ジグザグ（zig-zag）

For engineers, Japanese skills are not required. Task management and meetings within the engineering team use English, but Japanese skills will come in handy when meeting with other teams since many of them speak mostly Japanese.

Zig-zag sponsors visas as long as you meet the requirements of the Japanese government (but this is the case at every company). This usually means that you will need a bachelor's degree or 10 years of demonstrated work experience in your field.

Zig-zag’s PTO policy consists of annual paid leave following Japanese labor law.

The first year an employee joins, they’ll receive 10 PTO days, plus Saturdays and Sundays, New Year’s holiday (12/30-1/3) and all Japanese public holidays.

Each year the number of PTO days granted will increase by one (e.g. 11 days granted in year 2) up to a maximum pursuant with Japan’s labor laws.

Zig-zag provides the first 3 days of PTO immediately after joining, with the remaining 7 days after 6 months at the company (for a total of 10 days).

💻 Engineers can choose hardware that allows them to do their best work (either windows or mac, and you can customize keyboard language etc).

🏠 Remote work allowance

💛 Support for attending conferences

💜 Seminar participation support

📕 Book purchases

👶 Shorter work hours for employees taking care of children

👶 Parental Leave

🧡 Interpretation support (Zig-zag doesn’t have dedicated interpreters on staff, but they do take steps to make sure that communications are translated when necessary.)

🌸 Zig-zag has company language exchange events. With members speaking a mixture of English, Chinese, and Japanese natively, it’s a good chance to share knowledge with one another and improve the company’s overall communications.

💛 Social security / insurance benefits included

🏥 Healthcare insurance

💚 Pension insurance

🚃 Commuter allowance

All engineers are working remotely. Zig-zag does require that members physically be somewhere in Japan, but that’s the only restriction regarding location.

Working hours: 10:00～19:00