Backend jobs in Japan

Insights from Backend Developers in Japan

Are You an Otaku? Then AnotherBall Wants YOU
with Jesse Katsumata
Jesse Katsumata shares his journey working on AniLive, AnotherBall's VTuber streaming service, and how employees can feel comfortable being their true selves at work.
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How amptalk Impressed a Silicon Valley Vet
with Mike Rudling
Mike Rudling talks about his passion for creating great developer experiences, and compares his experience at amptalk with his decade in the Bay Area startup scene.
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"We Are Definitely Engineering-First" at Alpaca
with Jackson To
Product Engineer Jackson To shares his thoughts about Alpaca's mission statement, its financial education platform, and the developer-centered work environment.
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Doing All the Things with the Internet of Things at MODE
with James Balcombe
James Balcombe, Software Engineer at MODE, shares how he went from teaching computer science in Japan to working on the backend of an IoT company.
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"We're the first global team in Fukuoka": English Evolution at Money Forward
with Kostas Mavrikis
Kostas Mavrikis left the Netherlands to join Money Forward in October 2023. As the first non-Japanese speaker in the Fukuoka office, he's been taking the initiative on Money Forward's Englishnization program, as well as introducing Kotlin, Scrumban, and European-style coffee meetings to his team.
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Grasping Opportunities with Both Hands at Lunaris
with Sébastien Roegiers
Sébastien is a developer at Lunaris, where he is in charge of developing and maintaining their ecommerce site, Solaris Japan, and the related applications. He talks about what makes Lunaris stand out as a workplace and how he turned a part-time opportunity into his current role.
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Succeeding as a Senior Engineer at Kraken
with Jos Vennik
Jos is a senior software engineer and team lead of the payments and collections team at Kraken. He is also a line manager and a tech lead. Jos tells us about the environment at Kraken, what his job involves, and what makes working there so rewarding.
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Becoming a Tech Lead at KOMOJU
with Nicole Wong
Nicole joined KOMOJU in 2020, and worked her way up to be technical lead of the merchant management team. She shares her journey, how KOMOJU supported her career growth and how the company is adapting to its growing needs.
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Realising Dreams of AI and Japan at Recursive
with Xyza Rivera
Xyza talks about working for Recursive, a Japan-based AI company with an exciting mission related to sustainability. She shares her journey, how they’ve supported her, and the company’s working culture.
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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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The Swiss Scholarship That Led Lukas to beBit
with Lukas Schmid
Lukas Schmid, Lead Senior Machine Learning Engineer, describes his unusual route to Japan and why he's happy to be at beBit.
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Overcoming Imposter Syndrome at Treasure Data
with Tyler Welsh
Tyler is a software engineer at Treasure Data working on their Data Clean Room product. He talks about how Treasure Data supports their team’s learning and growth, and how they invest in the quality and performance of their services.
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Predicting the Future (Weather) with ML at NABLA Mobility
with Igor Segrovets
Igor talks about joining NABLA Mobility, the variety of work that goes into predicting weather patterns, and how their software is helping pilots fly more efficient, less turbulent routes.
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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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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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