4 results for Backend jobs

Backend Engineer

Tokyo,
remote
Permanent
8.0M - 13.0M JPY / Yearly
Company ProfileA top-tier FinTech company in Japan that operates a massive cashless payment platform with over 70 million users (covering about 1 in 2 smartphone users). Its specialized mobile brokerage arm provides intuitive asset management services directly integrated within the payment app, aiming to transform Japan's investment landscape. The Role As a Backend Engineer, you will develop and operate the core backend application system for the mobile brokerage products. You will design highly complex, large-scale systems to handle massive transaction volumes and work as part of a newly establishing, globally sourced organization.<ul><li>Tech Stack: PHP, Java, SpringBoot, Kotlin, MySQL/AuroraDB, AWS, Microservices.</li></ul> Your Skills Required Qualifications<ul><li>Experience: 3-5 years of backend development for in-house products.</li><li>Programming Languages: Professional proficiency in Java or PHP (or high proficiency in Scala, Python, or Go with a willingness to learn).</li><li>Technical Depth: Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, concurrency, NoSQL, and distributed computing.</li><li>Language Skill: Business-level English OR Japanese (JLPT N1 equivalent).Note: Applicants must currently reside in Japan.</li><li>Note: Applicants must currently reside in Japan.</li></ul> Preferred Qualifications<ul><li>Experience with AWS, Microservices, and high-traffic/highly scalable systems.</li><li>Development experience in the fintech, securities, or banking sectors.</li></ul> Key Highlights of the Role <ul><li>High-Impact Foundation: Leverage a massive ecosystem and user base to build pioneering mobile securities services.</li><li>Organizational Impact: Join as a foundational member to help construct and scale a brand-new global engineering team.</li><li>Flexible Work Style: Enjoy high autonomy with a coreless Super Flex system and a hybrid/remote work environment.</li></ul> Location Tokyo Salary8 - 13 million yen Reference Number: 06940-0013450794 By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (<a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy">https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</a>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure.<img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/WGlhb2NoZW4uU3VuLjEwNDAyLjEwODk4QHJoaWpwLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
2026-06-09T04:46:15Z

Back End Engineer

Tokyo,
remote
Permanent
10.0M - 15.0M JPY / Yearly
Company ProfileA leading Japanese technology group that addresses social inconveniences by expanding major online advertising, booking platforms, and B2B SaaS business tools globally. The Role As a Backend Engineer, you will lead the development and launch of a brand-new, AI-driven smart booking/matching platform tailored specifically for overseas markets, starting with the US (※no release planned in Japan).<ul><li>Current Phase: The product is currently in the PoC stage, focusing on validating an innovative AI matching concept.</li><li>Core Mandate: Act as a core member of a small-scale, cross-functional Scrum team, focusing heavily on hands-on backend engineering.</li><li>Key Assignments:</li><ul><li>API Development: Focus heavily on designing and implementing backend APIs that integrate smoothly with mobile applications.</li><li>Tech Stack: Python, SQL, Database (RDB/MySQL), AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, Glue), Google Cloud (BigQuery).</li></ul></ul> Your Skills ■Required Qualifications (MUST)<ul><li>Experience: 5+ years of professional backend software development experience.</li><li>Seniority: Middle to Senior level (Focus is on hands-on development; high-potential talent without prior management experience are welcome).</li><li>Technical Foundation: Good understanding of databases (SQL/RDB) and familiar with basic cloud infrastructure concepts (AWS) necessary for backend integration.</li><li>Languages: Business-level proficiency in both Japanese and English (reading, writing, and speaking).</li></ul> ■Preferred Qualifications (WANT)<ul><li>Experience with AI product development, RESTful API design (Go/Python/Java), serverless architectures, or scrum methodologies.</li><li>Experience working within cross-functional, global, or multi-national engineering teams.</li><li>Mobility: Willingness and ability to take business trips to the US.</li></ul> Key Highlights of the Role <ul><li>0-to-1 Global Challenge: Rare opportunity to build a global product from scratch for the US market within a well-funded, major Japanese firm.</li><li>End-to-End Ownership: Engage in lean, fast-paced "All in UX" development. Engineers are actively involved in upstream product design and market research, rather than just coding.</li><li>Top-Tier Compensation: Highly competitive annual salary ranging from ¥10M to ¥15M based on experience.</li><li>Ultimate Work Flexibility: Coreless Super Flex system with an annual holiday allowance of 140 days and a full remote work option.</li></ul> Location Tokyo Salary10 - 15 million yen Reference Number: 06940-0013450798 By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (<a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy">https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</a>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure.<img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/WGlhb2NoZW4uU3VuLjk4MzU3LjEwODk4QHJoaWpwLmFwbGl0cmFrLmNvbQ.gif">
2026-06-10T01:52:28Z

