Tech Lead, Japan

Xsolla
Tokyo
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["People leadership","Communication","Mentoring","Code review","Requirements translation"]

Lead a small, distributed engineering team supporting Xsolla’s core business across APAC. Serve as the primary technical partner-facing point of contact, translating local partner requirements into clear technical solutions. Own the balance of hands-on web development with code review, delivery timelines, and engineering process best practices, while collaborating with regional business, BD, and product stakeholders to align technical execution with market needs.

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Xsolla
Xsolla
10 hours ago

Tech Lead, Japan

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Job Summary

Lead a small, distributed engineering team supporting Xsolla’s core business across APAC. Serve as the primary technical partner-facing point of contact, translating local partner requirements into clear technical solutions. Own the balance of hands-on web development with code review, delivery timelines, and engineering process best practices, while collaborating with regional business, BD, and product stakeholders to align technical execution with market needs.
Location: Tokyo
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Serve as the primary technical point of contact for local partners, translating partner and business needs into technical requirements.
  • •Design, build, and maintain webpages/web applications supporting local partner and business needs.
  • •Manage, mentor, and grow a small team of engineers across regions, including performance management and day-to-day technical guidance.
  • •Collaborate with regional business, BD, and product stakeholders to ensure technical delivery aligns with partner and market needs.
  • •Drive engineering best practices for code quality, delivery timelines, and engineering processes; escalate and resolve technical or partner-facing issues.

Key Requirements

  • •10+ years of overall technical/engineering experience.
  • •3+ years of experience managing or leading engineers/engineering teams.
  • •Fluent in Nihongo and English (written and spoken).
  • •Proven experience developing and maintaining webpages/web applications.
  • •Experience working with distributed or cross-regional teams and translating partner needs into technical execution.
Experience:AdtechPaymentsGamingDigital commerceVideo games
Skills:People leadershipCommunicationMentoringCode reviewRequirements translation
Languages:NihongoEnglish

Company Brief

Xsolla
Provides payment, billing, distribution and commerce solutions for video game developers and publishers, enabling in-game purchases, store infrastructure, fraud protection, and global payment processing to monetize games across platforms and regions.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, United States
Founded: 2005
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