<p>Job Opening: Staff Engineer / Technical Architect<br /><br />Division: ERP Cross-Functional Engineering / AI Strategy Office<br />Location: Japan (Tokyo preferred; Osaka, Kyoto, Fukuoka also possible)<br /><br /><strong>Company Overview</strong><br /><br />A leading Japanese fintech SaaS company providing a wide range of cloud services for individuals and enterprises. Its cloud-based ERP platform is a core offering, supporting accounting, payments, and business operations for mid- to large-sized enterprises.<br />The company operates globally with engineering hubs in Japan and across Asia, and has a diverse international workforce.<br /><br /><strong>About the Division</strong><br /><br />The ERP Cross-Functional Engineering Division was created to unify multiple ERP product teams and streamline development across the platform. Products include accounting, accounts payable, and other finance-related services.<br /><br />This division works closely with the AI Strategy Office, which leads efforts to embed AI across products. Together, they define architecture strategy and ensure scalability, reliability, and innovation in ERP and AI-integrated systems.<br />The team is cross-regional and global, with about 250 engineers spread across Japan, India, Vietnam, and other locations.<br /><br /><strong>About the Position</strong><br /><br />As a Staff Engineer / Technical Architect, you will play a critical role in shaping the architecture strategy across ERP and AI-integrated initiatives.<br />This is a hands-on expert position (not a managerial role) where you will drive system design, guide teams, and directly contribute to infrastructure and architecture decisions.<br /><br /><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Define and execute architecture vision and strategy across ERP and AI projects</li><li>Build and lead a cross-product architect community (~10 engineers in the cross-functional unit)</li><li>Provide architectural guidance for ERP products such as accounting and payments</li><li>Mentor engineers on architecture and design practices</li><li>Lead and participate in technical design and code reviews</li><li>Collaborate with Scrum Masters and product teams to align development across multiple products</li><li>Introduce and evolve cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices</li><li>Drive AI integration into ERP systems in collaboration with the AI Strategy Office</li></ul><p><br /><strong>Required Skills</strong><br /><br /></p><ul><li>Proven architecture and systems design expertise (distributed systems, domain-driven microservices, migrations/refactors)</li><li>Cloud infrastructure knowledge: AWS/Azure, multi-account design, VPC, IaC, cost optimization</li><li>Hands-on DevOps and infrastructure setup (introducing and leading infra projects, building environments from scratch)</li><li>Solid software development background (PM-only experience not sufficient)</li></ul><p><br /><strong>Preferred Skills</strong></p><ul><li>Experience with Ruby (commonly used in ERP teams)</li><li>Security &amp; compliance (zero-trust architectures, compliance frameworks, secret management)</li><li>Observability &amp; reliability engineering (tracing, logging, SLO/SLA, load testing)</li><li>Mentoring and standardizing architecture across teams</li><li>AI development experience or use of AI tools in development</li></ul><p><strong>Mindset</strong></p><ul><li>Highly technical and hands-on expert</li><li>Able to balance deep engineering knowledge with pragmatic organizational needs</li><li>Excited about integrating AI into ERP architecture</li><li>Comfortable working in a global, distributed environment</li></ul><p><strong>Language</strong></p><ul><li>English: Required (global team communication)</li><li>Japanese: Not required, but helpful</li></ul><p><strong>Compensation &amp; Conditions</strong></p><ul><li>Annual Salary: 10M - 16M JPY (target range for ideal candidates: 10M - 15M JPY)</li><li>Bonus: High Performance Bonus (based on evaluation and company performance)</li><li>Employment Type: Permanent employee</li><li>Work Style: Hybrid (min. 2 days/week in office, 3+ encouraged)</li><li>Work Hours: Discretionary Labor System; basic hours 9:30 - 18:30 (flexible)</li><li>Holidays: Weekends, national holidays, paid leave, seasonal leave, year-end/new year holidays</li></ul><p><strong>Benefits:</strong></p><p>Full social insurance, housing/moving allowances, rent deduction, health checkups, book purchase support, corporate pension, stock ownership plan, partner service discounts (housekeeping, babysitting, language classes, etc.)<br /><br /></p><p>Reference Number: 06940-0013282908</p><p><em>By clicking 'apply', you give your express consent that Robert Half may use your personal information to process your job application and to contact you from time to time for future employment opportunities. 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