Software Engineer (New Graduate students - Class of 2025)

*We are currently taking applications from those who graduate after October 2024.

Sansan is a leading SaaS provider in Japan. We have developed a range of products centered on digital transformation and data management, and we have pioneered new markets.

Since our founding, the company's mission has been, “Turning encounters into innovation.” To realize this mission, we continually evolve our solutions to maximize business connections between and among people and companies.
We are currently focusing on global expansion, with our global members playing an increasingly active role.

In our Engineering Division, we have established a new team to develop new functions specifically applicable for global use. With this aim, we are now actively recruiting global members to join existing teams and strengthen our organization.

Our global expansion is only at the starting line. We need more new perspectives from members with different cultural backgrounds to deliver our solutions’ value to businesses around the world.

Sansan has an environment where members respect each other and are able to work freely, without being restricted by age or professional backgrounds. Join us in evolving our products into business infrastructure and contribute to the business growth of companies worldwide. If you're an engineer who shares our mission and can bring your dreams and passions to the table, we'd love to have you join our team.

This position is based at our Tokyo headquarters, and we will fully support your relocation to Tokyo.

Job description

As an engineer, you will mainly work on planning, development, and operations related to products and our main services. You will work to create the new "norm" where all working people worldwide will use our services every day, as we become infrastructure for the business world. 

Work environment

Features and development environment

You will work in a team efficiently and feel a sense of accomplishment after finishing each sprint. 

We empower employees supporting them as they elevate themselves as engineers. We do this in ways, such as in-house study sessions and financial support for purchasing technology learning materials. 

We also host events in our free space area, such as lightning talk and reading sessions, internal hackathons, and group study sessions with other companies.

Work motivation

• You'll use your own hands to increase the value of our solutions that will change the world.
• You receive continual code reviews from experienced engineers in your team, which will heighten your technical skills.
• You'll join from the project planning stage. Engineers' suggestions are smoothly incorporated, as each member develops themself with the responsibility of a service provider.

Required experience

• Upcoming graduates with a degree in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering, or a technology-related field with an emphasis on software development.
• Experience in at least one of the following:
  • Web Application Engineer
    • Web application development with any development languages.
  • MLOps/DevOps Engineer
    • Development experience with Python, C#, Go, etc.
    • Fundamentals of machine learning.
  • Business-level English proficiency

Preferred experience

• Team development
• Web Application Engineer
  • Development working with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc.)
• MLOps/DevOps Engineer
  • Experience as an MLOps Engineer or DevOps Engineer
• Daily conversational-level Japanese proficiency

Employment type

• Full-time (正社員)
• Probation period; First 6 months after joining the company (during this time, conditions are the same as permanent employment)

Work location

Aoyama Oval Building 13F, 5-52-2 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-0001, Japan

Remote work is permitted, though employees must work at the office at least (A) 3 times per week or (B) 1 time per week.

Salary

• Expected annual: starting at 5,600,000 JPY
• Monthly: 400,000 JPY
  • Base: 324,000 JPY
  • Overtime: 76,000 JPY
• Bonus: Twice annually (January & July)
• Raise: Annually

Note:

• Salary includes 30 hours of overtime pay (irrespective of whether any overtime is worked) as per Japanese Labor Laws
• Any overtime beyond this will be paid additionally (though is discouraged)
• For engineering and research and development positions, compensation will be individually determined based on experience and programming abilities.

Allowances

• Commuting transportation expenses
• Neighborhood housing subsidy system

Work hours

• Working hours: Flextime Working hours: Flextime
  • Core hours: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (on twice-monthly all-company meeting days, core hours are 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.)
  • Standard daily working hours: 8.0

Holidays

• Weekends and national holidays
• Annual paid holidays
• Year-end and New Year holidays

Insurance Coverage

• Employment insurance
• Workers' compensation insurance
• Welfare pension insurance
• Health insurance

Relocation support

• Communication Support
  • Japanese language study support (after joining the company)
  • Translation and interpretation are available
  • Active English-speaking employee community within the company
  • Culture and language exchange events
• Relocation support
  • Visa sponsorship
  • Flight tickets
  • 1 month fully furnished apartment
  • Partnership with an English-friendly real estate agency
  • City office and bank account opening assistance