At Money Forward, we provide services that solve financial challenges through technology. Our flagship services, “Money Forward Cloud Expense” and “Money Forward Cloud Payable,” are used by a wide range of customers, from sole proprietors to large enterprises.
As we scale up in the future, we need to quickly deliver new features to meet user needs, while simultaneously maintaining stable operations and a high quality of service. Achieving this requires not just development speed, but also exceptional application design and effective team development practices.
Therefore, we are currently seeking a Senior Engineer who possesses deep knowledge of web application architecture and development methodologies to lead our team from both a technical and organizational standpoint.
Technology Stack
- Web Server-Side: Rails, Golang, Node.js, GraphQL
- Web Frontend: React, TypeScript, Next.js, Redux, Apollo Client, webpack, Jest
- iOS: Swift, SwiftUI, CoreData, Apollo, ReactorKit, Composable Architecture, Bitrise
- Android: Java/Kotlin, Android Jetpack (Camera, DataBinding, Navigation, etc.), LiveData/ViewModel, Dagger/Hilt, OkHttp3, Retrofit2, Apollo Android
- Database: MySQL (Aurora)
- Infrastructure & Middleware:
- AWS (ALB, EC2, ECS, RDS, S3, SQS, ElastiCache, EKS…)
- SendGrid, Kinsta
- GCP (BigQuery, Firebase, GKE)
- nginx, Squid, Memcached, Kafka, Logstash, Filebeat, Maxwell, Kibana, Elasticsearch, Fluentd, Envoy, Puma, HAProxy, Docker, Redis, Terraform
Tools Used
- Business Platform: Marketo, Salesforce, HubSpot
- Repository Management: GitHub
- CI/CD: CircleCI, Bitrise, ArgoCD, CodeBuild, GitHub Actions
- Development Environment: Vagrant, Docker, Terraform Enterprise
- Monitoring: DataDog, Rollbar, Bugsnag, Sentry, New Relic
- Communication: Slack
- Ticket Management: Jira, Asana, Trello, Backlog
- Security & Automation: OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, Sider (Brakeman), Snyk, VAddy, Dockle, Privy
Work Location
We are currently recruiting for this position at the following locations:
- Tokyo
- Fukuoka
Note for Overseas Applicants: If you are applying from overseas, your assigned work location will be Fukuoka.
[UI Turn Support Campaign Ongoing]
Money Forward is currently running a campaign to support relocation to our Fukuoka development base! We are offering 500,000 yen to assist with relocation expenses to engineers who join us mid-career and are currently living in Japan (conditions apply).
Responsibilities
As a senior engineer for the corporate SaaS products “Money Forward Cloud Expense” and “Money Forward Cloud Accounts Payable,” you will play a pivotal role in driving leverage across both the product and the organization.
Beyond standard feature development, you will be expected to untangle complex business requirements, translate them into long-term maintainable architectures, and provide technical leadership for the team.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in developing and operating large-scale backend systems, ideally using Ruby on Rails or similar frameworks.
- Hands-on experience building modern frontend applications with SPA frameworks using React, Vue.js, TypeScript, etc.
- Proven experience defining functional and non-functional requirements from stakeholder needs, authoring design documentation, and building consensus across the team.
- Experience providing technical leadership within a development team (e.g., ensuring code quality, establishing code review standards) and mentoring/guiding other team members.
- Experience implementing automated testing using frameworks like RSpec or Jest, along with the ability to design testing strategies that balance both speed and quality.
Nice to haves
While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following.
- Experience developing with GraphQL
- Experience in UI/UX design
- Knowledge of design methodologies such as Design Patterns (GoF), Domain-Driven Design, and Clean Architecture
- Hands-on experience in Agile development such as Scrum
- Experience in AI development and/or experience in using AI tools to improve development processes.
- Money Forward recently announced our AI Strategy roadmap which focuses on improving AI-driven operational efficiencies, as well as integrating AI agents into our products to deliver better value to our users. (More information here)
- Japanese proficiency is not required but a willingness to learn is preferred.
- English is primarily used in our development environment. However, there are a few situations and tasks where communicating in Japanese is necessary. We would like to encourage individuals who are currently learning Japanese or have a strong desire to learn to join our team.
Compensation
¥7,008,000 ~ ¥11,004,000 annually.
