Backend jobs in Japan

Insights from Backend Developers in Japan

Autonomy and Freedom at SpeakBUDDY
with Patrick Tyler
Patrick Tyler started his career as a software engineer in Europe, before taking a sabbatical to explore Japan and teach English. Seven years later he’s still here, and now works as a backend software developer at SpeakBUDDY.
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Greenfield Development with a Global Team
with Ellen Skipper
At Scoville, Ellen works with a global team to develop a new management product for Japan’s visiting nursing industry. She talks about what drew her to Scoville, and the highlights and challenges of her work.
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Transitioning from Data Analysis to Software Engineering
with Sau Yee Chan
Sau Yee started her career in the IT industry in data analysis, but her curiosity drew her to switch career tracks to software engineering. She began her software engineering career at HENNGE, where she leverages her experience to deliver a better result for the business and customers.
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Building a critical service doesn't need to be stressful
with Nigel Baillie
Nigel was fresh out of college when he joined KOMOJU as a developer. He's now risen to tech lead, where he's helped build out their payment platform while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
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How Givery’s relaxed culture fosters innovation
with John Joe Friedmann
John Joe, a backend engineer at Givery, explains how the company’s relaxed culture allows developers to drive the product forward, giving them autonomy to pursue tasks like refactoring that don’t directly deliver immediate business value.
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A culture of open communication at Autify
with Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson shares his experiences of working at Autify, where he does a mix of SRE and backend engineering. He explains how their product and working environment make it an attractive opportunity.
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Becoming CTO of Degica
with Richard Ramsden
After graduating from university, Richard came to Japan and found a job as a software developer. Eventually he joined Degica, where he rose to the role of CTO.
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Identifying and fixing problems at Degica
with Kazunori Kajihiro
Kazunori initially joined Degica as a web application engineer, but by identifying problems he wanted to fix, his role shifted first to VP of Infrastructure, and then VP of Payment Products.
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Going from the only developer to the manager of a team of thirteen
with Jeremy Marin
Jeremy Marin was the first full time developer to join Crowd Cast. Five years later, the development team has grown to thirteen, with him becoming the engineering manager.
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Software development at TenTen
with Laura Eck
Laura tells her story of coming to Japan and joining TenTen as a developer. She talks about some of the technical challenges she faced, and how the company takes a collaborative approach to development.
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How WOVN provides a flexible and friendly workplace
with Kseniya Zalesnaya
Kseniya, a backend developer, was attracted to WOVN because it was a place where she could be herself, and wouldn’t be judged by her coloured hair, piercing, or tattoos. She found that flexibility extended to how they work, and people strived to create an emotionally supportive workplace too.
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Hundreds of requests per second, two developers
with Jerome Marhic
Jerome joined WOVN as a backend engineer. Keeping things performant was a big technical challenge, as they have hundreds of requests per second and billions of records in their database. To top it off, for a time it was just him and one other developer responsible for the backend.
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From English Teacher to Backend Developer at WealthPark
with David Robertson
David Robertson talks about how he taught himself programming to pivot his career from teaching to programming, and what it's like to work as a Backend Developer at WealthPark.
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