If you're in Tokyo on September 14th, we'd love for you to join us at TokyoDev Talks Vol. 13: Treasure AI.

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We've published 3 new articles!

How I Joined a Band in Japan with Absolutely No Experience by Robert Hustead
At 40, a longtime Japan resident decided to join a band. Here’s what he learned about finding bandmates, rehearsing, and playing live shows in Japan.

How to Avoid (Or Survive) a “Black Company” In Japan by Anonymous
How to spot and avoid black companies in Japan, recognize common red flags and labour law violations, and protect yourself if you end up working for one.

Yes, And: What an Improv Stage Can Teach You About Leading Cross-Cultural Teams in Tokyo by Mike Staffa
What does 20 years of improv comedy teach about leading product teams in Japan? Four practical habits for listening, collaboration, and resilience.

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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.

  • Frontend Engineer
    Implement features, participate in code reviews, and debug issues.
    🏡 Partially remote 💬 No Japanese required 🌏 Apply from abroad

  PayPay is also hiring for 9 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.

  • SRE/Infrastructure Engineer, ML Platform, Tokyo
    Build and secure AWS infra with Terraform, mTLS/PrivateLink, CloudWatch observability, and MLOps.
    💴 ¥7.0M ~ ¥11.0M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 Business Japanese 🗾 Japan residents only
  • Senior Backend Engineer, ML Platform, Tokyo
    Design Python/FastAPI microservices.
    💴 ¥7.0M ~ ¥11.0M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 Business Japanese 🗾 Japan residents only
  • Senior Backend Engineer (Go), Communication Platform Department, PPD, Tokyo
    Lead scalable backend microservices, set platform architecture, and drive security, reliability, and mentorship.
    💴 ¥7.0M ~ ¥11.0M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 No Japanese required 🌏 Apply from abroad
  • Engineering Manager, Document Platform Department, PPD, Tokyo
    Lead and coach an Agile engineering team to deliver reliably.
    💴 ¥10.0M ~ ¥15M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 No Japanese required 🌏 Apply from abroad
  • Senior Quality Engineer, Workflow Platform, Nagoya
    Lead risk-based platform quality with automated contract tests, resilience testing, and observability.
    💴 ¥10.0M ~ ¥15M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 No Japanese required 🌏 Apply from abroad
  • Senior Product Engineer, Employee Platform Department, PPD, Kyoto
    Lead MyPage architecture and full-stack delivery using Go, GraphQL, React, and Datadog.
    💴 ¥7.0M ~ ¥11.0M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 No Japanese required 🌏 Apply from abroad

  Money Forward is also hiring for 19 more jobs.

• BLUED has 1 new position!

  Our mission is to give more people the opportunity to go global. Since our founding in 2012, we've grown to a team of around 150 people operating Japan's largest overseas education service, with offices across Japan, Australia, Canada, and the Philippines.

  • Mobile Engineer
    Build an English conversation app and AI agents for study abroad travel, visas, and reporting.
    💴 ¥7M ~ ¥13M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 Business Japanese 🗾 Japan residents only

  BLUED is also hiring for 2 more jobs.

• Treasure AI has 1 new position!

  Treasure AI is the only enterprise Customer Data Platform that harmonizes an organization’s data, insights, and engagement technology stacks to drive relevant, real-time customer experiences throughout the entire customer journey.

  • Senior AI Engineer
    Build AI features with LLMs/RAG in Ruby on Rails and TypeScript/React.
    💴 ¥10M ~ ¥14M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 No Japanese required 🗾 Japan residents only

  Treasure AI is also hiring for 6 more jobs.