Position

Software Engineering Team Lead

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Company Overview

Gecogeco is an IT software development firm established in Japan in June 2017. A year later, we established our subsidiary in Cebu, Philippines. We mainly focus on IT business consulting and System Integration services on AWS.

We are a certified AWS consulting partner with almost all of our software engineers AWS certified. For the past years, we have been consistent in sharing profits with all Gecogeco members.

In January 2024, the company became an affiliate of Light Cafe Co., LTD! A web system integrator who has been providing web/IT solutions for over 22 years with 700+ employees in Tokyo, Okinawa, Fukuoka, and other locations in Japan. 

Work location

  • Work from-home setup
  • If you prefer to work at the office, you can work at the office anytime

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation package
  • Semi-flexible working hours
  • Work-from-home set-up or Hybrid set-up
  • Entitled to twice-a-year profit-sharing upon regularization
  • Guaranteed two days weekend off per week
  • Observes Philippine Holidays + Special Company Holidays
  • Monthly dinner
  • Club activities & Team Happy Hour (with company-sponsored budget)
  • Yearly Summer outing
  • Perks for birthday celebrators of the month
  • Referral bonuses
  • HMO benefits provided upon regularization under Maxicare up to 200K MBL
  • Leave credits upon regularization
  • Equipped employees with their own laptop for working
  • E-books & E-learning support are also provided (e.g.Kindle books, Udemy)
  • Cash incentive bonus if you pass selected certifications as a Geco member (ie. AWS Certs, Java, Linux, Mysql, JLPT etc). Geco wants to foster each member’s personal and career growth thus certifications are highly encouraged
  • Company-sponsored business trip to Cebu during the 1st two weeks (for Non-Cebu based hires)

Job Description

  • Technical Responsibilities
    • Requirement analysis 
    • Lead the planning, design, implementation, reviews and testing of deliverables
    • Application & infrastructure design, setup and reviews
    • Support continuous improvement, R&Ds on alternatives and new technologies 
  • Management Responsibilities 
    • Team and Bridge Engineer communication
    • Scheduling and task assignment for members
    • Lead collaborations and discussions within the team
    • Mentoring and coaching for member growth

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or other related fields
  • Node.js proficient
  • At least 4 years experience in Software Development
  • At least 1-2 years experience as a development team lead
  • Strong leadership and team management.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Demonstrate problem-solving capabilities.

Nice to Have

  • Hands-on experience working with AWS or a strong motivation to learn and expand their AWS skill.
  • AWS Certifications
  • Experience working with other Cloud technologies (ie. GCP, Azure, etc.)
  • DevOps experience
  • Front-end skills & experience (Angular, React, or Vue.js)

Extra Awesome

  • Business-level Japanese communication skills
  • N1/N2 Level (we offer a good incentive)
  • Working experience as JP on-site engineer for more than a year.

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