Overview
Money Forward aims to move people’s lives forward by offering various SaaS applications for Back-office operations and eliminating non-essential work from complex daily tasks, and radically changing the quality of and time spent on work.
The Technical Revitalization Division is a specialized team within the CTO Office, empowered by the CTO to support product development teams in addressing technical challenges and enhancing existing architectures.
Currently, we are deploying engineers to support the revitalization of an HR domain product, Money Forward Cloud Payroll . Additionally, we are seeking two more engineers for full-time assignments to assist in transitioning another product, Money Forward Cloud HRIS (Human Resource Information System) , to Kotlin.
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will be responsible for leading projects primarily using Kotlin. Our products are currently in its growth phase, so we are actively seeking someone who can design an architecture and development strategy to accommodate future user expansion at scale.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance backend systems with Kotlin or Java, ensuring scalability and reliability.
- Engage in collaborative efforts with cross-functional teams to conceptualize, architect, and implement new features that enhance our SaaS offerings.
- Understand existing features and define the best short, medium and long term strategy to migrate or re-architect systems to support our SaaS platform’s growth and scalability for.
- Identify and address issues which affect our products and lead the efforts to implement solutions across teams by making key technical decisions which define our future engineering direction.
- Proactively identify and address cross-product performance bottlenecks, ensuring the efficiency and responsiveness of our services.
- Design and implement robust and maintainable APIs that support both internal and external integrations.
- Work closely with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to understand requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.
- Proactively engage in knowledge sharing across teams and the organization, promoting a culture of learning and development.
- Create and maintain technical documentation for systems, APIs, and processes.
- Collaborate with support teams to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues promptly.
Required Skills and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 5+ years of overall hands-on experience in software engineering, developing and operating web applications, specially using technologies like Kotlin or Java.
- Experience with design, development, and operation of service-oriented or microservices architecture, demonstrating an understanding of scalable and modular architecture.
- Experience in architecture design and technology selection, showcasing the ability to make informed decisions for optimal solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to independently analyze, design, and refactor using various design patterns and identify and address anti-patterns.
- Proficiency in tuning middleware components, including database optimization and performance improvement strategies.
- Flexibility and adaptability to work with diverse technology stacks, with motivation to learn technologies like Ruby on Rails, Frontend frameworks and others in order to optimize our new systems.
- Proven track record of actively participating in team-based quality improvement efforts through code reviews and test code implementation.
- Hands-on experience with test design, creation, and operation using documentation or testing tools like JUnit, Kotest, RSpec, Jest, or similar.
- Experience in mentoring other engineers, demonstrating the ability to guide and support fellow team members in their professional growth.
- Experience in managing incident response, including efficient discovery, thorough investigation of root causes, prompt resolution, and implementation of permanent solutions.
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Familiarity with Ruby, Ruby on Rails, React or Vue.js.
- Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with event driven architectures and similar patterns to optimize performance across our systems.
- Previous experience working with Scrum and Agile development methodologies, contributing to efficient and collaborative project delivery.
- Previous exposure to a SaaS environment will be considered an advantage.
Language Requirements
- Business level English proficiency (TOEIC score of 700 or above equivalent)
- Japanese proficiency is not required but nice to have.
Who We're Looking For
- A shared belief in Money Forward's Mission/Vision/Values/Culture.
- Passionate about leveraging technology to transform financial services.
- Strong sense of ownership and ability to drive projects to completion.
- Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced international environment.
- Able to communicate effectively across teams and independently resolve complex issues between departments.
Technology Stack
- Backend: Kotlin, Java, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, GraphQL, gRPC, Sidekiq Pro, RSpec
- Frontend: TypeScript, Next.js, Vue.js, Nuxt.js, Jest
- Infrastructure: Amazon EKS, Aurora, ElastiCache, S3
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform
- Repositories: GitHub
- Project Management: Jira
- Monitoring: Datadog, Rollbar
- CI/CD: CircleCI, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions
- Communication Tools: Zoom, Slack, Figma, Miro
Work Environment
- MF Library: We have a library system where you can freely borrow books, ranging from technical manuals to management books. Desired books can be purchased at the company's expense.
- Referral Program: The company covers the cost of recruitment meals and offers a referral bonus system.
- Conference Participation Support: The company covers the costs for attending domestic and international conferences such as RubyKaigi and Google I/O.
- Company-wide study sessions are held regularly, open to all employees.
- Engage with the entire engineering team on a Slack channel, including OSS committers, the CTO, and VPoE. It's an environment where you can easily ask questions and engage in discussions.
Salary
Min 534,000 JPY / month（6,408,000 JPY / year）〜834,000 JPY / month（10,008,000 JPY / year）
※Each including fixed allowances of 154,098 JPY〜240,687 JPY / month
Bonus
A 「High Performance Bonus」 may be paid to employees who receive high evaluations based on semi-annual evaluations in addition to their salary.
※Please note that the remuneration of the High Performance Bonus is subject to change according to the company's performance.
Probation Period
3 months from join date
Time System
Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work
※Conditions apply; subject to change to Flextime System
Working Hours
9:30 - 18:30 (60 min break) are the basic working hours. However, employees are able choose their working hours at their own discretion.
※There is potential for overtime work outside the determined hours
Holidays/Vacations
- Saturdays / Sundays / Japanese national holidays
- Paid holidays
- Summer holidays (3 days)
- Winter holidays (2 days)
- Year-end and New Year’s holidays (Dec 31st～Jan 3rd)
Benefits
- Various social insurances (employee pension, health insurance, employment insurance, industrial accident compensation insurance)
- Neighborhood housing allowance and neighborhood moving allowance
- Health check and gynecological checkup
- Influenza vaccine
- Book purchases support
- Japanese learning support
- Defined-contribution corporate pension
- Employee stock ownership plan
- Preferential treatment when using the following services (limited to businesses under contract with Money Forward): Rental agency, Housekeeping services, Babysitting, Online English conversation school
Relocation Support
- Working and dependent visa sponsorship and application assistance
- Flight tickets (for employee and their dependent family)
- Airport pick-up
- Temporary fully furnished apartment
- Relocation bonus for initial life setup
- Settling-in support after arrival in Japan
Selection Process
Casual interview/Document Screening
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First interview (Depending on the position, there may be a technical assignment before the interview)
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Several interviews (The number of interviews depends on the position)
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Final interview (We may ask for a reference check before or after the interview)
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Job offer/Offer meeting
※The process may be subject to change depending on the case.