SRE Engineer

Tokyo,
remote
Permanent
10.0M - 12.0M JPY / Yearly
Company Profile A Tokyo-based technology company operating within the digital content and platform industry is expanding its engineering organization to support continued user and revenue growth. The company develops and operates a subscription-based community platform that connects users with creators and enables interactive, real-time engagement at scale. With steady expansion in both domestic and overseas markets, their focus is on building a modern, high-availability infrastructure that can meet growing traffic demands. The engineering team values thoughtful design, pragmatic automation, and a culture of reliability-driven ownership. The Role We are seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) who will play a key role in ensuring the platform's reliability, scalability, and performance. This position goes beyond operating systems-it's for an engineer who thinks about end-to-end stability, anticipates potential failure points, and designs resilient infrastructure. You'll work closely with development, product, and operations teams to enhance observability, automate deployments, and implement improvements that sustain growth at scale. Key Responsibilities <ul><li>Design, implement, and operate multi-cloud infrastructure with GCP (primary) and AWS (secondary).</li><li>Develop infrastructure-as-code solutions using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines with CircleCI.</li><li>Enhance observability and monitoring with Datadog, driving proactive issue identification.</li><li>Partner with developers to improve backend performance, fault tolerance, and deployment reliability.</li><li>Manage containerized systems (Docker; Kubernetes experience a strong plus).</li><li>Participate in on-call, incident response, and post-incident optimization to strengthen reliability.</li><li>Maintain detailed documentation and drive continuous improvement in operational processes.</li><li>Mentor engineers and promote best practices in infrastructure automation and service ownership.</li></ul> Your Skills <ul><li>Solid experience in SRE, infrastructure, or DevOps roles with production system ownership.</li><li>Hands-on experience with GCP, Terraform, and modern observability tooling (Datadog, PagerDuty, etc.).</li><li>Strong coding ability in Python, Go, or TypeScript, including practical automation experience.</li><li>Deep understanding of system reliability, failure recovery, and risk-aware deployment design.</li><li>Familiarity with Linux administration, networking, and CI/CD workflows.</li><li>Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.</li><li>Business-level English; Japanese is not mandatory; willingness to learn for collaboration.</li></ul> Preferred Qualifications <ul><li>Experience building or operating large-scale web or mobile platforms.</li><li>Knowledge of container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).</li><li>Performance tuning experience with MySQL or similar databases.</li><li>Understanding of distributed architecture and scalable system design.</li><li>Proven mentorship or cross-functional collaboration experience.</li></ul> Key Highlights of the Role <ul><li>Direct impact on the reliability and scalability of a high-traffic digital platform.</li><li>Work within the digital entertainment and content platform space supporting real-time engagement.</li><li>Exposure to multi-cloud infrastructure with modern DevOps tooling (GCP / AWS / Terraform / Datadog).</li><li>Hybrid work setup (2 days per week in the Tokyo office; Wednesday required).</li><li>Discretionary working hours (typical schedule 11:00-20:00).</li><li>Minimal on-call responsibilities; focus on proactive reliability engineering.</li><li>Competitive salary range ¥7M-¥12M, based on experience and contribution.</li><li>Supportive, collaborative, and technically mature team environment.</li></ul> Location Tokyo Salary 10 - 12 million yen Reference Number: 06940-0013394544 By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (<a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy">https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</a>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure. <img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/c3VlLnRpbmcuMDQ2NDkuMTA4OThAcmhpanAuYXBsaXRyYWsuY29t.gif">
2026-07-01T02:16:24Z

Bilingual Machine Learning Engineer

Tokyo,
remote
Permanent
7.0M - 13.0M JPY / Yearly
Company ProfileA pioneer in Japan's Expert Network Services (ENS) industry, providing highly accurate knowledge matching across regions and language barriers for consulting firms and financial institutions, is looking for a Machine Learning Engineer to join its Tokyo office. The Role<ul><li>Lead the design and implementation of autonomous AI agents using predictive and generative models, working closely with English-speaking engineering teams based in the US and Europe.</li><li>Drive Japanese NLP and accuracy evaluation efforts - from preprocessing and chunking strategies to building systems that evaluate the accuracy of Japanese data.</li><li>Select and evaluate LLMs across multiple providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.), balancing cost optimization with system robustness.</li><li>Build CI/CD pipelines and institutionalize best practices around model training, monitoring, and version control (MLOps).</li><li>Optimize inference performance and scalability of machine learning models, and fine-tune LLMs for domain-specific use cases.</li><li>Join around 2-3 early-morning or evening online meetings per week to coordinate with overseas teams.</li></ul> Your Skills <ul><li>At least 3 years of practical ML and backend development experience, with the ability to independently understand and develop large-scale Python codebases.</li><li>Core hands-on experience in at least one of: LLM orchestration (structured outputs, tool use, agent workflows), ML pipelines with tabular data (feature engineering, ranking models/LTR, model evaluation), or modern DevOps/MLOps environments (Docker, pytest, CI/CD).</li><li>Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, data science, mathematics, statistics, or equivalent experience.</li><li>Business-level English proficiency is required; everyday-conversation-level Japanese is a plus.</li><li>Public cloud development experience and experience growing a service in collaboration with non-engineers are advantageous.</li></ul> Key Highlights of the Role <ul><li>Directly shape the AI-driven transformation of a company's core "search and matching" business, backed by an 800,000-person expert network and billions of yen in revenue.</li><li>Own projects end-to-end, from problem definition and spec development through release and iteration, in an environment where your ideas carry real weight.</li><li>Build your career with an international outlook, collaborating across multi-site development hubs in Tokyo, the US, and the EU - with the option to work from the New York office.</li><li>Work with a modern AI/ML stack (Azure OpenAI, LangChain, LangGraph, Transformers) on high-impact, production-facing generative AI features.</li></ul> Location Tokyo Salary7 - 13 million yen Reference Number: 06940-0013481561 By clicking 'apply', you are deemed to have agreed to Robert Half Japan Privacy Notice (<a href="https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy">https://www.roberthalf.com/jp/en/privacy</a>). Please ensure that your application documents do not include sensitive personal data such as race, beliefs, medical history, criminal record, or other information irrelevant to hiring process such as spouse or dependents. All information must be accurate and truthful, and any included hyperlinks must be safe and secure. <img src="https://counter.adcourier.com/U21haWwuU2FmaS4xMDY3NC4xMDg5OEByaGlqcC5hcGxpdHJhay5jb20.gif">
2026-08-03T06:57:38Z