Jobs in Japan
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Jobs in Japan
Explore hand-picked jobs in Japan for English speakers across tech, education, marketing, and more.
Vetted companies only. Apply from overseas.
Woven by ToyotaWe are seeking a Backend Engineer to design, develop, and maintain reliable backend services for our booking and ticketing platforms. You will take ownership of complex features, contribute to technical design, improve production reliability, and collaborate with other engineers to deliver high-quality software. Collaborate with product and engineering teams to clarify requirements, design backend solutions, and coordinate API contracts and integrations with partner teams. Contribute to architectural discussions and design improvements. Document technical decisions, follow engineering standards, and identify opportunities to reduce technical debt. Build and review maintainable backend software, with automated testing and attention to security, performance, and transactional correctness. Take ownership of assigned backend features from design through production, coordinating technical dependencies, communicating risks early, and collaborating with other engineers to resolve blockers. Investigate and resolve production issues in collaboration with platform and operations teams, improve monitoring and observability, and contribute to service reliability. Support other engineers through code reviews, technical discussions, and knowledge sharing. Contribute to onboarding and technical interviews when needed. Use automation and AI-assisted development tools responsibly to improve development efficiency and code quality, while following testing, review, and security practices.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent industry experience - 5+ years of backend software development experience, with strong proficiency in Go (preferred) or another modern programming language such as Java, Python, Kotlin, or Rust - Experience independently designing, developing, and delivering complex backend features, making technical design decisions, reviewing code, and collaborating effectively with other engineers and teams - Strong relational database and SQL skills, including data modeling, transactions, concurrency control, and query performance - Strong system and API design skills, including secure and reliable service integration - Experience deploying and operating backend services in a cloud environment, with automated testing, continuous delivery, and production troubleshooting - Ability to identify and resolve technical problems collaboratively and explain technical decisions to engineers and business stakeholders - English proficiency sufficient for technical discussions, written documentation, and cross-team collaboration
- Experience developing transactional products such as booking, ticketing, or commerce platforms - Experience modernizing backend systems and improving their maintainability or scalability - Experience designing asynchronous service integrations and handling event delivery failures - Conversational Japanese for collaborating with Japanese-speaking colleagues and partner teams
- Competitive Salary - Based on experience - Work Hours - Flexible working time - Paid Holiday - 20 days per year (prorated) - Sick Leave - 6 days per year (prorated) - Holiday - Sat & Sun, Japanese National Holidays, and other days defined by our company - Japanese Social Insurance - Health Insurance, Pension, Workers’ Comp, and Unemployment Insurance, Long-term care insurance - Housing Allowance - Retirement Benefits - Rental Cars Support - In-house Training Program (software study/language study)
