tailor - Senior Bilingual Software Engineer – West Coast (U.S.)
Requirements
• Near-native proficiency in both English and Japanese, capable of conveying nuanced context such as priorities, urgency, assumptions, and technical trade-offs. • 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with strong exposure to system design and real-world implementation • 4+ years of prior experience operating as a Software Engineer within a U.S.-based organization, where English was the primary language for technical discussions, design reviews, and deliverables, both orally and in writing. • Strong understanding of modern software architecture (APIs, backend systems, data models) • Proven ability to operate across product, engineering, and implementation contexts • Experience working with distributed or cross-border teams • Strong communication skills with the ability to convey nuanced context, not just information • Experience in platform engineering or building extensible systems • Familiarity with ERP, supply chain systems, or complex business applications • Experience with SaaS integrations or composable/headless architectures • Background in solution architecture or technical program management • Experience in a startup or high-growth environment • Experience or familiarity with modern systems programming languages (e.g., Go, Rust) and/or TypeScript, aligning with the Platform Core team's current or evolving technology stack. • WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE • The Platform Core team consistently prioritizes high-impact work aligned with real field needs • Forward-Deployed teams maximize leverage from the platform, minimizing unnecessary custom work • Reduced rework and friction caused by misalignment in priorities, assumptions, or timing • Clear and shared understanding of technical trade-offs and decision rationale across both teams • Faster feedback loops between field execution and platform evolution • High trust and strong collaboration across U.S. and Japan teams • LOCATION & WORKING CONDITIONS • Based on the U.S. West Coast (required) • Hybrid or remote-friendly • Open to working regular hours of 10:00 AM – 7:00 PM PT to maintain meaningful daily overlap with the Japan-based Platform Core team (required) • Willingness to travel (~15%), primarily to strengthen cross-regional collaboration and alignment
Responsibilities
• Act as the primary interface between Forward-Deployed U.S. teams and the Platform Core team in Japan, driving deep, bidirectional context alignment • Continuously synthesize and communicate what is happening on the ground—including priorities, urgency, constraints, and team sentiment (“temperature”) • Translate not just requirements, but intent, trade-offs, and decision rationale across both sides • Influence platform roadmap and product strategy by ensuring decisions are grounded in real-world usage, high-impact opportunities, and evolving field needs • Ensure the Platform Core team is working on the highest-value problems, with clear prioritization informed by field context • Ensure Forward-Deployed teams fully leverage the platform, including understanding its capabilities, constraints, and intended design patterns • Drive cross-regional program execution, including: • Defining and maintaining clear priorities, milestones, and success criteria across teams • Managing dependencies, risks, and trade-offs between Forward-Deployed and Platform Core workstreams • Establishing and enforcing execution cadence (planning, check-ins, reviews) across time zones • Ensuring accountability and follow-through on key initiatives • Facilitate technical discussions, design reviews, and prioritization decisions across regions • Improve internal systems for global collaboration, including documentation, communication cadence, and decision-making frameworks
Benefits
• As organizations scale globally, the challenge is not access to information—it is alignment on context, priorities, and intent. • This role ensures that: • The platform evolves in the right direction, focusing on what truly matters • The field operates with maximum leverage, building on the platform instead of around it • By synchronizing these two layers, you enable a system where speed and scalability reinforce each other, rather than compete.
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