Remote Backend Engineer (💰~$75k, Tokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan) at PayPay

\n\n\nAbout PayPay\n\n\nPayPay is a FinTech company that has grown to over 65M (as of August 2024) users since its launch in 2018. Our team is hugely diverse with members from over 50 different countries.\n\nOUR VISION IS UNLIMITED_ \n\nWe dare to believe that we do not need a clear vision to create a future beyond our imagination. PayPay will always stay true to our roots and realize a vision (future) that no one else can imagine by constantly taking risks and challenging ourselves. With this mindset, you will be presented with new and exciting opportunities on a daily basis and have the opportunity to grow and reach new dimensions that you could never have imagined. We are looking for people who can embrace this challenge, refresh the product at breakneck speed and promote PayPay with professionalism and passion.\n\n \n\n※ Please note that you cannot apply or be selected in parallel with PayPay Corporation, PayPay Card Corporation and PayPay Securities Corporation.\n\n \n\n\n \nJob Description\n\nPayPay is looking for a Backend engineer to work on our payment system to deliver the best payment experience for our customers.\nMain Responsibilities\n\n\n* Design large scale systems with high complexity to support our high throughput applications.\n\n* Understand how to leverage infrastructure for solving such large scale problems.\n\n* Develop tools and contribute to open source wherever possible.\n\n* Adopt problem solving as a way of life – always go to the root cause! Support the code you write in production.\n\n\n\nTech Stack\n\nWe select the best combination of tech at times.\n| Java, Kotlin, Scala\n| Spring Boot, JUnit, Reselience4j, Feign\n| MySQL/AuoraDB, DynamoDB, ELK, Kafka, Redis, TiDB\n| Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, AWS, GCP\n| GitHub, IntelliJ, Gradle, Maven, npm/yarn, Flyway, Jenkins, snyk,\n| Bigquery, Kibana, Spark\n| PlantUML, draw.io, miro.com\n| Slack, Zoom\nQualifications\n\n\n* 3+ years of experience in using Java under professional environment, or if you are non-Java user, excellent skills in generalized programming languages, such as Scala, Python and Go.\n\n* Interest and ability to learn other coding languages as needed.\n\n* Experience with NoSQL databases and distributed cache.\n\n* Strong fundamentals in data structures, algorithms and object oriented programming.\n\n* In-depth understanding of concurrency and distributed computing.\n\n* Degree in Computer Engineering or Computer Science or 3+ years equivalent experience in SaaS platform development.\n\n* Business of English or Japanese \n\n\n\nPreferred Qualifications\n\n\n* Experience with implementing platform components such as RESTful APIs, Pub/Sub Systems, Database Clients.\n\n* Experience with AWS services.\n\n* Experience in working for system development in finance, payment, or similar industries\n\n* Experience in system design, development of web system which handles massive amount of transactions or requires scalability\n\n* Language ability in Japanese and English is a plus (We have a professional translator but it is nice to have language skills)\n\n* Experience in microservices\n\n\n\nPayPay 5 senses\n\n\n* Please refer PayPay 5 senses to learn what we value at work.\n\n\n\n\n \nWorking Conditions \nEmployment Status\n\n\n* Full Time\n\n\n\nOffice Location\n\n\n* WFA(Work From Anywhere at Anytime)  \n\n* Remote Job \n\n* You can live anywhere in Japan \n\n\n\nWork Hours\n\n\n* Super Flex Time (No Core Time)\n\n* In principle, 10:00am-6:45pm (actual working hours: 7h45m + 1h break)\n\n\n\nHolidays\n\n\n* \n\nEvery Sat/Sun/National holidays (In Japan)/New Year’s break/Company-designated Special days\n\n\n\n\n\nPaid leave\n\n\n* Annual leave (up to 14 days in the first year, granted proportionally according to the month of employment. Can be used from the date of hire)\n\n* Personal leave (5 days each year, granted proportionally according to the month of employment)\n*PayPay’s own special paid leave system, which can be used to attend to illnesses, injuries, hospital visits, etc., of the employee, family members, pets, etc.\n\n\n\nSalary\n\n\n* Annual salary paid in 12 installments (monthly)\n\n* Based on skills, experience, and abilities\n\n* Reviewed once a year\n\n* Special Incentive once a year *Based on company performance and individual contribution and evaluation\n\n* Late overtime allowance, Work from anywhere allowance (JPY100,000)\n\n\n\nBenefits\n\n\n* Social Insurance (health insurance, employee pension, employment insurance and compensation insurance)\n\n* 401K\n\n* Translation/Interpretation support\n\n* VISA sponsor + Relocation support\n\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n
No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to SaaS, Python, Java, Engineer and Backend jobs that are similar:\n\n
$60,000 — $90,000/year\n

\n\n#Benefits\n
💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nTokyo, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan

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