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Job ID : 1544648 Date Updated : June 13th, 2025
English Only / Front-End Lead Developer

[English Only!] Senior Front-End Lead Developer

Location Tokyo - 23 Wards
Job Type Temporary
Salary 8 million yen ~ 10 million yen

Work Style

Remote Work and WFH Casual Clothing Side Business Ok Minimal Overtime Flex Time

Job Description

This position involves designing and developing scalable, maintainable, and high-performance front-end systems for a major e-commerce platform. You'll work closely with cross-functional teams to drive feature implementation from concept to release.

Client Details

The client operates a large-scale marketplace platform that serves tens of millions of users in Japan. Their engineering team continuously improves UI/UX based on data-driven hypotheses and testing, while maintaining stable performance during massive traffic events like major sales. The team culture encourages innovation and values technical excellence and problem-solving at scale.

Description

  • Lead front-end development efforts and oversee team output on major projects
  • Design, build, test, and release new features in collaboration with design and back-end teams
  • Optimize front-end performance and contribute to system improvements and refactoring
  • Create and maintain design documents, test cases, and technical documentation
  • Investigate and resolve issues across development, QA, and production environments

Job Offer

  • Long-term renewable haken contract
  • Potential to convert to permanent employee in the future
  • Competitive salary
  • Attractive benefits
  • International work environment
  • Work hours: 9:00-17:30, Monday to Friday

To apply online please click the 'Apply' button below. For a confidential discussion about this role please contact Hikari Takamura on +813 6832 8903.

General Requirements

Minimum Experience Level No experience
Career Level Mid Career
Minimum English Level Basic
Minimum Japanese Level Business Level
Minimum Education Level Bachelor's Degree
Visa Status Permission to work in Japan required

Required Skills

  • 5+ years of front-end experience with HTML/CSS/JavaScript and React/Redux/TypeScript
  • Leadership experience managing teams
  • Skilled in asynchronous programming, RESTful APIs, and browser-side optimization
  • Experienced with Git, Jenkins, and unit/integration testing
  • Comfortable with English communication in business and technical discussions

Job Location

  • Tokyo - 23 Wards

Work Conditions

Job Type Temporary
Salary 8 million yen ~ 10 million yen
Work Hours Work hours: 9:00-17:30, Monday to Friday
Industry Software

Job Category

  • IT, Web and Communication > Software Developer