Position description:
Job title: Senior software/platform engineer (Python+Nix)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Employment type: Full-time
Remote work: Yes, but for the test, debug at client site.
About us:
Cross Compass (https://www.cross-compass.com/en) is a Japanese firm situated at Tsukiji, Tokyo, which focuses on supporting manufacturing industries with AI/non-AI solutions for our clients. We are looking for a candidate who is currently living in Japan.
About the role:
As a Software/Platform Engineer with Python ecosystem experience, you will be responsible for maintaining the platform using GitHub Actions whose build package is controlled by Nix together with CI, poetry, uv. etc. The platform is a mono repository which contains code for multiple projects and also common libraries we develop.
Our core software product MANUFACIA is being developed on the platform, and a periodical update is planned. Client systems using MANUFACIA modules are also developed there. You will be developing MANUFACIA and also for our clients’ project with other engineers; reviewing the code and giving technical feedback on system architecture and design, or developing GUI applications by using pyedifice (GitHub - pyedifice/pyedifice: Declarative GUI framework for Python and Qt · GitHub).
Qualifications:
MUST-Have:
- Experience in Platform development and/or maintenance.
- Intermediate or better knowledge of Nix.
- 5+ years of experience developing Python applications or libraries.
- Experience with version control systems (GIT, etc.)
- Knowledge of multithread and multiprocess programming.
- Knowledge of servers and network communications.
- Strong automation, scripting skills.
- Conversational Japanese language skill.
Nice-to-Have:
- Experience developing GUI applications.
- Experience with CI maintenance.
- Practical experience with Machine Learning-related Python libraries.
- Pandas, Numpy, Scipy, OpenCV, Torch.
- Experience developing .NET apps and libraries.
- Software Testing experience. (Either writing, design, etc.)
- Web or mobile development experience.
We offer:
- Visa support, if necessary.
- Free Japanese language course to improve your Japanese, if you want.
If you are interested in the position, please send your CV to sachito.takahashi(at)cross-compass.com