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Software Engineer (Full-Stack, JavaScript focus)

TableCheck Chuo-ku, Tokyo June 12 2025
  • 💴 No salary range given
  • 🏡
    Fully remote
    From Japan
  • 🌏
    Apply from abroad
    Relocate to Japan
  • 💬
    No Japanese required
    Fluent English
  • 🧪
    Intermediate level
    3+ years experience required

About TableCheck

TableCheck Chuo-ku, Tokyo

We help diners make restaurant reservations, and we help merchants manage table inventory, enrich dining experiences, and visualize multi-property analytics to gain insights into restaurant performance.

Key benefits

  • Scalable and maintainable
  • Multicultural and full of camaraderie
  • See your work in the wild

About the position

TableCheck, Japan’s leading restaurant reservation management platform, is seeking a Software Engineer specializing in fullstack web development. As a Software Engineer at TableCheck, you will lead the full lifecycle of product features — gathering requirements from stakeholders, designing technical architecture, implementing scalable solutions, and iterating based on feedback. You’ll serve as both the technical executor and a product expert for critical parts of TableCheck’s user experience.

We operate in an English-first remote-first environment where clear communication and thorough documentation are paramount. Fluency in other languages (especially Japanese) is welcome but definitely not required. You’ll thrive here if you’re passionate about solving complex problems, optimizing our tech stack, and delivering scalable solutions written primarily in TypeScript/JavaScript that adapt to our rapidly evolving needs.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable frontend and backend solutions using React , Node.js , and TypeScript.
  • Maintain production systems with a focus on code quality, reliability, and performance.
  • Align with product managers and stakeholders to steer prioritization and technical implementation.
  • Participate actively in team communication, QA processes, and delivery planning to ensure smooth, high-quality releases.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience with relevant technologies like Typescript, ReactJS, and NodeJS
  • Understands and contributes to the business requirements, and has a burning desire to solve customer problems
  • Experience working in a Product Team, where you maintained a product in a production setting.
  • Has strong communication skills and values team over individual.
  • Moves fast, has a strong bias for impact, and seeks forgiveness, not permission.

Nice to haves

While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following.

  • Experience working with Ruby on Rails or other backend frameworks.
  • Previous startup experience is highly desired.
  • Experience working in the F&B industry (restaurants, hospitality, reservations).
  • Experience building and maintaining B2B marketplace platforms.

Hiring Process

  1. 1

    Resume screening by hiring manager

    Please submit your resume/application in English. Resumes/applications submitted in any other language will be rejected.

  2. 2

    Cultural fit screening with the engineering manager (60 minutes)

  3. 3

    Async take-home assignment (~1 week, negotiable)

  4. 4

    Take-home review call with the engineering manager (60 minutes)

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