About the position

As a senior fullstack engineer, you will be responsible for leading the development of an accountants assistant system called “Money Forward Cloud Partner (hereinafter referred to as Cloud Partner)'', which is used by the certified business partners of Money Forward. Cloud Partner enables our business partners to efficiently manage their client information and provide various professional services. 

 You are expected to become the driving force of the development and also establish a great product team together.

About team

Business Platform Development Department, Cloud Partner Group

You will be assigned to the Business Platform Development Department of Money Forward Business Company, responsible for overseeing the Business Domains that support the Money Forward Group. The Business Platform Development Department was established to maximize the value of 'Money Forward Cloud,' which supports the efficiency and management improvement of Japanese back-office operations. We undertake development related to cross-cutting concerns of Money Forward Cloud, working across multiple teams to develop services that are not limited to specific services but are utilized across the board. Additionally, we engage in project-based technical debt reduction activities

We are currently seeking a development engineer for 'Cloud Partner,' a product exclusively designed for professionals (accounting firms and labor and social security attorney offices) available to certified members of Money Forward Cloud.

Responsibilities

The Cloud Partner Group sets forth the product vision of "advancing the advisory experience for professionals." Professionals play a significant role in the growth of small and medium-sized businesses. However, they often dedicate a considerable amount of time to paper-based management tasks such as receipt management and various application form preparations, which hinders their ability to allocate resources adequately to advisory services for growth support.

Therefore, since our inception, we have been partnering with professionals and focusing on promoting the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) through our back-office SaaS series, Money Forward Cloud. By 2023, our cloud accounting service became the No.1 choice among accounting firms, capturing a market share of 45%.

Currently, we provide features that support the management of clients who utilize the Money Forward Cloud series. However, going forward, our aim is to provide new value that enables professionals to focus more on supporting the business growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

We currently adopt Scrum development and do not divide teams or tasks between backend and frontend. However, considering the current balance of the team, we aim to strengthen recruitment efforts for engineers with expertise in backend development. Additionally, Money Forward aims to fully transition to English for development from the fiscal year 2025, and the Cloud Partner team is already progressing towards globalization.

Currently, the discovery phase, such as issue identification and requirement definition, is conducted by some members in Japanese, which is then translated into English. The delivery phase, including design, implementation, testing, and release, is entirely conducted in English. It is anticipated that the discovery phase will also be conducted in English in the future. However, breaking away from Japanese in product and business domains is challenging, so a combination of Japanese and English will be necessary for the time being. 

Technology Stack

• Backend: Ruby on Rails, GraphQL
• Frontend: React,js, Next.js, TypeScript
• Middlewares: MySQL, Kafka, Debezium
• Infrastructure: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
• CI/CD: Circle CI, GitHub Action, Argo CD
• Monitoring: Datadog, Rollbar
• Task management: JIRA
• Communication: Slack, Zoom

Requirements

Must to have

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 3+ years of web application development experience
• Experience of react, Next.js and GraphQL
• Experience of frontend development with full stack web framework
• Experience of designing and deploying cloud infrastructure
• Minimum Professional working proficiency in English (IELTS Overall 6+, TOEFL iBT 60+, TOEIC 740+)
• Willing to learn Japanese
• Be able to relocate to Japan and commute to the office in Tokyo at least twice a week

Nice to have

• Conversational level of Japanese
• Experience of backend development with Ruby on Rails and RDBMS
• Experience of system architecture design
• Experience of microservice development
• Experience of working in Scrum team
• Experience of practicing DevOps
• Experience of container based development
• Proficiency of test driven development

Salary

• 6.4-11 million JPY annually

Location

• Location: Tokyo, Japan.
• Remote work: Hybrid/Partial remote with one day of in-office work per week.

Working hours

• Flexible Working Hours (No core time)

Vacations

• Two days off per week (Saturday and Sunday)
• Japanese national holidays (16 national holidays in 2023)
• Paid holidays: 10 days (first year) *Number of paid holidays increases (+1 day) each year up to 20 days per year.
• Summer vacation days: 3 days
• Winter vacation days: 2 days

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Employee stock ownership plan
• Full transportation coverage
• The latest computer (Unlimited upgrade or purchase when needed for development is available upon approval.)
• Seminar participation support
• Book purchases
• Copyright of OSS belongs to individuals

Relocation Support for Overseas Candidates

• Communication Support
  • Japanese language study support
    • Online beginner courses
    • Terakoya (Japanese study buddy program)
  • In-house Translation & Interpretation team
  • Active English-speaking employee community within the company
  • Culture and Language exchange events
• Relocation Support
  • Working and dependent visa sponsorship and application assistance
  • Flight tickets (for employee and their dependent family)
  • Airport pick-up
  • Temporary fully furnished apartment
    • 1st month: free
    • 2nd and 3rd month - corporate discount available upon request
  • Relocation bonus for initial life setup
  • Settling-in support after arrival in Japan
    • City office and bank account opening tour
    • Information sharing about mobile plans, credit card applications, etc..