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Distributed Databases DevOps Engineer / LINE Platform
Position Outline
The Distributed Database DevOps Engineer focuses on administrating, operating and troubleshooting distributed databases under high volume of data and traffic while ensuring high reliability goals.
Job Details
he Distributed Database Operations Engineer for the LINE's Messaging Platform and Developer Product Platform focuses on administrating, operating and troubleshooting distributed databases under high volume of data and traffic while ensuring high reliability goals.
It also dedicates to optimize operational process, costs and performance by the development of tools, automations and workflows.
Mission/Goals
- Join develop team as DevOps member, contribute to the business by performing daily operations, developing operational support tools, and acting as a QA (Quality Assurance) when needed.
- Act as a seed member, train and guide members so that the team can operate as an independent storage operations team in the near future.
Responsibilities
- Administration and operative work: databases deployment, restart, updates, etc.
- Optimize operational processes, costs and performance by the development of tools, automations, Infrastructure as a Code and pipelines.
- Oncall duties, monitoring, troubleshooting and incident/outage support.
- Collaboration with SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) / DBRE(Database Reliability Engineering) teams (reporting, contacting) in order to ensure high reliability goals.
- Collaboration with Customer Service, QA and other teams when required.
Responsible Service
- LINE Developers Product
- LINE Messaging Platform
- LINE Developers Product Platform
Ideal Candidate
- Those who seek to improve the flow of operations and optimize cost and performance.
- Those who can design solutions that address both current and future problems and work to provide solutions that enhance the overall operations of an organization.
- Those who have deep knowledge and experience operating, solving and improving hardware and software problems that occur in large infrastructures and services that handle high amount of traffic.
- Those who properly evaluate the root cause of the issue and works to create an effective solution.
- Those who have the ability to describe their suggestions, observations and results accurately so the rest of the team understand and follow the procedures.
- Those who contribute together with SRE/DBRE to achieve and adjust defined SLO to ensure high reliability standards through system monitoring, problem detection and immediate response.
Required Experience/Skills
- DevOps Experience.
- Basic knowledge of infrastructure and networks.
- Basic knowledge of distributed systems or distributed databases.
- Experience in server instance building automation and maintenance operations using scripting languages such as Shell, Python or Ruby and orchestration tools such as Ansible or Chef.
- Experience with observability (monitoring) technologies and best practices.
- Troubleshooting, skills to evaluate the root cause, Critical Incident Response and Postmortem Experience.
- System On Call Experience.
- Language
- Conversation skills in Japanese (intermediate or advanced level required).
- English skills (skills for written communication and reporting to internal and external developers).
Preferred Experience/Skills
- Experience operating, solving and improving hardware and software problems that occur in large infrastructures and services that handle high amount of traffic.
- SRE concepts and best practices.
- Experience with system performance optimization.
- Experience with BPC/DR plans.
Salary
Expected annual salary: JPY 6,000,000 to JPY 10,000,000
Form of salary: Monthly salary (including fixed overtime allowance)
Standard monthly salary: JPY 400,000 to JPY 667,000
(Breakdown of standard salary)
―Base salary: JPY 309,000 to JPY 518,000
―Fixed overtime allowance: JPY 90,000 to JPY 150,000
Fixed overtime allowance of 35 hours will be provided, regardless of whether overtime work is performed.
Note 1: Overtime allowance is paid separately for overtime work in excess of the fixed 35 hours.
Note 2: Names of items related to monthly salary vary depending on the grades.
Bonuses are granted a maximum of two times a year. The amount is determined by factors including the company's and your department's performance.
Type and Period of Employment
Type of employment: permanent employee
Note: No fixed period of employment
Selection Process
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Step1
Application
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Step2
Coding test/Assignment
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Step3
Interviews/ Background Check
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Step4
Offer
We have designed our selection process with an emphasis on technical aptitude and shared values.
Through this process, we aim not only to assess technical skills but also to deepen mutual understanding with the team.
Hard Skills Evaluation
- Pre-interview Web Coding Test (up to 3 hours)
- Live Coding interview
- Whiteboard Discussion interview
Soft Skills Evaluation & Cultural Fit
- Interviews with team members, discussions based on the resume
How to Apply
Please fill out and submit the application form.
Document Screening
You will be notified of the results of the selection process within two weeks at the e-mail address you entered in the application form, regardless of whether your application is accepted or not. It may take about one week longer if the application period falls during the Golden Week and the New Year holidays.
Interview, aptitude test, technical test, compliance check/reference check
Applicants who pass the document screening will be required to undergo multiple interviews, aptitude/technical tests, compliance checks, and reference checks, although the details vary depending on the position.
You will be notified of the results of the selection process within two weeks at the e-mail address you entered in the application form, regardless of whether your application is accepted or not.
The schedule will vary depending on interviews and other factors, but if everything goes smoothly, an internal offer will be made within about four to six weeks after the application is submitted. Please note that we will not respond to inquiries regarding the details or criteria of the selection process or the reasons for the results, regardless of the results of your application.
Other
To assess your eligibility for the position, we kindly ask you to provide the necessary personal information on the application form. Please note that this information will only be used for recruitment purposes. Please also note that your resume or other submitted documents will not be returned.
Allowances
Overtime allowance, commuting allowance,*1 LY Corporation Working Style allowance,*2 etc.
*1 You will be paid for the number of days you actually came to the office. (Maximum of JPY150,000/month)
*2 Allowance to improve your remote work environment (JPY11,000/month)
Work Location
Japan (You can live anywhere as long as you reside in Japan.)
You may be required to report to your assigned office to work.
Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Offices: Tokyo (Kioicho)
The offices are wheelchair accessible.
Note on measures against passive smoking: In principle, no smoking indoors (smoking rooms are available).
Subject to change to an office as determined by the company.
- Some work may be required in the secure room. In such cases, you must be able to come to work within an hour to your office.
- We welcome applicants who live within an hour's distance from their home to the Kioicho office, as it may be necessary for them to come to the office on short notice.
Work Hours
Flextime system: standard work hours 7 hours 45 minutes (no core hours)
Start and end times are up to the individual. However, the company's standard working hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 6:15 p.m.
Note: Some departments may operate on the standard work hours (9:30 a.m. - 6:15 p.m.), while others may have a shift schedule.
Holidays and Leave
Days Off
Two days off per week (Saturdays and Sundays*1), national holidays, New Year's holiday (December 29 to January 4)
Leave
Paid leave, special paid leave (for condolence, maternity, sick childcare, nursing care, legally-designated communicable disease, etc.), Happy Friday*2, sabbatical leave
Other
Work styles for those engaged in childcare and nursing care
*1 May differ depending on department.
*2 When a public holiday falls on a Saturday, employees will be given the previous business day off.
Benefits
Optional Defined Contribution (DC) Pension Plan, Comprehensive Welfare Group Term Insurance, Group Long-term Disability, Employee Savings Program, Cumulative Stock Investment Program, subsidy for re-examination after regular basic/comprehensive health checkup, LY Corporation Working Style allowance, in-house massage room, club activities, subsidy for employee social events, and more
Notes
Work Location Notes
【Upon Hiring】
As stated in the job posting under "Work Location".
Note: There are times when you may be required to come to the office due to work-related instructions.
【Scope of Changes】
Any office as designated by the company.
Job Description Notes
【Upon Hiring】
As stated in the job posting under "Job Details".
【Scope of Changes】
Any tasks as designated by the company.