Software Engineer, Smart Data

Remote OK - Anywhere in Japan
Full-time
August 6, 2021

Our mission is to unlock the power of data for good. Millions of people across Japan use and trust our apps every day.

Our engineering culture values pragmatism, honesty, and simplicity to solve hard problems the right way. We give you the freedom and responsibility to do your best work. You are provided the best tools for the job and trust you to use them effectively. We are flexible, meritocratic and support your technical and professional growth.

Smart Data is a newly formed team focused on building financial data analytics solutions to help our users better understand their financial life and our clients better understand their customers. We care deeply about user consent, privacy and maximizing the value that data can bring to users and customers.

You are

Excited about data analytics and building great user experiences

Experienced with TypeScript and web development

Interested in using a wide range of cloud technologies

You will

Contribute to the development of our next game-changing financial-analytics solutions

Build it in TypeScript (Node.js), Python and HTML5

Use AWS services like Lambda, Cognito, SQS, Kinesis, S3 and Glue

Own meaningful parts of the service, have an impact, and grow with the company

Get to demonstrate your work to stakeholders regularly

After three months

You will have had security and privacy training

You will be familiar with every other team at Moneytree

You will be able to contribute in the vision of Smart Data team solutions

You will have made your first valuable pull requests

You will have made production deployments

Benefits

Full time role, working remotely from anywhere in Japan

Employee stock option program participation

Referral bonus 250,000 JPY per successful hire

Communication allowance (10,000 JPY/month)

Remote work allowance (3000 JPY/month)

20 annual paid leave

10 annual sick and care leave

Health and social insurance in accordance with Japanese labor standards

Ability to work from overseas for short periods

Reports to Engineering Manager

Office Location

Tokyo

Work style

Remote first company with flex time

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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 an international company with an English-first work environment and a high technical skill level for engineers. Truly 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
Moneytree does not require Japanese language skills for their engineering positions, though it is an advantage.

As a customer-centric company building products for Japanese customers, Japanese fluency is required for product managers and product designers to do user 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 offers 20 paid holidays in addition to 10 sick/care leave days.

The Standard paid leave 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
💻 New tech gear

👩‍🎓 Skill development support

🏠 Remote work allowance

📕 Book purchases

🍹 Free drinks

👶 Parental Leave

🧡 Interpretation support (EN<>JP)

💟 Complete health and social insurance

🚃 Commuter allowance

✈️ Ability to work from overseas for short periods

💰Communication Allowance
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 supports remote work, allowing its employees to work from home or the office. Depending on the position, they can live anywhere in Japan.
Work style
Moneytree’s working hours are 10:00-19:00, and their core working hours are 10:00-16:00
Diversity
Moneytree has a diverse environment, with 60% of the employees coming from over 20 different countries.