About SmartNews
SmartNews is a global leader in redefining information and news discovery, committed to providing users with accurate, timely information and supporting quality journalism. We combine the power of our unique machine-learning technology with the expertise of our first-rate editorial team to bring news that matters to millions of users from our over 3,000 global publishing partners.
Founded in 2012 in Tokyo, Japan, SmartNews has offices in Tokyo, Palo Alto, New York, and Singapore.
Team and Role:
The Global Engineering Team is responsible for building products broadening the global reach of SmartNews. Primarily, we are focused on the US News market as a means to broaden our footprint and provide more people high-quality news that they find essential. Presently, we are building a new application called NewsArc.
As a Senior Infrastructure and Release engineer on the Global Engineering team, you will improve, transform, and grow the process and operations for building and releasing our application as well as the systems that support it. Additionally, you will be part of the broader team inventing and evolving the app on a daily basis in a fast moving environment.
Responsibilities
- Build tools, processes and infrastructure that enable us to build a world class news application, delivered on iOS and Android, both through individual contribution and collaborative work, working on site in Tokyo with engineers, and collaborating with the team in Palo Alto.
- You are expected to identify the product development needs and implement a reliable infrastructure and release process across multiple domains (WEB, mobile, back-end)
- You are expected to rapidly iterate and learn in a fast-paced, collaborative, and international culture.
Required Experience
- Proficient (5+ years) in infrastructure and release environments, using React and/or React Native to build cross-platform mobile and/or web applications, and/or Node.js/Typescript for backend systems.
- Experience with CI/CD, databases, release operations.
- Proven experience and strong willingness to thrive in high-speed, rapid-prototyping environments
- Full stack: understanding of and ability to fluidly work in frontend and backend systems
- Interest in news (even if no previous work experience): we want people who care about and understand what we do.
Nice to Have Experience
- Experience building products that rely on AI, ML, ranking, and/or LLM prompt
Working Condition
- Office Location: Tokyo
- All healthcare and social insurance required by the Japanese labor law, plus annual health check
- Visa sponsorship and overseas relocation support available for eligible candidates
