Tokyo

QA Engineer (Contract)

Tokyo
Partial Remote
Contract
September 4, 2026

About this role

This role is being created to bring dedicated quality assurance (QA) support Amptalk's core products. As the products grows, testing needs have grown with it: new features are shipped regularly, and each release needs to be checked carefully before it reaches customers.. In simple terms: this person's job is to make sure the amptalk product they are assigned to works correctly before customers ever see it. They will check new features, re-check old features after changes are made, and help catch problems early. Quality assurance is a full discipline that spans before, during, and after a feature is built. Below is a complete, detailed breakdown of the concrete tasks this role covers, organized by stage, with plain-language examples.

Must to have

Hands-on QA/testing experience — has actually tested software professionally, not just studied it
Experience writing test plans and test cases, not just executing tests someone else wrote
Comfortable with both manual testing (clicking through and checking things by hand) and automated testing (writing scripts that test things automatically)
Experience with a tool called "Playwright," or a similar automated testing tool — this is a common industry tool, so equivalent experience is fine
Able to work independently and figure out what needs to be tested without heavy guidance
Naturally curious and detail-oriented — good testers tend to think of unusual ways to try to "break" something, not just confirm it works normally
Comfortable working with AI-based products, or willing to learn — this is a newer skill area, so prior experience is a bonus, not a requirement
Basic understanding of testing across web, desktop, and mobile platforms
Clear written communication — this role involves writing up issues and test results clearly so other people can understand and act on them

What Success Looks Like

Within the first few months, this person should have documented test plans and test cases for Coach's most important features, a working regression suite in active use, and be fully embedded in the release process — testing new features, re-testing existing ones, and tracking issues through to resolution. Over time, this role should build confidence across the team that releases are checked thoroughly and consistently, and that testing coverage keeps pace as the product grows.

Notes

We are looking for someone who is

Able to commit at least 30 hours per week
Able to work from the office on Wednesdays and Fridays as a general rule

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About amptalk

amptalk's mission is to maximize the time people spend with each other and to create opportunities that did not exist in the world until today.

They aim to create a society where people can live more efficiently by accomplishing tasks that humans alone can not do.

amptalk develops and markets products that allow users to focus more on high-level sales activities and accelerate sales generation through the use of voice recognition and various AI technologies. They hope to help create more opportunities in the world by developing these efficient and effective sales tools.

amptalk’s mission is to create "a world where people are empowered around conversations”.

They are creating a world where each and every person is empowered by using software to streamline and eliminate unnecessary tasks, and by using software to do what people have been unable to do until now. Conversation accounts for a large percentage of people's lives in society, and the concept of negotiation is not only used in business negotiations, but also in all aspects of human life, including romantic relationships. Yet, many aspects of conversations have not been given much opportunity to be reevaluated. amptalk presents such opportunities through developing software to create a world in which each individual is empowered and all users are happy.

Why amptalk - "An exceptional team with a deep understanding of pain points"

amptalk is a product-driven team that respects each other and is committed to excellence. They are a team of people who respect each other and are committed to being the best. They work in a diverse environment of nationalities and languages, unlearning from past experiences and sometimes using them as ideas to provide innovative solutions for their users and to make the world a more amazing place. amptalk focuses on creating products that solve problems by removing the focus from unnecessary and uninspiring tasks.

MISSION, VISION, and VALUEs

MISSION - Maximize the time people spend with each other. The responsibility of sales and other customer-facing positions is to determine how much time they can spend with customers in a higher-quality manner. amptalk will unlock sales operations to maximize the amount of time spent talking to customers, and minimizing all the peripheral operations and communication barriers that are preventing the forementioned.

VISION - To create opportunities that didn't exist yesterday. The world is losing countless opportunities due to the inefficiencies of conversations and human behavior. By streamlining all sales-related tasks, such as training and administrative work, amptalk will create opportunities that didn’t have the chance to exist before.

VALUES

GET IT DONE

The best people are those who take initiative and execute. Ideas and theories alone accomplish nothing. Don't be a critic. Act first, instead of overthinking.

EXTREME OWNERSHIP

Let's stop drawing lines based on roles or titles. Break down barriers and treat everything as your own responsibility. Treat problems happening elsewhere as your own, and step outside the box to challenge yourself if it helps the team move forward.

EXPLORER

In a rapidly changing world, we applaud those who have a proactive spirit of exploring and taking on new challenges, and are always eager to try new things.

GIVE FIRST

Do good without expecting anything in return. Acting bases on short-term gains alone won't lead to real change. Put yourself in the shoes of society, our customers, and others, and act on what truly matters.

Service
amptalk analysis - A tool for analyzing phone calls and business meetings
Linking with all communication tools such as IP phones and video conferencing systems, amptalk analysis automatically transcribes, summarizes, and analyzes business negotiations and calls and automatically outputs the results to Salesforce / HubSpot / Slack / Microsoft Teams chat. This automated and visualized online negotiation process is available for both online and offline business meetings.

amptalk coach - An AI role-playing tool for rapid sales performance improvement
This AI-powered role-playing tool is designed to train sales professionals. It leverages AI to learn from sales materials and case studies, allowing users to practice sales conversations interactively. This helps new and junior employees quickly gain practical sales knowledge, learn autonomously, and apply their skills, essentially serving as an AI manager for speedy and realistic sales training.

Japanese Language Policy
The official language of amptalk’s engineering team is English and internal announcements/materials are partially in English, so there is no problem if you cannot speak Japanese!
Paid Leave
Paid vacation
Three days will be granted on the date of hire, and seven days after the probationary period.

Year-end and New Year vacation
December 28 - January 3
Benefits
💹 Employee stock option plan: awarded based on individual performance evaluations conducted twice a year

🍹 Free drinks: Access to a water server, in-office espresso machine, and snacks

👶 Financial support for childcare cost: Babysitter vouchers are provided with subsidies

👶 Shorter work hours for employees taking care of children

👶 Parental Leave

💟 Complete health and social insurance

🚃 Commuter allowance: Reimbursement available for actual expenses incurred while commuting to and from work

👩‍🏫 Language Learning Support (Language courses): Up to ¥10,000 monthly stipend for language lessons or certification prep and full reimbursement for examination fees upon successful certification

💚 Translation support (EN<>JP)
Remote Work
Hybrid Work:

amptalk’s weekly in-office work days are Wednesday and Friday.
CEO Message

Ready to revolutionize the world of sales together?

My most respected mentor back in my corporate days was a salesperson who visited a prospective client nearly every single day for six months, eventually landing a massive account. In sales, "grit and determination" are undeniably vital elements.

However, a gap still exists between those who succeed and those who struggle, even when they put in the same amount of effort. While we’ve talked about "the science of sales" for years, the only major shift we’ve seen is the adoption of SFA/CRM tools and the core essence of the work hasn't truly evolved. This low productivity in sales has become a significant bottleneck for Japan’s industrial competitiveness.

At its heart, sales is an activity where people meet, build trust, and create new business opportunities for the world. To ensure that great ideas and products spread effectively, we are building a world where people can focus on the essential work that AI and chatbots simply cannot do. By leveraging technology, we aim to augment the know-how and tacit knowledge of those who came before us, or in other words "art" of sales, with the power of data.

I believe that by maximizing the value of face-to-face human connection, we can make a massive impact on the Japanese economy.

We welcome anyone ready to dive into this difficult, yet incredibly exciting challenge with us.

Ryoma Inose, CEO