【exaBase Studio】Senior Platform Engineer

Applications: candidates may apply from outside Japan. Visa sponsorship: available. Japanese: Business level. English: Business level. Japan Dev tags: Engineering, Eng - Other.

About "exaBase Studio"

exaBase Studio is a development platform designed to bring operations teams and developers closer together. By integrating internal and external AI models, services, and data, it enables the seamless creation of AI software.

Fast, Simple Development with Room for Gradual Improvements

Many companies face the dilemma of wanting to improve their systems using feedback from the field, but being unable to do so due to the heavy burden of redesigning system architectures or upgrading infrastructure for production-level systems.
exaBase Studio addresses this challenge by providing a simple, visual UI that allows anyone to build AI software. This empowers teams to move projects forward without being constrained by resource or organizational limitations. Furthermore, the AI technologies embedded within exaBase Studio are continuously updated with cutting-edge advancements, thanks to our accumulated expertise. This ensures you can always leverage the latest AI capabilities.

Seamless API Integration of Internal and External Data

With exaBase Studio, you can integrate various datasets, including those previously downloaded and processed from external tools, as well as proprietary internal company data. This significantly reduces manual workload and allows users to create models or business improvement applications tailored to specific datasets.

This development platform is driving the creation of AI implementation use cases across diverse industries and domains to transform business operations. Responding to the growing demand for such innovations, we are looking for team members who can help turn these needs into actionable solutions. At the same time, you will help establish standardized offerings for AI development using exaBase Studio.

The Vision Behind exaBase Studio

A Platform to Break Through the "PoC Deadlock" and Bring AI to Real-World Implementation

Many AI projects stall at the PoC (Proof of Concept) stage and fail to move into practical application. Challenges such as "achieving high accuracy but struggling to integrate it into a system," "burdensome operational requirements," or "insufficient IT resources to embed AI" often prevent promising technologies from being realized in the field.
exaBase Studio is designed to overcome this "PoC deadlock" by transforming AI into functional products that operate effectively in real-world environments. Through a GUI-based development platform, it enables rapid systemization of AI models from the PoC stage and adapts them to enterprise environments. This makes it possible to create AI solutions that are not just developed, but actively used in business operations.

Democratizing AI-Powered Business App Development: Delivering Value at Unprecedented Speed

AI is often perceived as a tool reserved for engineers, but exaBase Studio takes a radically different approach. It is a development platform built to usher in an era where "anyone can integrate AI into their business operations." By leveraging a low-code/no-code environment, users without specialized AI knowledge can deploy solutions to production environments within weeks. Those on the front lines of business can design, test, and implement AI-driven improvements themselves. This unmatched speed and flexibility are fundamentally transforming the traditional AI adoption process.

Breaking Down Barriers to AI Adoption and Driving Cross-Industry Transformation

AI is no longer a "specialized technology reserved for large enterprises." Its potential is expanding across industries such as manufacturing, finance, energy, healthcare, and logistics. However, the key challenge remains: "How can AI be effectively implemented and managed?"
exaBase Studio serves as a solution to this challenge. It enables the deployment of AI applications that would traditionally take a year to develop in as little as a few weeks. This speed and agility are accelerating cross-industry transformations, breaking down the barriers to AI adoption, and empowering organizations of all sizes to unlock the full potential of AI.

Job Description

As a candidate for the Tech Lead role on the exaBase Studio Platform team, you will be responsible for the following:

• Collaborating with the Product Manager (PdM) to define development policies
• Leading technical strategy and technology selection
• Managing development teams and project execution

Specific Responsibilities:

• Defining development policies and creating development roadmaps
• Leading the formulation and execution of technical strategies and technology selection
• Planning, designing, and leading the development of systems across the stack, including front-end, back-end, and cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, Kubernetes), with hands-on contributions
• Improving product and code quality through activities such as code reviews and various testing processes
• Managing the development team, including assigning tasks to members based on their roles and expertise

Technical Stack

• Infrastructure: AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes
• Backend: Go
• Frontend: TypeScript, React, Vue.JS
• Others: Operator, Visual Studio Code
  
  

Opportunities Gained from this Position

• As a strategic product that reports directly to the CTO and is expected to become the next pillar of our business, this role offers numerous challenging opportunities, allowing you to be a core member who drives the product’s growth.
• Because the service is not a simple SaaS but a PaaS, you will work across all technical domains—including frontend, backend, cloud infrastructure, and security—enabling you to gain comprehensive full-stack engineering experience.
• You will join a global engineering team with members from overseas and use English in your daily work.
• We offer flexible work styles, including remote work and a discretionary labor system.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure architecture design and system development
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes
• Development experience in Go
• Development experience or solid understanding of Node.js and/or Python
• Japanese communication skills equivalent to JLPT N2 or higher, plus English communication skills at least at a daily conversational level

Compensation

• Annual Salary: ¥8,040,000 – ¥13,080,000
• Monthly salary is calculated as 1/12 of the annual salary.
  
  • Lower limit: ¥670,000/month (Base salary: ¥495,680, Fixed overtime pay for 45 hours: ¥174,320)
  • Upper limit: ¥1,090,000/month (Base salary: ¥806,470, Fixed overtime pay for 45 hours: ¥283,530)
• Additional overtime pay will be provided for work exceeding 45 hours.
• The final salary will be determined based on experience, skills, and desired compensation in accordance with company policies.
• Employment may involve a flexible work schedule, a discretionary labor system, or a managerial position, depending on job responsibilities.