■ Job Title
QA manager
For someone living in Japan!
■ Company Overview
A tech-driven company focusing on transforming financial services through innovative solutions. They provide numerous services that help simplify financial management for both individuals and businesses.
■ Your Role and Responsibilities
Manage the QA team and oversee member development/training
Develop and implement medium- to long-term test strategies (unit, integration, system, functional/non-functional tests, with automation)
Gather, analyze, and act on defect data to continuously improve quality
Standardize and enhance development/testing workflows
Review team deliverables (e.g., test plans, test designs, test summaries, defect reports)
Manage external vendors
■ Experience and Qualifications
In-depth domain knowledge and hands-on experience in Back Office or HR-related systems
Proven experience managing teams of 5+ members
Background in cross-departmental testing process improvement or standardization
Experience formulating and executing test strategies aligned with Quality, Cost, and Delivery (QCD), including automated testing (test pyramid)
Strong negotiation and coordination skills with PMs and engineering leaders
Excellent decision-making and problem-solving skills in uncertain situations
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent technical knowledge (e.g., Basic Information Technology Engineer certification)
Minimum 3 years of experience in software development or equivalent technical role
ISTQB or JSTQB certification (Advanced Level preferred or equivalent experience)
Japanese: N3 or higher (must be able to read Japanese documents)
English: Basic business-level English (TOEIC 700 or above)
Technology Stack
Backend: Ruby, Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, gRPC, Sidekiq Pro, RSpec, Kotlin
Frontend: TypeScript, Next.js, Vue.js, Nuxt.js, Bootstrap-vue, Vue Apollo, Jest
Infrastructure: AWS (EKS, Aurora, ElastiCache, S3), Terraform
Tooling:
Source control: GitHub
Project tracking: JIRA
Monitoring: Datadog, Rollbar
CI/CD: CircleCI, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions
Communication: Zoom, Slack, Figma, Miro
■ Additional Preferred Qualifications
Familiarity with agile development practices (e.g., Scrum, DevOps)
Strong ownership and dedication to product quality
Proactive communicator across cross-functional teams
Experience with AI development and/or using AI tools to streamline development workflows
Interest in our AI roadmap focused on AI-enhanced productivity and value-driven features
■ Good Reasons to Join
- Engage with advanced financial technologies.
- Lead impactful projects in a dynamic and innovative environment.
- Work within a collaborative, international team setting
■Work Style
Hybrid work, 2-3 days to the office.
■Work Location
Tokyo
■Salary
Negotiable