【Only applicants currently residing in Japan are eligible to apply.】

Overview

As a Senior Frontend Software Engineer, you will be responsible for building brand-new reporting features for our accounting cloud service, mainly using React.js and Typescript.

“Money Forward Cloud ERP” is a cloud-based composable ERP (modular ERP) that has our own SaaS applications for corporate back-office operations from Accounting, Finances, and Human Resources fields as its module applications. And the “Money Forward Cloud Accounting Plus” is an accounting module from the composable ERP modules.

Our team is developing new reporting features for the accounting module, which our users desire. The new reporting features allow users to check their company’s financial status easily and quickly. We have to handle large amounts of data to calculate figures for reporting, it is crucial to consider efficiency in processing to provide better UX.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Develop reporting functionalities on our cloud accounting product for over mid-sized companies with React.js and Typescript
• Develop frontend for customizable reporting functionalities
• Write scalable, robust, testable, efficient, and easily maintainable code
• Lead team members from a technical perspective
• Participate in discussions on product specifications or customer feedback with members from other functions
• Create system requirements that include functional and non-functional requirements
• Collaborate with team members, Engineering Manager, Product Manager, Designer, and any other stakeholders
• Ship software to the production environment
• Monitor the production environment and if any issues happen, fix and recover the system
• Share your knowledge with team members and other engineers
• Contribute to improvements in the development process, communication, team building, etc

Required Skills and Experience

• Computer Science/Engineering Bachelor’s degree or related technical field
• 7+ years of software development experience
• Experience in leading product development with React.js and Typescript
• Experience with working in an Agile/Scrum team
• Experience in designing system architecture
• Team player
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Solution-oriented and result-driven
• Can commute to the office in Tokyo two days per week

Preferred Skills and Experience

These aren’t required but be sure to mention them in your application if you have them.

• Experience with financial domain service development and operations (e.g. accounting, reporting) 
• Experience with Next.js
• Experience with Go or other backend technologies
• Experience with CI/CD
• Experience with AWS or other public cloud services
• Experience with system design and infrastructure building
• Successful track record of developing quality software products and shipping production-ready software
• Interest in learning Japanese

Language Requirements

• Japanese: Not required but nice to have 
• English: Fluent in both written and verbal

Work Environment

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

• Provided PC Specs: We provide PCs equipped with the latest CPUs (MacOS or Windows). Custom-made PCs tailored to business requirements and replacements with the latest OS are also possible.
• Systems to Enhance the Development Environment: Peripheral devices necessary for work (such as displays, mice, keyboards) can be purchased as office supplies. Generally, you can choose from standard products (catalog), and if conditions are met, you can apply for non-standard products as well.
• Money Forward Library: We have a library system where you can freely borrow books, ranging from technical books to management books. Desired books can be purchased at the company's expense.
• Referral Driven: We cover the cost of recruitment meals. There is a referral reward system.
• Conference Participation Support: The company partially covers participation in domestic and international conferences, such as RubyKaigi and Google I/O."
  
  

Salary System

Salary Range
Min 667,000 JPY/month（8,004,000 JPY/year）〜1,000,000 JPY/month（12,000,000 JPY/year）
※Each including fixed allowances of 192,523 JPY〜288,585 JPY/month.

Bonus 

A「High Performance Bonus」may be paid to employees who receive high evaluations based on semi-annual evaluations in addition to their salary.
※Please note that the remuneration of the High Performance Bonus is subject to change according to the company's performance.

Probation Period

3 months from join date

Time System    

Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work
※ Applicable under certain conditions
※ Change to flextime system is possible

Working Hours

9:30 - 18:30 (60 min break) are the basic working hours., however, employees are able choose their working hours at their own discretion.
※There is potential for overtime work outside the determined hours

Work Style Policy    

Hybrid work style

• As a standard practice, employees are required to work at the office a minimum of 2 days per week. Employees are encouraged to spend 3 or more days in the office. (This policy may be subject to change based on the company and job circumstances)
• The specific "team office days" may vary depending on the assigned team

Holidays/Vacations

• Saturday・Sunday・Japanese national holidays
• Paid holidays
• Summer holidays（3days）
• Winter holidays（2days）
• Year-end and New Year’s holidays（Dec 31st～Jan 3rd）

Benefits

• Various social insurances (Employee pension, Health insurance, Employment insurance, Industrial accident compensation insurance)
• Neighborhood housing allowance and neighborhood moving allowance
• Health check and gynecological checkup
• Influenza vaccine
• Book purchases support
• Defined-contribution corporate pension
• Employee stock ownership plan
• Preferential treatment when using the following services（※Limited to businesses under contract with Money Forward）
  • Rental agency
  • Housekeeping services
  • Babysitting
  • Online English conversation school

Relocation Support for Overseas Candidates

• Working Visa
• Flight ticket to Japan
• Relocation Bonus
• Temporary fully furnished apartment for the first month

Selection Process

Casual interview/Document Screening
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First interview（Depending on the positions, there would be a technical assignment before interviews）
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Several interviews（The number of interviews are depending on the positions）
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Final interview (Before or after interviews, we may ask you to take reference checks）
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Job offer・Offer meeting

※The contents may be subject to change depending on the case.

Reference checks

Money Forward may ask for your cooperation on reference checks using a service called “back check”.
We think the mutual understanding is limited in the selection process only. Therefore, we would like to refer to the information about you from your supervisor and colleagues working together at the current or former company so that we can make a more reliable match and to lead to 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 under selection process by us will not be disclosed to referees.