職務内容

**Please note that If you are out side of Japan, you will need to relocate to Japan**

 

■ Company Overview

Our client is the leading fintech company in Japan and right now they are rapidly expanding their product line up and platform capabilities! This role will work with one of their newest products, building new features and services of unparalleled excellence for their expanding customer base. 

 

If you are interested in being part of a team building services not previously available to users in the market, or creatively revolutionizing and modernizing outdated services, then this could be the opportunity for you! If you are passionate about building fantastic products and working with a like-minded global team at a very fast pace, then we would like to talk to you!

 

Please read on for further details and send us your expression of interest to learn more!

 

■ Position Overview 

We are looking for frontend engineers to build (or rebuild!, fantastic services with a focus on scalability and maintainability.

Our client is revolutionizing the credit card industry, making payments easier than ever, from two different angles:

• Bring the credit card experience to the next level: there are many functionalities in the pipe to improve the product, not to mention the integration into the larger ecosystem.

• (Re-)architect the systems landscape: reassess the relevancy of frontend systems and update architecture according to technical and product roadmaps. It is bundled with difficult design challenges to solve to get it right.

 

You need to be versatile and enthusiastic to take on new challenges in order to stay at the forefront, and strive for continuous improvement. Additionally, you value communication, to smoothly cooperate with other teams, and inclusivity, to efficiently navigate in a multicultural environment. If this is still sounding like you, keep reading!

 

■ Your Role and Responsibilities 

• Work with Product Managers, Designers and various tech teams to implement features.

• Contribute to the team by sharing knowledge, participating in code reviews, and providing feedback to uphold and ensure best practices.

• Support architecture improvements

• Triage, debug, and resolve product issues.

■ Tech Stack

The current tech stack is below, though with a solid tech culture, new technologies may be introduced as  they become available.

• Frontend web application: 

o Main implementation is in Nuxt 3 (Vue.js 3, TypeScript)

o Storybook is used for component visualization and UI testing

o Form validation is handled by Vee-validate

o Google Analytics is used for product reporting

o Web application are deployed on AWS ECS, in a Docker container

• Coding environment: GitHub, Visual Code

• Documentation & Project management: Confluence, Miro, JIRA

• Communication: Slack, Zoom, Office 365

 

■ Experience and Qualifications

• At least 3 years of industry experience developing secure web frontend applications in JavaScript and/or TypeScript.

• At least 1 year of industry experience with VueJS (preferred), or React.

• Software engineering best practices and computer science knowledge.

• English business proficiency

 

■ Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with frontend performance monitoring and optimization.

• Experience with designing server-side RESTful APIs.

• Experience with web hosting infrastructure such as CDNs.

• Knowledge in web components and/or island architecture.

• Experience in a multicultural environment

• Japanese conversational proficiency is a plus

 

■ Other Points and Working Conditions

• This is a full-time position

• If you are not currently a resident of Japan, you must relocate to Japan, but you can live anywhere in Japan and work fully remotely if you wish

• Super flex working hours 

• Holidays: Weekends, Japanese national holidays, New Year's holidays and special company holidays

• Leave allowance: annual paid leave and other forms of paid leave

• Non-salary benefits: Japanese social insurances, Japanese 401K, language learning support, visa sponsorship, relocation support

 

■ Work Location

Of course there are offices, but you can live anywhere in Japan you like and work fully remotely if that's your vibe!

 

■ Salary 

￥7,000,000 - ￥12,000,000 (Japanese Yen, per annum)

** Salary review is twice yearly, and bonuses are paid twice yearly according to both company and individual performance. **

** Please note that any potential offer is subject to candidate experience and qualifications, as evaluated in the company's comprehensive and fair interview process. **

 

■ So What are the Next Steps?

If you're interested in this role, click 'I'm interested'.

If this job isn't quite right for you but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Please note that due to the large number of applicants, only successful candidates will be contacted.