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Engineering Manager | Lead Production Machine Learning in a Global Product Team

Job Details

Location: Japan
Salary: Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Specialization: Information Technology, Software Engineering
Reference: 58545
I’m hiring for an Engineering Manager, Machine Learning role at a very diverse, flat, remote-first high-growth product company in Japan.
This is a strong fit for leaders who have built and shipped Machine Learning models into production, and now want broader ownership across team leadership, product impact, and organizational growth. The team works on turning complex raw data into high-value product capabilities, with direct influence on both product development and business decision-making.

What you’ll do
  • Lead an ML organization of around 10+ members across multiple teams
  • Own strategy, planning, execution, hiring, evaluation, and team development
  • Drive ML work from data processing and model development through production value creation
  • Partner with product, platform, application, and infrastructure teams
  • Help scale product impact through machine learning in a global development environment
What we’re looking for
  • Experience developing ML models as an engineer and shipping them into production
  • Experience leading outcomes as a manager in an organization that includes ML engineers
  • Strong people management skills across hiring, coaching, and performance management
  • Ability to work effectively in a fast-changing, high-ambiguity environment
  • Fluent business-level Japanese
Nice to have
  • Experience managing in a fast-growing organization
  • Experience leading multinational teams
  • Business-level English
  • Product management experience
Why this role
  • Compensation up to JPY 18M
  • Stock options
  • Remote-first working style
  • Flexible hours
  • Direct impact on product growth and business decisions
  • Opportunity to contribute to a globally scaling product
If this sounds relevant, feel free to apply.

If this position is not ideal for you, but you are looking for a new opportunity,please contact us to discuss your options.

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