Senior Software Engineer (ID Platform, Tokyo)

Tokyo
Partial Remote
Full-time
April 4, 2024

Overview

At Money Forward, we currently provide over 50 services spanning across B2C, B2B and we continue to grow by launching new services aimed at solving financial challenges for everyone.

The ID platform is indispensable for our over ten million users to use these services safely and conveniently.

Through the development of the ID platform, our team mission is:

Elevate product and business value through our innovative authentication infrastructure
Provide the pinnacle of authentication experience while ensuring supreme account security for all users
Persistently pursue technological advancement by actively exploring and integrating advanced ID technologies and standards

Responsibilities and Duties

Development of an authentication and authorization platform based on OpenID Connect
Development of account lifecycle-related features such as registration and authentication
Development of proprietary integration features dedicated to 1st Party clients
Development of other features, such as managing user attribute information
Improving services based on quantitative and qualitative analysis using user behavior logs

Qualification

Experience in development in the area of authorization, authentication, and digital identity (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, FIDO2/WebAuthn, etc.)
Experience in development, operation, and security of web applications
Experience in logical database design and operation with RDB
Passion for problem-solving related to authorization, authentication, and digital identity
Computer Science/Engineering Bachelor's degree or related technical field
A shared belief in Money Forward's Mission/Vision/Values/Culture

Nice to have

Experience in our current tech stack including backend (Ruby/Ruby on Rails), frontend (TypeScript, React.js), and others (AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform)
Basic knowledge of data analysis and experience in problem-solving and improvement activities using data
Daily conversational level of Japanese

Technology stack

Backend Languages: Ruby (Ruby on Rails)
Frontend Languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript (TypeScript, React.js)
Infrastructure: MySQL, AWS (EKS, ElastiCache, SQS, DynamoDB, etc.)
Configuration management: Terraform
Monitoring: Datadog, Rollbar
CI/CD: CircleCI, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD

Location, 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

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
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Relocation Support for Overseas Candidates

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

Selection Process

Casual interview/Document Screening
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First interview *Some positions require a technical assignment before the 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 you for the reference checks using an online service, called "back check".
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 previous company so that we can make a more reliable match and to lead to your early success after joining our company.
*No pass/fail decision will be made on the basis of the reference checks only.
*The fact that you are applying for us will not be disclosed to your references.

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About Money Forward

Money Forward, founded in 2012, strives to deliver exceptional value to users in various business domains. As a leading FinTech company, we offer over 40 services, ranging from personal finance management to B2B SaaS products.

We have been growing rapidly, and we are expanding our global hiring to help further expand the company. That means that we are open to hiring those with limited or no Japanese language proficiency.

Money Forward is one of Japan's hottest FinTech companies and it is now a great opportunity to be a part of one of our continued growths!

Paid Leave
- Saturday and Sunday
- Japanese national holidays
- Paid holiday: 10 days (first year) *The number of paid holidays increases by 1 day every year up to 20 days a year.
- Summer vacation days: 3 days
- Winter vacations days: 2 days
Benefits
🚃 Commuter allowance

💟 Comprehensive Health Insurance Coverage

🩺 Annual medical check-up

💻 Supply of necessary equipment (PC, Monitor, Keyboard, etc.)

📕 Support for purchasing necessary books and learning materials

💜 Internal study sessions to enhance technical knowledge and skills

💛 Support for attending conferences or seminars
Remote Work
Money Forward requires 1 in-office day per week (so up to 4 days per week of remote work).
Work style
In terms of work hours, Money Forward offers a full flex time schedule. There may be core time in certain circumstances (e.g., new grad positions), but for mid-level or above, there is no core time for engineering or product teams. In that case, your work hours will be completely flexible.
Our Culture

In 2016, we created our MVVC (Mission, Vision, Values, Culture) to unite our members under a common language, and to express the values we wished to emphasize in the way we approach our work.

Imposing specific ideas of how we “should be” often leaves a gap between what people are asked to do and how they feel. We want each member of Money Forward to interpret our Values and Culture for themselves, adapting their own approach to embodying our MVVC on their own terms.

In this way, our Culture takes shape through gathering everyone’s ideas about “how we want to be”.

As all members feel personally involved in creating our Culture, the MVVC have received much love over the past seven years.

Even if our Culture needs to be updated over time, one thing we will never change is the idea of “let’s make it together”, where each of our members has a hand in co-creating who we are as a company.

Mission

Money Forward. Move your life forward.

Vision

Becoming the financial platform for all

Values

User Focus, Tech & Design, Fairness

Culture

Speed, Professional, Teamwork, Respect, Evolution, Fun

🌏 Globalization

Objective
- Hire talented and diverse engineers globally
- Expand into a global tech company and deliver more enhanced value to users
Target
- Establish English as the common language across all engineering teams in the company
- Target Completion: By the end of 2024
Achievements so far
- 100+ Non-Japanese members from 20+ countries are currently working in the company
- No Japanese language proficiency required for candidates in many departments
- Launched an in-house English training program for Japanese employees 💙🌏