“Money Forward ME” primarily provides services through mobile applications, making app development a core part of service creation. In app development, providing features to users is essential, as are elements crucial for continuous service provision, such as enhancing UX and performance. However, as history progresses, systems become more complex, and challenges arise in keeping up with Android’s evolution and improving the development environment in line with business growth.
Our mobile development team collaborates with the backend team to build features, discusses feature improvements with PdMs and designers, and works with customer support members to sincerely address user feedback and resolve issues, advancing work with many stakeholders. While communication challenges may arise at times, enhancing problem-solving skills leads to growth as an engineer.
The app was originally built on Android native implementation, but we are progressively migrating to Flutter, resulting in a current hybrid environment of native and Flutter code. Further advancing this migration to Flutter is a challenging endeavor that requires time and effort, and we need colleagues who can join us in strategizing and tackling technical challenges.
Currently, the development team is globalizing and communication among engineers is shifting towards English. Additionally, members from Money Forward Vietnam are participating in development. On the other hand, there is frequent communication in Japanese with product managers, designers, customer support members, and other roles, necessitating not only technical skills but also communication skills and the ability to identify issues to enhance the team’s overall strength.
We are looking for individuals who can enjoy not only the growth of the product but also the growth of the team and themselves in such a challenging environment, and who can lead product development as a team leader!
Technical Stack
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Programming Languages
- Android: Java, Kotlin
- Flutter: Dart
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Libraries/Frameworks
- Android: Jetpack, Dagger Hilt, PBL, Kotlin Coroutines, RxJava
- Flutter: Add-to-app, Riverpod, freezed, OpenAPI Generator
Responsibilities
- Development and operation of Android apps for consumers
- Development of new features and modification of existing features according to strategies
- Application submission and publication to the Google Play Store
- Monitoring for stable operation and response to issues
- Continuous improvement of code quality and technical foundation
- Ongoing refactoring
- Review and improvement of architecture
- Responding to updates in technology trends and frameworks
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in Android app development as a primary role
- Experience leading a development team
- Experience in architecture design for Android apps
- Experience promoting work through collaboration with other roles such as PdMs, designers, and backend engineers
- Ability to catch up on platform information from Google and Apple and contribute to stable operations
- Japanese is not mandatory for work, but willingness to learn Japanese is desired.
Nice to haves
While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following.
- Experience developing cross-platform apps using Flutter
- Experience in mobile app development using declarative UI such as Jetpack Compose
- Experience discussing UI with designers and PdMs using design tools like Figma
- Experience releasing to the Google Play Store and subsequent operations
- Experience or willingness to engage in external communication activities such as speaking at technical events or writing technical articles
- Experience in developing and operating Android apps with a large user base
- Experience discussing and practicing the significance and utilization of tests such as unit tests and E2E tests
- Willingness to learn Japanese
Compensation
6.5 to 12 million JPY annually.
