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The results of a survey of 435 international software engineers living in Japan, include salary details, which was conducted in November 2021.
A guide to understanding your chances of getting a job as a programmer in Japan are, and what the first steps you can take are.
The complete guide to visas that permit you to work as a full time software developer in Japan.
The story of my personal journey of coming to Japan straight out of university and finding a job as a Ruby developer at a Japanese startup.
Ryoko started her career as a typical Japanese office worker, but went through a dramatic career change, joining Givery as a Frontend Engineer where she speaks almost exclusively in English.
Read her story...Cortland recently joined SmartNews as an engineering manager, where he leads a six person team. He talks about what drew him to the company, his role as a manager, and how they use matrix management to maximize their engineersβ success.
Read his story...Eurico is the CTO of Spider Labs, whose ad fraud detection tool handles billions of requests and terabytes of data on a daily basis. The Elixir programming language has been instrumental in helping them reach this scale.
Read his story...Ashwini leads one of PayPayβs payment sub-teams. She got there by doing something sheβs done throughout her career: identifying something she wants to do and asking to do it.
Read her story...TokyoDev started off with me writing about my own experiences being a developer in Tokyo. As other international developers asked me questions about working here, I wrote articles to answer them. Now TokyoDev has evolved into a site dedicated to helping international developers start and grow their career in Japan. Read more...
If you're already in Japan, networking is the best way to find a great job. Here are some great English-language developer events in Tokyo I recommend: