SDET (Developer in Test)_CQO Office,Tokyo

Overview

At Money Forward, we provide various services such as "Money Forward Cloud" for businesses and "Money Forward ME" for individuals to address various financial challenges.

As we continue to add new products and features, it is our utmost priority to ensure rapid development along with quality assurance to satisfy our customers. We are able to deliver speed due to our agile development methodology, however, quality assurance within short cycles is an area that is still evolving, hence the need to strengthen the personnel (SDET) in this area.

Responsibility

We are looking for SDET (Developer in Test) in our CQO Office.

• Improvement of test coverage for unit testing
• Assurance of upstream quality using metrics
• Automation of testing using tools like Selenium
• Automation of non-functional testing using Chaos Engineering and similar methods
• Prototype and validate new approaches through proof of concept, graduate successful ideas into production-grade.
• Optimize performance of tools and pipelines to minimize execution time and infrastructure cost.
• Track and report quality metrics (coverage, defect trends, CFR, MTBF/MTTR, p95 latency, error rate) via dashboards and concise write-ups.
• Research emerging technologies in quality engineering and recommend practical adoption paths.

Required Skills and Experience

• Minimum 3 years development experience
• Holder of ISTQB AL certification or equivalent knowledge
• Bachelor's degree in Information Processing, Computer Science, or equivalent (e.g., Information Technology Engineer Examination, etc.)
• Experience building developer tools, test frameworks, or internal platforms; familiarity with version control and CI/CD.
• Ability to work autonomously and in cross-functional teams; excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.

Language Requirement

• English Proficiency: Business level (equivalent to a TOEIC score of 700 or higher)
  • Due to joint projects with members based in India and Vietnam, some projects may require all communication, including meetings and text exchanges, to be conducted entirely in English.
• Japanese Proficiency: Basic/Daily conversation level (able to conduct interviews using a mix of Japanese and English as needed)

Who we are looking for

• Positive about taking on challenges.
• Able to communicate effectively with engineers of different nationalities that are based at various overseas locations.

Environment

At Money Forward, we provide an environment where we can create world-class services together, and we look forward to welcoming you.

• Provided PC Specs: Latest CPU-equipped PC (MacOS or Windows).
• Custom PC orders and upgrades to the latest OS are possible based on business requirements.
• Money Forward Library: A library system with free lending, from technical books to management books. Desired books can be purchased at company expense.
• Referral Driven: Coverage of recruitment meal expenses. Referral reward system.
• Conference Participation Support: Partial company coverage for participation in domestic and international conferences such as RubyKaigi and Google I/O.

Location, Work Style Policy

• Location: Tokyo, Japan
• Hybrid Work
  • As a standard practice, a minimum of 2 days work from office attendance is mandatory, designated as team office days. Additionally, employees are encouraged to spend 3 or more days in the office.
  • The specific "team office days" may vary depending on the assigned team.
  • This policy may be subject to change based on the company's needs and work circumstances.

Working hours

• Flexible Working Hours (No core time)

Vacations

• Two days off per week (Saturday and Sunday)
• Japanese national holidays
• Paid holiday: 10 days (first year) *Number of paid holidays increases (+1 day) every year up to 20 days a year.
• Summer vacation days: 3 days
• Winter vacations days: 2 days
• Year-end and New Year’s holidays (Dec 31st - Jan 3rd)

Benefit

• Health insurance
• Employee stock ownership plan
• Full transportation coverage
• The latest computer (if considered necessary for work, limitless upgrade on specs and purchases of peripheral equipment are allowed.)
• Seminar participation support
• Book purchases
• Copyright of OSS belongs to individuals

Selection Process

Casual interview/Document Screening
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Coding assignment
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First interview
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Second interview
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Final interview *Reference checks may be required before or after the interview.
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Job offer and Meeting

*The selection process may change

Reference checks

Money Forward may ask for your cooperation with reference checks using a reference check service tool. We believe that mutual understanding is limited to the selection process alone. Therefore, we would like to gather information about you from your supervisor and colleagues at your current or former company to ensure a more reliable match and facilitate your early success after joining our company.
※We do not make employment decisions based solely on the contents of reference checks. 
※The fact that you are in the selection process with us will not be disclosed to referees.