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Job ID : 1592999 Date Updated : May 21st, 2026
Senior Java Engineer, Checkout APIs

Senior Java Engineer - Own High-Traffic Checkout APIs (Tokyo)

Location Tokyo - 23 Wards
Job Type Temporary
Salary 6 million yen ~ 8 million yen

Job Description

Join a backend-focused team responsible for critical checkout services, including order data creation and cart data persistence. You will lead design through operations for high-traffic Java-based APIs, consumers, and batch systems that power a large online marketplace.

Client Details

Our client is a major Japan-based e-commerce marketplace operating large-scale online transaction platforms. The organization runs high-availability, high-throughput checkout and cart systems where reliability, ownership, and operational excellence are essential.

Description

  • Lead basic design (high-level design) aligned with business requirements for checkout-related backend services
  • Design, develop, test, and release RESTful Web APIs and supporting services (Consumer / Batch)
  • Own production operations, including monitoring, incident response, root-cause analysis, and troubleshooting
  • Drive engineering best practices across the SDLC: coding standards, code reviews, source control, build pipelines, testing, and release management
  • Collaborate proactively with Product and QA to clarify requirements, manage quality, and ensure smooth delivery
  • Provide senior-level guidance and leadership to other engineers, improving maintainability, performance, and reliability
  • Continuously enhance system stability and technical debt management in a mission-critical domain (checkout/cart)

Job Offer

  • Work on one of the most critical domains in e-commerce: checkout/cart, where impact is immediate and measurable
  • High ownership role with exposure to design, delivery, and production operations end-to-end
  • Collaborative environment with cross-functional stakeholders (Product/QA/Engineering)

To apply online please click the 'Apply' button below. For a confidential discussion about this role please contact Serena Wu on +81 3 6627 6137.

General Requirements

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

Required Skills

Must-have

  • 5+ years of Java EE development experience (senior/full-stack engineering background)
  • Hands-on experience building and operating RESTful APIs
  • Experience supporting large-scale online systems, including production incident handling
  • Strong SDLC expertise: code standards, reviews, source management, build processes, testing, operations
  • Proven ability to design and deliver high-performance, reliable, maintainable code autonomously
  • Senior-level leadership: proactive communication with QA/Product, and ability to lead projects/engineers
Nice-to-have
  • Data design/development experience with RDB / KVS / NoSQL
  • Spring Framework experience
  • Containerization experience (e.g., Docker)
  • Experience with CI/CD, and observability tools (e.g., Grafana)
  • Interest or experience using AI to improve the development lifecycle (e.g., productivity, quality, automation)
Language
  • Japanese: Not required
  • English: Conversational level (e.g., TOEIC ~600 equivalent)

Job Location

  • Tokyo - 23 Wards

Work Conditions

Job Type Temporary
Salary 6 million yen ~ 8 million yen
Industry Software

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