Design, develop, and operate payment and money-transfer functions for pixiv services, integrate external providers, prevent fraud, monitor reliability, and coordinate platform improvements with other teams.
About this role
This lead engineering role sits within the team responsible for Pixiv Encyclopedia, a user-created reference service with more than 700,000 articles covering anime, manga, games, and other fan interests. The team is working on a full product renewal, including a WYSIWYG editor and multilingual capabilities, with responsibility for improving user experience and the surrounding community.
The role leads an engineering organization of about six people while coordinating with the product manager. Work includes backend API development or implementation with Next.js, planning and developing new features, selecting technologies, and managing delivery progress. The named stack includes PHP, PHPStan, MySQL, Redis, BigQuery, Cloudflare, TypeScript, and Next.js.
Applicants must have team-based backend development experience using PHP, experience leading development or managing engineers, and experience making decisions that account for business needs and overall optimization alongside technical considerations.
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