Skillhouse Internal Career Opportunity

Technical Lead (Marketing Cloud Platform)

Position Title:

Technical Lead (Marketing Cloud Platform)

Employment Type:

Permanent

Working Hours:

English Level - Advanced (TOEIC 860), Japanese Level - None

Salary

Description

 

 


A Global IT Service firm is seeking an experienced Technical Lead.  As a Technical Lead, you will be responsible for driving the execution of the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), from requirements analysis and platform-wide architecture design through development, deployment, and operational excellence. This role requires strong technical leadership, hands-on engineering expertise, and close collaboration with stakeholders across multiple organizations.

Responsibilities:
- Oversee and drive the execution of the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Participate from the earliest phases of initiatives, including requirements analysis and technical planning
- Lead platform-wide architecture and solution design spanning multiple products and services
- Drive technical decision-making and ensure architectural consistency across the platform
- Provide hands-on leadership throughout development, quality assurance, deployment, and ongoing DevOps/SRE activities
- Design, build, and deliver scalable, reliable, and high-quality solutions across the Marketing Cloud Platform
- Collaborate closely with Product Management, QA, SRE, Infrastructure, and engineering teams to ensure successful delivery of business objectives
- Lead architecture, design, development, and production rollout of microservices-based platforms
- Drive operational excellence, including troubleshooting, root cause analysis, incident resolution, and preventive measures
- Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices, technical excellence, and continuous improvement
- Guide technical direction and establish standards for software engineering, architecture, and platform development

Required skills:
- Strong proficiency in modern programming languages and frameworks, including Java; experience with React, PHP, and Python is a plus (5+ years)
- Proven experience working with relational databases such as MySQL, with a solid understanding of data modeling, performance optimization, scalability, and reliability (5+ years)
- Deep understanding of software engineering best practices, including automated testing strategies, code reviews, CI/CD pipelines, and related engineering disciplines (5+ years)
- Professional software development experience, with strong expertise in designing, building, and leading scalable backend systems (5+ years)
- Demonstrated experience leading platform-wide architecture and solution design that spans multiple products and services, including translating business requirements into high-level and detailed architectural designs
- Proven track record of leading the architecture, design, development, and production rollout of scalable and resilient microservices-based platforms
- Hands-on leadership experience with containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes, for deploying, operating, and scaling distributed systems in production environments
- In-depth knowledge of architectural patterns and software design principles, with the ability to define technical direction and apply these principles effectively to complex, real-world systems
- Demonstrated leadership and collaboration skills, including experience mentoring engineers and driving effective collaboration across cross-functional teams such as Product, QA, SRE, and Infrastructure
- Extensive experience leading end-to-end product troubleshooting and incident resolution, coordinating across SRE/Infrastructure, Platform/Middleware, Backend, and Frontend teams; accountable for the full lifecycle from triage and root-cause analysis to implementing fixes and driving preventive measures to ensure non-recurrence
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex technical concepts and architectural decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Demonstrated leadership and collaboration skills, with experience mentoring engineers and driving effective teamwork across cross-functional teams

Why You Should Apply:
- A rewarding role at global company, where you'll help transform cutting-edge AI technologies into business value and drive their expansion into global markets
- Diverse and international environment committed to equal opportunity, offering a wealth of career opportunities
- Chance to handle a wide range of technologies
- Meals in the company cafeteria are free. Our chefs are always coming up with new menu items!


Company Details: 
A global company with a strong presence in multiple business areas. It has achieved sustained growth both domestically and internationally, including in the U.S. and Europe. The company boasts a diverse and international environment and is committed to equal opportunity, offering a wealth of career opportunities. Due to the diverse nature of our business, we handle a wide range of technologies! You can also choose the environment you are most comfortable with, such as Windows/Mac! Meals in the company cafeteria are also free. Our chefs are always coming up with new menu items, so you can enjoy your meal without getting bored!

Working hours: 9:00 - 17:30 (Mon-Fri)
Working Style: Hybrid (4 days in office, 1 day work from home)
Holidays:  Saturday, Sunday, and National Holidays, Year-end and New Year Holidays, Paid Holidays, Other Special Holidays
Services/Benefits:  Social insurance, Pension Plan, Transportation Fee, Free Cantine, Casual clothes and more


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If you are interested in this position at Skillhouse, please provide your contact details and attach your CV. We’ll get back to you as soon as we can.

Tomoecho Annex No.2 Building

3-8-27 Toranomon Minato-ku, Tokyo

03-5408-5070

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