4,000 implementations. With cumulative funding of 3 billion yen, we are now entering a phase of further business expansion. Regulations are just the entry point. Beyond that lies a wide range of operations related to corporate compliance and risk management. Building upon the domain knowledge and customer base established through regulation management, we aim to evolve into a GRC platform that supports these areas with multiple products. Business expansion directly translates to the expansion and increasing complexity of our development organization. As the number of products and teams grows, the EM position at KiteRa is where you can directly confront the questions of how to design and operate the development organization. This is also directly linked to realizing our mission of "Creating a world where people can work with peace of mind." ▼Required Skills/Experience - Practical experience in web application development. - Experience in organizational management in an EM or equivalent role (including training, evaluation, and hiring). - Experience in identifying and improving organizational and process issues in an Agile development environment. ▼Welcome Skills/Experience - Experience in developing and operating BtoB SaaS products. - Experience in organizational building and driving hiring strategies during the expansion phase of a development organization. - Experience in promoting improvements in development productivity, resolving technical debt, and enhancing development infrastructure. - Experience in making technical decisions as a Tech Lead or Architect. - Experience in management using organizational and development metrics. ▼Ideal Candidate Profile - Someone who takes responsibility for both member growth and the overall success of the organization. - Someone who can identify organizational issues independently and drive improvements by engaging others. - Someone who can make balanced decisions with perspectives from both engineers and management. - Someone who enjoys change and wants to be involved in KiteRa's mission as their own. ▼Attractions of the Role You can engage in work with significant managerial discretion and impact within a development organization undergoing business transformation. - Experience in consistently handling organizational building, hiring, training, and evaluation within a rapidly growing development organization. - An environment where you can participate in discussions about development organization policies and engineering strategies in close proximity to the CTO and Department Heads. - Experience in building an organization that supports business expansion into the GRC domain and multi-product development. - Experience in driving initiatives that impact the entire development organization, such as improving development productivity and resolving technical debt. - Knowledge in highly specialized domains such as internal regulations, labor affairs, and compliance. - Experience in shaping not only the growth of the development organization but also the very nature of engineering management. ▼Development Environment Primary Languages: Go / TypeScript Frameworks: Svelte Databases: PostgreSQL Infrastructure: AWS (ECS / Fargate / Aurora / S3 / SES / Bedrock, etc.) Source Code Management: GitHub CI/CD: GitHub Actions Project Management: Notion Others: Docker / Slack / Google Meet / Gemini / Cursor ▼Employment Type Full-time employee (No fixed term) ▼Probationary Period 3 months *No change in working conditions during the probationary period. ▼Salary Annual salary: ¥9,000,000 ~ ▼Minimum Annual Salary (in 10,000 JPY) 900 ▼Work Location 1-2-3 Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Aoyama Building 7F ▼Working Hours Flextime system - Standard hours: 9:00 - 18:00 (Standard working hours: 8 hours) - Flexible core time: 11:00 - 15:00 *The start and end times are determined by the employee. ▼Break Time 60 minutes ▼Overtime Work Yes *The limits for overtime and holiday work are determined by labor-management agreements regarding overtime and holiday work. *No deemed or fixed overtime. Overtime exceeding the prescribed monthly working hours will be paid at a minute-by-minute rate. ▼Holidays, Paid Leave, Special Leave ■ Holidays - Complete two-day weekend (Saturday and Sunday) - National holidays - Year-end and New Year holidays ■ Leave - Paid Leave: 10 - 20 days (10 days granted in the first year) *Annual paid leave and some special leave will be granted after the probationary period ends. - Congratulatory and Condolence Leave - Summer Leave: 3 days (can be taken on desired dates between July and September) - Anniversary Leave: 1 day per year - Skill-Up Leave: 4 days per year - Family Support Leave: 1 day per month - Nursing Care Leave ▼Benefits ◎ Regular Health Check-ups (fully company-funded) ◎ Subsidy for influenza vaccination costs ◎ Subsidy for purchasing books and attending seminars ◎ Free use of water server and coffee machine ◎ Office Okazu (company-provided snacks) ◎ Casual dress code ◎ Choice of PC specifications according to individual needs (conditions apply) ▼Allowances ◎ Commuting Allowance (up to ¥50,000 per month) ◎ Overtime Pay (no deemed or fixed overtime) *For management positions and above, only late-night allowance is provided. ▼Insurance Enrollment ◎ Social Insurance complete (Employment Insurance, Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance, Health Insurance, Pension Insurance) *Enrollment in the Kanto IT Software Health Insurance Association. ▼Measures to Prevent Passive Smoking in the Workplace - Indoor passive smoking prevention measures: Yes - Measures: Indoor smoking prohibited ▼Interview/Selection Process 1. Casual Interview 2. Document Screening 3. First Interview 4. Roundtable/Final Interview 5. Offer (Job Offer) *The process may vary depending on the selection status. ▼Other - In principle, work is performed at the office. *Exceptions apply for family reasons, illness, or severe weather. - Remote work is possible outside of core hours.