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Doing a Machine Learning PhD While Working in Japan by Marco Cognetta
An American MEXT scholar shares the pros and cons of doing a PhD in Japan, from funding and part-time work to university life and career options.

Openly Gay Men in Japanese Workplaces: Acceptance, Challenges, and Rights by Rebecca Callahan
What is it like to be openly gay at work in Japan? Four men in tech share their experiences of acceptance, workplace culture, community, and LGBTQ+ rights.

NaLaLys has 2 new positions!
NaLaLys builds AI-driven SaaS products that help enterprises detect and prevent internal fraud, misconduct, and compliance violations. Our Compliance Cloud platform automatically analyzes emails, chat messages, and voice calls to identify risks before they escalate. Since launching in 2023, we have been adopted by major enterprise clients across Japan and are now evolving into a comprehensive compliance platform.
- Full Stack Engineer
  Own end-to-end product development, leading architecture, scalability, and cross-functional collaboration while ensuring performance, security, and reliability.
  💴 ¥7.8M ~ ¥10.8M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 Business Japanese 🗾 Japan residents only
- ML Engineer
  Develop LLM risk detection pipelines, optimize GPU inference with vLLM and CUDA, and improve production reliability.
  💴 ¥8.4M ~ ¥10.8M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 Fluent Japanese 🗾 Japan residents only
NaLaLys is also hiring for 1 more job.
Money Forward has 8 new positions!
Money Forward is a fintech startup delivering tools to visualize and improve both individuals' and companies' financial health.
- AI Engineer (AI Agent Platform Development), ERP, Tokyo
  Build platforms used by other engineers, solve distributed systems challenges, and shape how AI capabilities scale across a large SaaS ecosystem.
  💴 ¥7.0M ~ ¥11.0M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 No Japanese required 🗾 Japan residents only
- Deputy Department Manager, PRE Division Product SRE Department 2, Tokyo
  Manage and mentor a team of Site Reliability Engineers.
  💴 ¥7.9M ~ ¥15M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 No Japanese required 🌏 Apply from abroad
- 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 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
- Tech Lead/Senior Software Engineer (Go), API Platform Department, Kyoto
  Develop and operate a secure API platform in Go, with React and TypeScript UIs.
  💴 ¥7.0M ~ ¥11.0M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 No Japanese required 🌏 Apply from abroad
- Department Manager, PRE Division, Platform Department, Tokyo
  Lead infrastructure and security operations and manage teams.
  💴 ¥7.9M ~ ¥15M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 Business Japanese 🗾 Japan residents only
- Staff AI Engineer (AI Agents Development), CDAO Office, Tokyo
  Design and scale reliable multi-agent systems, LLM services, backend infrastructure, and evaluation frameworks.
  💴 ¥11.0M ~ ¥20.0M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 No Japanese required 🌏 Apply from abroad
Money Forward is also hiring for 24 more jobs.
Mico has 1 new position!
We offer multiple products that deliver conversational experiences, including MicoCloud, a platform that is used by over 1,000 clients to reach over 29 million people.
- Lead Cloud Engineer
  Lead SRE initiatives spanning reliability, observability, CI/CD, cloud cost optimization, security, and incident response.
  💴 ¥7M ~ ¥11M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 Conversational Japanese 🗾 Japan residents only
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 Software Engineer - Realtime and Personalization Team
  Build end-to-end features with React, backend APIs, distributed services, and AI tools.
  🏡 Partially remote 💬 No Japanese required 🗾 Japan residents only
Treasure AI is also hiring for 4 more jobs.
VISASQ has 2 new positions!
VisasQ operates a global knowledge platform connecting organizations with more than 800,000 experts across 190 countries. Serving over 2,000 clients worldwide, the company helps businesses access first-hand insights through interviews, surveys, and advisory work.
- Data Platform Engineer
  Lead data platform architecture, entity resolution, cleansing pipelines, quality assurance, and stakeholder alignment across Azure and GCP.
  💴 ¥7M ~ ¥12M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 Business Japanese 🗾 Japan residents only
- Global Corporate IT Engineer
  Design and operate standardized global IT services using Okta, Jamf, Intune, and Zoom Phone.
  💴 ¥5M ~ ¥7.5M 🏡 Partially remote 💬 Business Japanese 🗾 Japan residents only
VISASQ is also hiring for 1 more job.