SmartNews is a leading global information and news discovery company dedicated to delivering quality information to the people who need it. Thanks to our unique machine-learning technology and relationships with more than 3,000 global publisher partners, we provide news that matters to millions of users.
Founded in 2012 in Tokyo, SmartNews also has offices in Palo Alto, New York, and Singapore.
If you share our vision and are passionate about our mission, we encourage you to apply!
The Team
Release Engineering targets to deliver product changes to SmartNews users as fast and safely as possible, focusing on providing the necessary tools, infrastructure, and processes to facilitate continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) while maintaining high standards of quality and reliability.
Responsibilities:
- Implement reliable infrastructure to support a rapid development and release process across multiple domains (WEB, mobile, back-end)
- Design and implement technical systems to support the best in the industry release process
- Collaborate with stakeholders across the board, anticipate their needs, and drive adoption of the improvements
Minimum requirements
- Full stack development
- Languages: TypeScript, Java, Python
- Experience building maintainable and testable code bases, including API design, and unit testing techniques
- Experience with CI/CD, ideally on a customized cloud setup
- Experience with cloud infrastructure set up and infrastructure as code approaches (AWS, GCP, etc)
- Good communication and proactivity
- Good ownership and leadership skills
- Experience working with cross-functional teams
- Business level communication in English
Nice to have experiences/skills
- ML/LLM experience, custom agents, ML models training, etc
- Mobile development (Android, iOS, ReactNative)
- Build systems (Gradle, Xcode, Turbo, etc)
Working condition
- Office Location: Tokyo
- All healthcare and social insurance required by the Japanese labor law, plus annual health check
- Visa sponsorship and overseas relocation support available for eligible candidates
Top Skills
What We Do
Created to deliver high-quality news from a wide variety of trusted publishers in one place, the SmartNews team works tirelessly to help readers feel good about being informed.
Since the beginning, our mission has been clear: to deliver the world's quality information to the people who need it. We firmly believe that valuable, reliable news should be accessible to everyone.
Utilizing cutting-edge AI technology alongside the expertise of seasoned news professionals, the SmartNews app is used by millions of people, earning thousands of 5-star ratings.
Behind our success stands a diverse and passionate global team working to provide a well-rounded and comprehensive news experience for every reader. Curious about joining our world-class team? Explore career opportunities and stay updated on the latest by following our page.
