[JPN Resident Only] Senior Full-stack Software Engineer

Join Visual Alpha to contribute in building the latest technologies to disrupt the investment management industry! We are currently hiring for a Senior Software Engineer to design and implement features on the cloud platform for our clients. 

THE ROLE
- Implement back-end infrastructure components.
- Design new web-services and ETL workflows.
- Create unit tests and integration tests to ensure quality.
- Translate complex client requirements into practical, cloud-scalable technical solutions.
- Typical time allocation: design 20%, implementation 80%. 

About Visual Alpha
Visual Alpha is a B2B fintech startup founded in late 2019 in Tokyo, and currently has about 15 people including board directors and advisers. The company is backed by many influential leaders in the finance industry, including many partners, CEOs and presidents of international firms. 

We provide an innovative SaaS data service to institutional investors and asset managers. We develop our full stack web applications using the latest JavaScript, PHP and big data technologies backed by AWS. 

Opportunities at Visual Alpha
- Be a part of a fast growing B2B fintech startup and contribute in innovation within investment management field
- Join a diverse international team of data science and investment experts
- Become one of the earliest members of a promising startup
- Experience first hand and play active role in the company's growth   
- You will become an expert in investment data analysis and investment reporting visualization

Required Skills

• Pragmatic experience with Agile development methodologies (Scrum, eXtreme Programming, etc) and iterative process improvements
• Strong design, presentation, and collaboration skills; must be a strong team player
• Good knowledge of NodeJS or desire to learn coupled with strong experience in one of C++, Python, PHP, or Rust
• Capable in carrying out communication in English on fluent level or higher
• A love of learning and proven experience in becoming a domain expert
• Self-motivated, client-oriented thinking, ability to learn new technologies quickly

Desired Skills

• Knowledge of investment management (significant advantage)
• Very strong background in merging datasets from various offline and online sources (ex: ETL systems, data lakes, etc)
• Experience implementing various design patterns
• Familiarity with xUnit design concepts and patterns
• Experience creating web-services and/or ETL workflows
• Conversational Japanese

Technologies

NodeJS, React, PHP (Laravel), Mysql, GraphQL, Restful API, AWS, Docker, CircleCI, Git, xUnit