Cloud Engineer (Recommendations & Personalization)
Cloud Engineer (Recommendations & Personalization)
Job type:
Permanent
Specialization:
Infrastructure
Language Level:
Japanese Level - None,English Level - Advanced (TOEIC 860)
Location:
Setagaya-ku
Salary:
¥8,000,000.00 - ¥11,000,000.00 Yearly
Job Reference:
491239
A Global IT Service is seeking a skilled and experienced Cloud Engineer to join their dynamic AI Division in Tokyo. You will be an integral part of an international team leveraging cutting-edge AI and machine learning to deliver personalized experiences. This role offers the exciting opportunity to collaborate closely with engineers and data scientists, with a primary focus on the development and optimization of our core web applications, ensuring the highest quality and performance of our cloud-native platforms.
As a Cloud Engineer, your main responsibility will be to contribute directly to the backend development of our web applications. You will also play a crucial role in ensuring these applications are effectively deployed, optimized, and maintained within Google Cloud Platform (GCP), applying DevOps best practices to streamline our processes, enhance system reliability, and scale our services to meet global demand.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and contribute significantly to the design, development, and optimization of core backend web application services, primarily in Python
- Architect, implement, and maintain scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to support our applications
- Apply DevOps principles to automate application deployment (CI/CD) and manage infrastructure on GCP
- Deploy and optimize web applications within the GCP ecosystem
- Implement and manage robust monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to ensure application health and performance
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex application and infrastructure issues in a production environment
- Identify and advocate for new cloud technologies and best practices to continually improve our platform's efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and reliability
Required Skills:
- Proven experience contributing to the development of backend web applications, preferably with Python
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including familiarity with services like Compute Engine, GKE (Google Kubernetes Engine), Cloud Storage, Cloud SQL, Cloud Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, etc.
- Knowledge and experience with DevOps methodologies and tools for web applications, including CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Cloud Build), and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform)
- Experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker) and orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes)
- Solid understanding of Linux operating systems and shell scripting
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Stackdriver/Cloud Monitoring, ELK stack)
- Familiarity with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and high-availability design patterns
- Strong grasp of good development practices: code reviews, unit testing, continuous integration/delivery
- 5+ years of overall experience in building and delivering production-grade services
Why should you apply:
- This is a long-term opportunity with a chance to become a permanent employee
- You will be working with international team members
- Free breakfast, lunch and dinner at the cafeteria
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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