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Meet Mercari

Mercari, Inc. is a Japanese technology company best known for the Mercari consumer-to-consumer marketplace, which enables individuals to buy and sell secondhand and unused goods. The group also operates financial services through Merpay, cryptoasset services through Mercoin, Mercari Shops for businesses, and cross-border commerce services including the Mercari Global App. Mercari operates primarily in Japan and the United States and is expanding access to Japanese marketplace inventory internationally. In FY2026.6, Mercari reported consolidated net sales of ¥229.2 billion, more than 24 million monthly active users in Japan, and approximately 4.2 million monthly active users in the US.View more

Mercari, Inc. is a Japanese technology company best known for the Mercari consumer-to-consumer marketplace, which enables individuals to buy and sell secondhand and unused goods. The group also operates financial services through Merpay, cryptoasset services through Mercoin, Mercari Shops for businesses, and cross-border commerce services including the Mercari Global App. Mercari operates primarily in Japan and the United States and is expanding access to Japanese marketplace inventory internationally. In FY2026.6, Mercari reported consolidated net sales of ¥229.2 billion, more than 24 million monthly active users in Japan, and approximately 4.2 million monthly active users in the US.

Founded
2013
Company size
2,065 employees (consolidated, FY2026.6)
Company stage
Not known
Headquarters
Tokyo, Japan

Why work here

Mercari offers candidates the opportunity to work on marketplace, fintech, cross-border commerce and AI products operating at significant scale. Its FY2026 results showed ¥229.3 billion in revenue and ¥44.2 billion in core operating profit, while the Japan marketplace had more than 24 million monthly active users. Engineering work includes distributed systems, Kubernetes infrastructure, Cloud Spanner, machine learning, search and agentic AI. Mercari is also pursuing an AI-Native operating model, with company-wide AI tool adoption and dedicated AI-agent initiatives. Its careers materials describe structured engineering onboarding, internal technical training, flexible work practices, international teams and relocation support for eligible hires.Read more

Mercari offers candidates the opportunity to work on marketplace, fintech, cross-border commerce and AI products operating at significant scale. Its FY2026 results showed ¥229.3 billion in revenue and ¥44.2 billion in core operating profit, while the Japan marketplace had more than 24 million monthly active users. Engineering work includes distributed systems, Kubernetes infrastructure, Cloud Spanner, machine learning, search and agentic AI. Mercari is also pursuing an AI-Native operating model, with company-wide AI tool adoption and dedicated AI-agent initiatives. Its careers materials describe structured engineering onboarding, internal technical training, flexible work practices, international teams and relocation support for eligible hires.

Industry
C2C marketplace, e-commerce and fintech
Open jobs
0 open jobs
Notable investors
Globis Capital Partners, World Innovation Lab, Global Brain, Mitsui & Co., Development Bank of Japan

Tech stack

Go

Backend

Kubernetes

Container Orchestration

Google Cloud

Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Spanner

Database

gRPC

Service Communication

Protocol Buffers

Serialization

Istio

Service Mesh

Apache Beam

Data Processing

BigQuery

Data Warehouse

Terraform

Infrastructure as Code

GitHub

Developer Platform

Key people

6 people
Shintaro YamadaRepresentative Executive Officer and CEOView bio

Founder and CEO of Mercari. Yamada graduated from Waseda University, founded internet company Unoh, sold it to Zynga in 2010 and later served as General Manager of Zynga Japan. After leaving Zynga and traveling internationally, he founded Mercari in February 2013 and has led the company through its international expansion and 2018 IPO.

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Ryo IshizukaCo-founderView bio

Co-founder of Mercari who helped build its international business and previously served as CEO of Mercari US. Before Mercari, Ishizuka was Chief Architect at RockYou and later COO of RockYou Asia, giving him experience in large-scale consumer internet infrastructure and international operations.

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Tommy TomishimaCo-founderView bio

Co-founder of Mercari who joined the company at its establishment in 2013 and later worked extensively on Mercari's US expansion. A Waseda University graduate, he previously helped establish Bank of Innovation and worked on offshore software development in Vietnam before becoming an early Mercari director.

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Masato YamamotoExecutive Officer and Senior Vice President of Japan BusinessView bio

Leads Mercari's Japan Business. Yamamoto previously worked at NTT Docomo, Google Japan, Square Japan and Apple Japan before joining Merpay in 2018. His past responsibilities include fintech, merchant development and Mercari Marketplace, and he also serves as a director of Merpay and Mercoin.

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Shunya KimuraVice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Chief AI Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Japan BusinessView bio

Leads Mercari's AI, technology and human-resources transformation. Before joining Mercari in 2017, Kimura worked at MIXI on recommendation systems, machine learning and data. At Mercari he helped establish R4D and AI and search engineering organizations and now leads the company's AI-Native transformation.

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Sayaka EdaExecutive Officer, Senior Vice President of Corporate and Chief Financial OfficerView bio

Mercari's CFO and senior corporate leader. Eda joined Mercari after approximately 15 years at Goldman Sachs Japan, where she worked on investment and financing transactions and became a Managing Director. She oversees financial and corporate functions and has served as Mercari CFO since 2021.

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Latest company news

3 stories

Mercari Global App surpasses one million registered users

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Mercari announced that cumulative registrations for its Global App exceeded one million in August 2026. The company is expanding authentication services for US and Taiwan buyers and plans additional purchasing options as it grows cross-border commerce.

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Mercari reports FY2026 consolidated financial results

Mercari, Inc.

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2026, Mercari reported ¥229.3 billion in consolidated revenue and ¥44.2 billion in core operating profit, representing year-over-year increases of 19.0% and 60.2% respectively.

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Mercari launches an official app for Apps in ChatGPT

Mercari, Inc.

Mercari launched an integration that lets users search Mercari inventory and prepare listing drafts through ChatGPT conversations. The service uses Mercari MCP, the company's Model Context Protocol-based connection layer for exposing marketplace functions to AI systems.

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