Web Services Engineer

About Code Chrysalis

Code Chrysalis helps people and companies transform through software engineering training. Our business is twofold:

• for individuals, we have coding bootcamps and classes to make career shifts
• for enterprise, we provide services for everything from reskilling to onboarding software teams

Our team has raised $1.4 million from Benesse, the largest education conglomerate in Japan, and our enterprise clientele includes some of the largest names.

We are the leading player in a massive and growing market to help enterprise in Japan upskill and reskill software engineering teams, but we are still early enough for you to make a big impact.

Join us!

About the Role

We are seeking a Web Developer to develop and maintain web services and APIs to support our learning platform. The successful candidate will be responsible for creating and maintaining technical documentation, ensuring scalability, performance, and security of the platform.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain web services and APIs to support the learning platform, including web-based tools for software development curriculum
• Create and maintain technical documentation related to the learning platform and its services
• Ensure the platform's scalability, performance, and security

Key Qualifications

• Strong programming skills in JavaScript and at least 2 non-script-like programming languages.
• Knowledge of SQL and how to make queries fast and scalable.
• Familiarity with various software architecture patterns and best practices.
• Proficient in business English. Japanese language skills are a plus.
• Knowledge of Python is a bonus.

Employment conditions

• Contract Type: Full-time employee (including 3 months probationary period)
• Working hours: 09:00~18:00 (1 hour lunch break, 8 hours work)
• Flextime: Flexible working hours depending on role
• Salary: 7,000,000 JPY ~ 9,000,000 JPY (may vary depending on skills and experience)
• Vacations: 2 days off per week, Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, summer and winter vacation, annual paid vacations (20 days granted after the second year), childcare leave, menstrual leave, etc.
• Various benefits: Includes employee pension insurance and social insurance
• Transportation expenses paid
• VISA acquisition support system available
• Environment: Remote work possible, free dress code, many employees are from overseas, diverse and inclusive workplace

Corporate Culture

Core Values

• Give a shit - care about your surroundings (students, colleagues, company, society) and do what you think is good
• Always improving - Always thinking about improvement.
• Be authentic - Be yourself, be genuine! Also, embrace the other person's own personality.

We are growing fast, but we are still a start-up company. So you can create your own way of working at CodeChrysalis. We are also looking for people who:

• Are fast learners and eager to learn
• People who can give and receive feedback that is not solely in their own best interest
• People who not only solve problems, but actively seek them out and take ownership to take them from idea to implementation.
• Someone who values diversity and inclusion