A leading digital platform based in Japan is seeking a mid-level Backend Engineer to join its high-performing product engineering team. This is a rare opportunity to work on a large-scale content delivery system used by millions, where performance, scalability, and clean architecture truly matter.
You’ll be joining a team that owns the full stack, builds everything in-house, and values autonomy, code quality, and continuous improvement. If you enjoy solving hard problems at scale and want your work to make a visible impact — this is the place.
What You’ll Do:
- Design and build backend systems using Java, Go, Python or Kotlin
- Own features end-to-end: architecture, development, testing, deployment
- Improve system performance, reliability, and maintainability
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on product and platform improvements
- Contribute to tech evaluations, architecture reviews, and long-term planning
What We’re Looking For:
- 3–5+ years of backend engineering experience
- Proficiency in Java Go, Python or Kotlin (Any is fine)
- Experience with both relational and NoSQL databases
- Strong fundamentals and an agile, collaborative mindset
- Bonus: experience with microservices, Spring/JPA, gRPC/GraphQL, DDD, or DevOps practices
- Intermediate Japanese (N3+)
Why Join Us:
- Remote-first culture with flexible hours and location
- High-impact work on a product with millions of users and strong technical challenges
- Well-funded and stable, but with a startup pace and energy
- Real ownership of architecture and technical direction — your ideas won’t just be heard, they’ll be shipped