AI Engineer

  • Tokyo
  • Partial Remote
  • Full-time
  • May 22, 2026
Conditions
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Apply from Japan Only
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No relocation to Japan
(No visa sponsorship from overseas)
Requirements
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Language Requirements
Japanese: Not Required πŸ‘
English: Business Level
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Minimum Experience
Senior or above

Job Requirements/Responsibilities

  • Move AI out of labs and into production
  • RAG, agents, MLOps, vision/NLP
  • Python, PyTorch, LangChain/LlamaIndex
  • Pinecone/Weaviate
  • Pinecone/Weaviate, FastAPI
  • Cost/token optimisation

Interview Process

  • Screening intro (30 min, video call)
    • Call with an Abbeal Lead Engineer. We qualify your expectations, background, relationship to the craft. No technical quiz — a real conversation. By the end, you know whether we continue together.
  • Tech challenge (3-4 hours)
    • An open project, on your time, due within 5 days. No leetcode disconnected from the actual work. We evaluate your code under real conditions: prompt reading, architecture choices, tests, readability.
  • System design (1 hour video call)
    • You walk us through an architecture you know in depth (a recent project, or an in-house topic). We dig into trade-offs, constraints, pivots. We want to see your depth on a domain you master — not test your cramming.
  • Culture fit (45 min, in-person or video call)
    • With a founder (Sébastien or Vianney). We validate alignment: ownership, quality, client relationship, potential international mobility via Mobbeal. Your moment to ask all the hard questions.
  • References + offer (5-7 days)
    • Two technical references called (with your consent). If everything fits, a detailed offer is sent — full package, Mobbeal mobility conditions if applicable, onboarding plan. You have 7 days to decide.

Abbeal, founded in 2015, is a tri-hub senior engineering studio based in Paris, MontrΓ©al, and Tokyo with more than 100 senior engineers across Software, AI, Data, and Robotics.

Through a Follow-the-Sun delivery model, Abbeal supports global clients around the clock while offering three core engagement modes: embedded senior squads, technical recruitment, and turnkey delivery through Abbeal Studio.

A major part of Abbeal's international culture is Mobbeal, a global mobility program designed to relocate engineers between hubs. The program has already supported more than 50 relocations with a 100% visa success rate, making it especially attractive for English-speaking engineers interested in building a career in Tokyo while gaining international experience.

Abbeal has worked on critical technology projects for organizations including BNP Paribas, AXA, Paypay, Money Forward, Hydro-QuΓ©bec, and Le Monde.

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