Job Description
What you work
You will lead the construction and operation of a data collection/analysis infrastructure for accounting and management data submitted by customers (mainly small and medium-sized enterprises and startups). Specifically, you will be responsible for designing and developing data pipelines using Snowflake/dbt, as well as building operational flows.
While we already have a data pipeline built in-house, migration is necessary to align with the current business situation. We would like you to not only handle practical tasks but also proceed with the execution of business while discussing specific data processing challenges unique to our business domain with the CTO and data team leader.
Smooth handling of differences in account items and data format
Improvement of data processing real-time capability and stream processing
How you work
After joining Yoii, we will initially ask you to work on the data infrastructure, but depending on the situation of the product development, we also anticipate you working on Yoii Fuel and possibly future product development for new businesses.
The current development organization is structured as follows:
Engineering Team: 1 Manager, 3 Engineers, 1 contractor
Data Science Team: 1 Manager, 2 Data Scientists, 1 Data Analyst, 2 contractors
Both teams are composed of multinational members, so communication in the business is primarily in English (Meetings, Notion, Slack, etc.). When discussing requirements and specifications, there will also be exchanges in Japanese with members of the business side (mainly Risk Management member and CS member).
Since we are still an early-stage startup with a small number of members, you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of challenges.
Qualifications
Must have requirements
- Experience in the development and operation of data pipelines
- The length of practical experience is not specified, but the ability to learn and acquire necessary skills ad knowledges through study and research as needed
- Over 5 years of practical experience in system development involving coding - e.g., mobile apps, web apps, games, etc.
- Practical experience using SQL or equivalent knowledge
- Ability to code in basic Python
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent knowledge and experience
- English proficiency to communicate smoothly with both technical/non technical members
Nice to have requirements
- Experience leading the design of data pipeline construction and improvement
- Proficiency in coding in statically typed languages e.g., TypeScript, Go, Scala, Kotlin, Rust, etc.
- Practical experience coding Python
- Practical experience in cloud environments such as AWS or GCP
- Development experience in distributed data processing using Apache Hadoop or Spark
- Dedication to competitive programming
- Practical experience in processing accounting data
- Japanese Proficiency
About the Company
We have developed and offer the Revenue-Based Financing (RBF) platform "Yoii Fuel" (https://yoii.jp/), which enables startups to raise the necessary growth capital from future revenues. RBF is gaining attention as a method to evaluate the as-yet-unrealized value of a company and provide flexible funding.
Yoii - it was founded in April 2021 by CEO Masa and CTO Task, who have extensive experience in the fintech and blockchain fields, completed a pre-Series A funding round of approximately 480 million yen($3.4M) in September 2022 and a Series A funding round of approximately 800 million yen($5.5M) in December 2023.
“Japanese Revenue-Based Finance Startup Yoii Completes $5.5M Funding in Series A Round” https://yoii.jp/news/yoii-funding-seriesA-around
At the end of November 2023, our business has experienced rapid growth, with the number of adopting companies increasing by approximately 205% year-on-year, RBF execution amounting to about 260%, and the number of deals increasing by approximately 250%!
Regarding the user base, we aim to further enhance our services to a wider range of small and medium-sized enterprises in various regions and industries, not limited to startups.
Now we have approximately 20 employees, with a total of around 30 including contractors. Comprised of multinational members, we are also considering business expansion overseas, and internal communication is based on English.
We support growth companies using a new funding scheme. The companies can raise the no dilution and no collateral fund as alternative finance. We want to expand the potential of society by using new financing methods to increase asset liquidity and by encouraging challengers.