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We need an Engineering Manager who can step in, own project flow end-to-end, and free the CTO to focus on long-term technical strategy. Think: Scrum Master, Engineering Lead, and Team Builder rolled into one.\nThis is the on-ramp to a VP of Engineering role as the team scales. You'll be the person who makes 5-10 brilliant but busy engineers actually ship together - on time, with quality, and without burning out.\nFluency in both Japanese and English is a hard requirement. You will work with Japanese stakeholders (KDDI, municipalities, school boards) and an international engineering team simultaneously. This role is best performed in-person at our Kinshicho office, especially while you're building trust and context.\n## What You'll Do\n- Own the end-to-end project coordination process across the engineering team.\n- Run agile/Scrum ceremonies - sprint planning, standups, retrospectives - and keep all projects on track.\n- Work closely with the CTO to translate technical strategy into executable engineering plans.\n- Manage task distribution and workload balance across the team.\n- Be the communication bridge between engineering and stakeholders (product, customer success, leadership, partners).\n- Hire, onboard, and mentor engineers; help grow a high-performance, international engineering culture.\n- Identify process gaps and implement practical, startup-appropriate solutions.\n## Our Culture\n- Small, high-calibre team - average age 26-27, many with overseas study or work experience.\n- English is our official working language (Japanese also spoken).\n- Fully remote & full-flex - we have a Kinshicho (Tokyo) office, but you can work from anywhere.\n- Flat org, low hierarchy - everyone talks directly to the CTO and CEO.\n- Serious mission, startup energy - we care deeply about social impact and move fast.\n## Awards & Partnerships\nCabinet Secretariat 'IchiBiz Award' - Public Safety Prize\nAichi Prefectural Police Headquarters Award\n18th Kids Design Award - Special Prize from the Jury Chair\nKDDI - Official app on the U12 Value Plan (since Sept 2025)\nAichi Nisshin City Board of Education - Kodomamo for School adoption agreement\nRequirements\nAdora's engineering team is growing fast - and coordination is becoming our biggest bottleneck. We need an Engineering Manager who can step in, own project flow end-to-end, and free the CTO to focus on long-term technical strategy. Think: Scrum Master, Engineering Lead, and Team Builder rolled into one.\nThis is the on-ramp to a VP of Engineering role as the team scales. You'll be the person who makes 5-10 brilliant but busy engineers actually ship together - on time, with quality, and without burning out.\nFluency in both Japanese and English is a hard requirement. You will work with Japanese stakeholders (KDDI, municipalities, school boards) and an international engineering team simultaneously. This role is best performed in-person at our Kinshicho office, especially while you're building trust and context.\n## What You'll Do\n- Own the end-to-end project coordination process across the engineering team.\n- Run agile/Scrum ceremonies - sprint planning, standups, retrospectives - and keep all projects on track.\n- Work closely with the CTO to translate technical strategy into executable engineering plans.\n- Manage task distribution and workload balance across the team.\n- Be the communication bridge between engineering and stakeholders (product, customer success, leadership, partners).\n- Hire, onboard, and mentor engineers; help grow a high-performance, international engineering culture.\n- Identify process gaps and implement practical, startup-appropriate solutions.\n## Our Culture\n- Small, high-calibre team - average age 26-27, many with overseas study or work experience.\n- English is our official working language (Japanese also spoken).\n- Fully remote & full-flex - we have a Kinshicho (Tokyo) office, but you can work from anywhere.\n- Flat org, low hierarchy - everyone talks directly to the CTO and CEO.\n- Serious mission, startup energy - we care deeply about social impact and move fast.\n## Awards & Partnerships\nCabinet Secretariat 'IchiBiz Award' - Public Safety Prize\nAichi Prefectural Police Headquarters Award\n18th Kids Design Award - Special Prize from the Jury Chair\nKDDI - Official app on the U12 Value Plan (since Sept 2025)\nAichi Nisshin City Board of Education - Kodomamo for School adoption agreement\nPreferred Experiences\n- Prior VPoE or Head of Engineering experience at a startup.\n- Background in mobile, backend, or full-stack engineering.\n- Experience with AI/ML product development.\n- Experience in international or bilingual engineering teams.\nWe are looking for\n## Who This Role Is NOT For\n- Candidates whose entire career has been at large tech companies or consulting firms - startup instincts are essential here.\n- Managers who strongly prefer fully remote at this stage - in-person presence at our Tokyo office is important for this leadership role.\n- Candidates who want clearly bounded job scopes - this role requires a builder's mindset.\nWorking Conditions\nSalary\nCompetitive - commensurate with experience\nLocation\nRemote-friendly (Kinshicho, Tokyo office available)\nJob Type\nFull-time (正社員) · 3-month probation\nWork hours\n9:00-18:00 (flex) · Weekends & holidays off\nProbation period\nBenefits","description_format":"text","description_chars":5432,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"Japanese","level":"All levels","optional":false},{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Japan","iso":"JP","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-24T20:27:33Z"}],"liveness":{"score":7,"band":"cold","label":"Long shot","p_open":1,"p_active":0.247,"p_room":0.28,"age_days":154,"expected_fill_days":22,"reasons":["conf:3","win:tail","crowd:"],"computed_at":"2026-09-28T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/kodomamo-engineering-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/kodomamo-engineering-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-28T06:24:42Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4448,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":552,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-29T00:00:00Z"}}}