Software Engineer

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Job details

Company overview

Founded in 2020, our client specializes in software and robotics solutions, aiming to tackle Japan's societal challenges through innovative technology. With a focus on FinTech and digital tools, they empower businesses and individuals, offering products like a navigation system for the visually impaired. Headquartered in Tokyo, they employ a diverse team from 15 countries, fostering a collaborative environment where ideas thrive. Their flexible work culture includes remote options, making them an attractive employer for international talent.

Responsibilities

The project team is a small but elite team of about 5-8 people, including the client's development team. The teams are always accompanied by one senior engineer with even higher technical skills, and are structured so that individuals can improve their skills through pair programming, etc. We expect you to approach development with a long-term perspective, rather than just writing code and being done with it.
Main responsibilities:

• As a software engineer, you will be working with high-level members to perform the following tasks:
  • Work with approximately 5-8 team members to come up with software solutions
  • Support product development and develop in-house solutions ・Develop and manage highly functional systems, databases and applications
  • Write high-level APIs and convention code
  • Test software
  • Troubleshoot, debug and upgrade software
  • Understand and apply best practices for security and data protection
  • Write technical documentation.
• Development environment
  • Languages: Java, Kotlin, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, C#, etc.
  • Frameworks: Spring, Vue.js, Nuxt.js, .NET Framework, etc.
  • Infrastructure: AWS, GCP, Azure
• Development Structure
  • We adopt agile development, which is rare in the Japanese financial industry where waterfall development methods are mainstream.
  • Since we basically have direct contracts and receive consultations at the upstream process stage, in many cases the project has not yet been decided at the start, and we may select technology in consultation with the client's development team.
  • You will be able to work from the initial stages through delivery to users, including "understanding specifications," "design," "implementation," "testing," and "deployment."

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

• Experience in one or more of the following frameworks or languages: Spring (Java or Kotlin) Vue.js or Nuxt.js or Quasar Go
• C# .NET, ASP .NET Terraform or OpenTofu AWS CDK
• 3+ years of experience as a software engineer or similar role
• Business level Japanese (N2 or above)

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience using AWS, GCP, Azure
• Team development experience
• Conversational level of English
• Experience with new product development projects (experience participating in projects from the concept stage)

The appeal

About the company:

• The Company is an "engineering-first" tech startup.
• More than 80% of the company are software engineers, and many of our members have international backgrounds.
• We are mainly challenging ourselves to modernize mission-critical systems that are essential to society and companies, such as next-generation core banking systems and payment platforms.
• First, we will solve social issues by utilizing cloud-native technology, mainly in the FinTech field, and in the future we would like to use the knowledge we have cultivated in fields such as HealthcareTech and GovernmentTech.

Recruitment background:

• With the momentum behind the promotion of digital transformation in the financial industry in Japan, our FinTech team is expanding and we are now looking for a software engineer to lead the development and modernization of our clients' financial digital products!
• This business provides FinTech solutions in the following three areas:
  • Core banking system development support
  • FinTech service development support (app development, API solutions, etc.)
  • In-house system development support and consulting

The appeal of this job:

• Stimulating environment
  • Of the employees, 80% are engineers, and we provide an environment that is close to engineers.
  • Although the development environment differs for each project, there are low barriers between projects, and we actively interact with each other, such as holding internal knowledge-sharing events in a MTG format, in order to raise the bottom-up of the entire company.
• Global environment
  • Approximately 50% of all employees, including the CEO and CTO, are foreign nationals.
  • In our multinational team, which comes from 20 countries and regions, English and Japanese are spoken everywhere, and we have gathered talented people from well-known companies such as Yahoo, Salesforce, Rakuten, and Mercari.
  • Many of our members are bilingual and use Japanese in their work, so English proficiency is not an issue at the time of application.
  • This is the perfect environment for those who want to improve their English skills and those who want to take on a challenge in a global and dynamic environment.
• Easy-to-work environment
  • We have introduced a super flextime system with no core time and remote work so that each employee can maximize their abilities.
  • In addition to paid vacation (72% utilization rate), we also offer marriage and maternity leave, summer and year-end/New Year's holidays, so you can have plenty of private time.

Salary

6 - 11 million yen

Location

Tokyo