VP of Engineering (VPoE)

Contract Type: Full-time Employee

Salary Range: 10,000,000 ~ 20,000,000 JPY

At Sales Marker, our mission is to create a world where all people and companies can challenge themselves beyond existing boundaries. We are one of the fastest-growing startups in Japan—scaling at more than twice the pace of typical unicorns. Our flagship product, Sales Marker, empowers sales teams to achieve 3 times greater efficiency. In just two years since launch, we’ve achieved 2,000% growth, and today our year-over-year business growth stands at 270%—and this is only the beginning.

Backed by strong financial growth, we’re expanding into a bold portfolio of new products, empowering businesses to grow from every angle: Sales, Marketing, Recruiting, AI agents and so on.
More about us: https://corp.sales-marker.jp/

Our co-founders come from leading global companies and were recognized on the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia List (2023).

Our Product & Engineering team is proudly global, with members from 24+ countries and backgrounds at top tech companies such as Google, Microsoft, Indeed, Mercari, LINE, Yahoo, and SmartNews etc.

At Sales Marker, you’ll join a global, ambitious, and fast-moving team where your ideas truly shape the future. We’re building an engineering culture around:

• Customer Obsession – solving real problems and exceeding expectations

• Ownership – taking responsibility end to end, across roles and functions

• 10x – aiming for bold impact, moving fast, and disrupting old standards

As the VP of Engineering, you will play a critical role in driving the vision, strategy, and execution of our engineering initiatives. Your leadership will be pivotal as we expand our product suite beyond 「Sales Marker」. You will be responsible for shaping and guiding the technical direction of our company, ensuring that our engineering efforts are aligned with our business objectives and executed with excellence.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Defining and executing the engineering vision and strategy to support company goals

• Leading and growing a high-performing engineering organization

• Driving innovation and engineering excellence across all product lines

• Collaborating with executive leadership to align engineering projects with business objectives

• Overseeing the development and delivery of scalable, high-quality products

• Establishing and promoting best practices in software development, architecture, and operations

• Managing resource allocation, budgeting, and timelines to ensure successful project execution

• Fostering a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and technical excellence

• Mentoring and developing engineering leaders and teams to achieve their full potential

• Organizational design and strategic planning

• Effective communication with internal and external stakeholders

• Anticipating program needs and ensuring they are met

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in engineering and 3+ years of experience in a leadership role

• Proven experience in growing engineering organizations from 30 to hundreds of members

• Strong understanding of product and business strategy

• Proven ability to drive innovation and deliver high-quality products in a fast-paced environment

• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills

• Strong strategic thinking and execution capabilities

• Ability to foresee challenges and provide effective solutions to solve problems in a systematic way

• Fluent English and Native level Japanese language skills

Nice to Have

• Experience in 0→1 phase of the engineering team at a product based tech start-up

• Experience in leading engineering teams developing new products from scratch

• Experience in a high-growth startup environment

• Background in SaaS or B2B software development

• Have a strong personal branding and presence in the tech industry

[Front-end]

- TypeScript, React, NextJS;

- Testing: Storybook, jest, playwright;

- Hosting: Amplify;

- Feature flag: Unleash;

[Server Side/Back-End]

- Infrastructure: AWS, EKS, ElasticBeanstalk;

- DB: Aurora, ElasticSearch, Redis;

- Languages: Go, Typescript;

- Analysis environment: Athena, Superset;

- Monitoring: DataDog;

- Others: AWS Lambda, AWS Batch, AWS API Gateway, AWS Glue, AWS S3;

- One of the fastest-growing SaaS startups in Japan with exceptional financial growth

- Opportunities to build new products from scratch and drive innovation

- Clear career development and leadership opportunities

- Flexible working hours and hybrid working style (remote work is possible)

- Highly diverse, global team with English as a working language

- Attractive perks: Resort Worx, free weekly lunch, book purchasing support, offsites, and more

1. Hybrid Work
   We follow a hybrid work style, combining both office and remote work. Recommended in-office days vary by role. Even when working remotely, we maintain smooth collaboration and communication through tools like Zoom, Google Meet, and Gather.

2. Flex Work
   You can customize your working hours to suit your day. For business and client-facing teams, schedules are often arranged around client meetings.

3. Global Environment
   With team members from over 20 countries, we bring together diverse perspectives and ideas, driving projects forward across languages and cultures in an environment where English and Japanese blend naturally into daily communication.

• Engineering Career Page: https://sales-marker.notion.site/bd7f56bed56a45f5bb78f4870777ad4a

• Company Career Page: https://corp.sales-marker.jp/en/recruit/

• Culture Book: https://speakerdeck.com/salesmarker/sales-marker-culturebook-en

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