Data Engineer, LINK Data

Tokyo
Remote OK - Anywhere in Japan
Full-time
July 20, 2022

Moneytree is looking to bring people, businesses and institutions closer together, find balance and discover new opportunities to grow their personal wealth. As a Data Engineer, you will work with Open Banking APIs and developing robotic process automation (RPA) software, the technology at the heart of our fintech data platform.

If you like hard problems, consider yourself rational, love to impact large numbers of people, are passionate about quality and hate seeing imperfections, we trust you.

We give you freedom and responsibility to do good work while we provide the best tools and empower you to use them well. We are flexible, supportive and meritocratic. We offer a healthy work-life balance, work together to help you grow professionally, and reward your talent and positive attitude.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain scripts to aggregate data from diverse sources

Optimise systems to increase speed, reduce costs and maintain high data quality

Adapt to legacy frameworks and continuously improve them

Address security issues and prioritize privacy above all else

Stay up-to-date on platform and ecosystem developments

Develop automation tools to improve the efficiency of the entire team

Take an active role in a self-organized, customer-oriented environment

Qualifications

In-depth knowledge of Node.js (JavaScript) and Ruby

Experience working with Ruby on Rails applications

Experience working with AWS services like Lambda, ECS, StepFunctions

Ability to work independently and drive results

Enjoy learning as much as teaching through pair programming and internal training

Startup mindset, ready to scale our company

Comfortable reading Japanese and fluent English

Desirable Skills & Experience

Experience working with frontend JavaScript (React, Vue) is welcomed

Knowledge of general software design patterns and best practices

Worked with large scale systems previously

Knowledge of consumer-facing banking, credit, and investment products

Location & Benefits

Full time role based in Tokyo (head office)

Remote work allowance

Health and social insurance support

Commutation and mobile phone allowance

Employee stock option program participation

Residential rent tax benefits ('shataku' / company housing)

Reports to Engineering Manager, LINK Data

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About Moneytree

Moneytree is a fin-tech start-up founded by three foreign entrepreneurs in Tokyo. Their Moneytree Link product provides a "utility layer for connecting financial services" that serves banks and other fin-tech companies, but they also have a popular consumer app that helps people manage their finances. They're a truly international company with an English-first environment and a high technical skill level for engineers, so it sounds like a really great place to work!

Salary
Moneytree's salary structure is designed to offer a base salary along with stock options. Stock options are still a relative rarity in Japan, so Moneytree is one of a reasonably small list of Japanese companies offering them.
Japanese Language Policy
Japanese is not required for engineers, but it is desirable.

As a customer-centric company building products for Japanese customers, Japanese fluency is required for product managers and product designers in order to do users research, product discovery etc.
Visa Sponsorship
- With the current pandemic, we are only accepting applicants with valid working visas in Japan.
- We offer support for visa renewal to new hires with valid working visas in Japan.
Paid Leave
Moneytree's paid time off policy is awesome.

They offer 20 paid holidays in addition to 10 sick/care leave days.

The legal minimum number of paid time off days in Japan is 10 for an employee's first year, so this is what you'll get at the majority of companies. The fact that Moneytree doubles this to 20 really makes them stand out from other companies in Tokyo.

And then there's their sick day policy. Since these aren't legally mandated in Japan, most companies don't have them at all. Moneytree really goes above and beyond here with 10.
Benefits
💹 Employee stock option program participation

💻 New tech gear

🏠 Remote work allowance

📕 Book purchases

🏋 Gym benefit

👶 Financial support for childcare costs

👶 Parental Leave

👍 Residential rent tax benefits (i.e. company housing / 'shataku')

🧡 Communication (phone + internet bills) support allowance (10,000 JPY/month)

💛 Referral bounty

🚃 Commuter allowance

🏥 Healthcare insurance

💟 Social security / insurance benefits included
Engineer Interview Process
This may depend somewhat on the position but in general, the steps are as follows:
- CV screening (+ survey to fill out for some positions)
- Casual screening meeting (onsite or remote)
- Pair programming
- Topgrading
- Provisional offer + reference check
Remote Work
Moneytree is a remote-first company, so you can work remotely from anywhere in Japan. Those who wish to work from their Tokyo office are allowed to (as long as there's not a state of emergency in effect), but it's also fine to work 100% remotely. Their hybrid approach ensures that everyone can work in the style that allows them to feel secure and safe.

Even once COVID-19 is no longer a concern, Moneytree intends to continue their full remote policy.

※ You will be required to come to Japan if you are living abroad.
Work style
Work hours: 10:00-19:00, core working hours 10:00-16:00
Diversity
Moneytree has been a globally-minded, diverse company from the start. It was founded by 3 foreigners and over 50% of their total members are from outside of Japan, with over 20 nationalities represented. Women account for around 1/3 of their staff, which is on the higher side for tech start-ups.

They maintain a meritocratic culture and conduct quarterly performance reviews with feedback from managers, plus 360 feedback from 3 key people you work closely with cross-functionally.

This helps them track staff performance in an objective way regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender (including transgender), age, sexual orientation, or beliefs (including lack of religion or beliefs).