Overview
Project management for the development of websites operated by our company or client projects.
Responsibilities
- Defining functional requirements based on client hearings
- Selecting technology stacks for frontend, backend, and infrastructure, and building development team structures
- Creating requirement definition documents and basic system documents (such as flowcharts)
- Directing development teams and UI/UX designers, managing tasks, and overseeing progress
- Controlling client expectations and negotiations throughout the project
- Weekly client meetings, progress reporting, and feedback management
- Creating test cases and giving test instructions
- Reporting evaluations and reflections after project completion
Required Skills
- High business-level English proficiency
- Over 3 years of practical experience as a developer (full stack preferred, but negotiable)
- Language/Tech : React.js, styled-components, chart.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, GraphQL, RESTful API’s, Storybook, chai & jest, webpack, react-spring
- Version : GitLab
- Database : Firebase realtime, MySQL, DynamoDB
- Infrastructure : S3 bucket website, Auth0
- CI : GitLab pipelines
- Orchestrator : Docker
- Over 1 year of project experience involving client communication
- Over 3 years of project management experience in website development (either waterfall or agile)
Preferred Skills
- Japanese language proficiency
- Experience in Scrum development or as a Scrum Master
- Interest in games or e-sports.
About PlayBrain
Playbrain is a leading marketing agency in Japan’s gaming industry.
As a trusted partner connecting game developers, publishers, brands, and gamers, the company offers a wide range of services—including planning and operating esports events, managing its own live-streaming studio and online store, developing products, and providing analytical reports based on streaming data.
With strong multilingual capabilities, Playbrain also has a proven track record in marketing for esports and gamers, as well as in bringing game-related merchandise to the Japanese market.
The company has produced numerous events for popular titles such as League of Legends, eFootball, Rainbow Six Siege, and Brawl Stars.
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