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Is Japanese Citizenship Right for You? by Rebecca Callahan
Get insight into the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of naturalizing in Japan, via the personal experiences of two IT professionals who successfully became citizens.

What Is a Bridge Engineer in Japan? by Christian Sanjo
Bridge engineers help Japanese and offshore development teams work together effectively by bridging gaps.

My Deaf Experience in Japan by Scott Rothrock
Living with deafness in Japan for nearly 20 years — navigating work, communication, accessibility, and daily life as a deaf resident.

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• PayPay has 1 new position!

  With over 70M million registered users (as of July 2025), PayPay is the country’s most popular mobile wallet used by approximately one out of every two smartphone users in Japan.

  • Senior Data Science Engineer / Senior Machine Learning Engineer
    Lead end-to-end ML model design and data systems for product insights.
    🏡 Partially remote 💬 No Japanese required 🌏 Apply from abroad

  PayPay is also hiring for 4 more jobs.

• Money Forward has 6 new positions!

  Money Forward is a fintech startup delivering tools to visualize and improve both individuals'​ and companies'​ financial health.

  • Project Manager (CTO Office), Tokyo
    Drive company-wide AI, security, and dev productivity programs, coordinating stakeholders via Jira.
    💴 ¥6.9M ~ ¥11.0M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 Business Japanese 🗾 Japan residents only
  • Data & AI Strategist, Strategy & Operations, CDAO Office, Tokyo
    Standardize Data/AI org ops: budget/P&L, headcount, strategy planning, AI/SQL insights.
    💴 ¥7.0M ~ ¥10.0M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 Business Japanese 🗾 Japan residents only
  • Senior Software Engineer, Sole Proprietor Development Department, Tokyo
    Design, build, and maintain scalable full-stack apps using Ruby on Rails and React/Next.js.
    💴 ¥6.4M ~ ¥10.0M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 Business Japanese 🌏 Apply from abroad
  • Engineering Manager, AX Promotion Division (AI Solution Department), Tokyo
    Lead AI solutions roadmap and delivery.
    💴 ¥10.0M ~ ¥20.0M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 Business Japanese 🗾 Japan residents only
  • Lead Database Reliability Engineer, Platform and Reliability Engineering Division, Tokyo
    Lead PostgreSQL strategy and reliability, standardize MySQL ops, and support migration from MySQL to PostgreSQL.
    💴 ¥8.0M ~ ¥15M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 No Japanese required 🌏 Apply from abroad
  • QA Engineer, Workflow Platform Development Division, Nagoya
    Own end-to-end quality, building modern, automated quality practices.
    💴 ¥6.9M ~ ¥11.0M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 No Japanese required 🌏 Apply from abroad

  Money Forward is also hiring for 28 more jobs.

• Givery has 1 new position!

  Givery develops Track, a platform for assessing and training engineering talent; MANA, which applies AI and agent-based systems to improve business operations; and DECA, a set of tools for marketing process transformation.

  • Backend/Fullstack Engineer
    Own backend features end to end using Scala/Play and TypeScript/NestJS, from design to prod.
    💴 ¥6M ~ ¥9M 🏡 Fully remote (within Japan) 💬 No Japanese required 🌏 Apply from abroad