Software Engineer, Frontend

We do not require Japanese language ability in the working environment. We have a language support program if employees want to learn Japanese.

We support candidates to get a working visa from the start to the end (for JP office joiners).

Our holidays shall include Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and other days designated by the Company.

Annual paid holidays

• 4-10 days of paid holiday will be granted depending on the month in which you join the Company.

• From the second year and onwards, paid holidays will be granted according to the number of years of your employment on April 1st of each year. The number of days granted shall be set forth in the Work Rules.

Other leaves

• Summer holidays

• Year-end and year-beginning holidays

• Special leave for congratulation or condolence (marriage or immediate family death)

• Sick/Injured Child Care Leave

• Family nursing care leave

• Maternity and paternity leave

☕️ ChikyuCoffee - Delicious coffee provided by our Barista every day

🍹 Free soft drinks

🌽 SmartKitchen - Healthy organic lunch on a daily basis for free at our cafeteria

👩‍🎓 Foreign language development support

💜 Various social insurance benefits included

🏥 Health insurance

📓 Free book rent from our library collections

🌎 Translation/interpretation support (EN<>JP)

We accept work from home policy during natural disasters and emergency situations. Our company’s working policy during the pandemic follows the government’s recommendations.

Our engineering and product teams follow the discretionary labor system to better collaborate with members in the US and China.

We support diversity in various ways and those are not simply reflected in the quantitative goals.

We have employees with 18 different nationalities. Groups of small gatherings with similar interests are actively communicating across divisions, departments, and regions. We have monthly Global All Hands to share important notes from each region and be aligned globally.

All employees in SmartNews have different personal and professional backgrounds and experiences.

We are supporting our employees in various ways to help them manage their work better with family care.

We have 10 annual paid leaves (for a child) for employees with children until they enter highschool.

Working from home is encouraged when their family needs care. Employees can freely invite their family to the Smart Kitchen (our corporate kitchen where free lunches are served).

During the working from home period because of the pandemic, employees with small children autonomously held some online sessions for their children such as reading fairy tales and mutual online babysittings.