Software Engineer | Lab Tech Startup

【 About the company 】

■About the company
The company is a start-up company that develops various in-house services in the research x technology field "LabTech".
Its mission is to "bring the power of research to the power of humanity" and to "solve problems in the field of research" to become the power of humanity.
They are trying to create a society where researchers can play a more active role by solving the problems in the research field, as there are still many old-fashioned problems in the research departments of universities and companies.

■What is LabTech?
LabTech" is defined as the field in which LabBase develops its business by combining the words "Lab (research)" and "Technology".
This field is still untouched, and science and business are still separated. The company's role is to create a "research empowerment platform" that connects the two.

■About the main products
This is a recruiting service that connects engineers and science students who are working hard on research with companies.
It has various options such as scouting, events, media, market research, etc. We will customize our proposals to meet the challenges of clients.

【 Job Description】

■On September 1, 2022, POL Inc. was reborn as LabBase Inc.
In September 2022, LabBase has renewed its corporate identity (CI) and redefined its company name, service brand, and purpose.
The service names, such as "LabBase Shushoku," "LabBase Tenshoku," and "LabBase Lab Search," have been unified as "LabBase ◯◯" (LabBase◯◯).
In addition, instead of the former "Mission" and "Vision," they have been replaced by a new purpose, "The power of research for the betterment of mankind" as the top priority.

■Funding in September 2022 with a Series B financing
The company raised the Series B funding to promote its newly established Purpose, "The Power of Research, the Power of Mankind."

This time, with the concept of "a company of researchers, by researchers, for researchers", the company invited governmental funds and researchers to participate in the shareholders' meeting.

They are all wonderful people, including those whose names are not disclosed.
With the help of these new shareholders, LabBase, a research empowerment platform, will continue to grow and expand.

As the organization is entering a new phase, joining at this time will be a very interesting challenge.

■About the company
The company is a start-up company developing several in-house services in the research area "LabTech".
Its mission is to "bring the power of research to the power of mankind" and to solve "problems in the research field" to become the power of mankind.
They are trying to create a society where researchers can play a more active role by solving the problems in the research field since there are still many old-fashioned problems in the research departments of universities and companies.

Although a young company founded in September 2016, the company currently has 97 full-time employees (as of August 1, 2022) and many interns/part-time employees working to drive the business forward.

Because this is a very lofty goal that no one else in the world has achieved, the company will continue to take on the challenge together with like-minded people.
Why don't you join them in this grand challenge?

■Your Role
"The power of research, the power of humanity." This is the company's Purpose.
The company's services are designed to promote all kinds of development in the face of the complex issues faced by the research field.
Engineers are not limited to a specific technology, but are expected to make full use of the most appropriate technology to address the issues.

■Responsibilities
・Build systems from the perspective of a single service and platform
・Putting the business domain into code
・Quickly create products from hypotheses and promote value verification from an engineer's standpoint
・Propose reasonable designs based on the business situation, and make decisions from a technical perspective, taking scalability into consideration
・Propose and promote proactive improvement of technical debt

■Development Flow
・Teams develop each service based on company-wide strategies.
・Teams analyze data and study measures for each issue.
・Each team conducts scrum development in 2-week cycles.
・As a rule, test code is written and all code that is merged is reviewed.

■Development Information
Server side:
- Languages: Rust / Kotlin / Java
- Frameworks: Play 2 Framework / Spring Boot / Actix-web
- DB : MySQL / Amazon DynamoDB

Front-end:
- Language: TypeScript
- Framework: React
- Build system: Vite
- Design : figma

Infrastructure:
- Cloud: AWS,.
- Container : k8s / Docker
- Monitoring : Datadog, Grafana

Environment:
- Repository management : Github
- Documentation : Confluence, Google Docs
- Communication : Slack / Gather
- Task management : Jira
- Development method : Scrum

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【 Working conditions 】

< Welfare >
Full Social Insurance
Medical Checkup
Telecommuting System

< Working hours >
10:00~19:00

< Holiday >
Saturday, Sunday, National holiday
Annual paid leave
New year holiday
Parental Leave
Nursing Care Leave
Congratulations & Condolence Leave
Summer Holiday, etc.

【Required】
・Experience with value verification and quick release of products
・Experience in the entire process of review, development, testing, and release of products
・Experience using public cloud services such as AWS and GCP
・Problem solving skills

【Preferred】
If you have any strengths, the company welcomes you.
They would be happy to work with you to think about how to utilize your strengths at the company, how to develop your strengths at the company, and how these strengths can be used to solve the complex issues facing the research field.

Examples of preferred skills
・Familiarity with the following languages
- Rust, Kotlin, TypeScript, Java, React
・Experience in building platforms consisting of multiple services
・Experience in understanding the latest technology trends and selecting the most appropriate technology
・Experience in architectural design
・Experience designing and developing using recently established architectures and methodologies (DDD, layered architecture, microservices, etc.)
・Experience in leading team members with technology
・Experience in building CI/CD
・Experience in library development (business or personal)
・Experience in performance improvement

■Ideal Applicants
・Empathy with the company's purpose and a desire to contribute to society through its products.
・Able to take initiative and take action for the success of the team
・Able to identify issues and take action to solve them
・Have an interest in new technologies and have a habit of study groups and self-learning