Login or register to see your saved jobs and receive scout emails
Login or register to find a job
Job ID : 1595399 Date Updated : June 8th, 2026

Sr. Application Support Engineer

Location Tokyo - 23 Wards
Job Type Permanent Full-time
Salary Negotiable, based on experience

Job Description

Roles and Responsibilities

  • Work on production support activities, including incident handling, minor enhancements, and application maintenance
  • Identify and analyze root causes of technical issues, system incidents, and job failures
  • Be available, on a need basis, for off‑hours support, including P1 on‑call support situations
  • Perform effort estimation for assigned tasks and approved change orders
  • Implement and follow best practices for production support programming and application maintenance
  • Work independently, while also tracking and coordinating with the team to ensure delivery within timelines agreed with the customer
  • Communicate effectively with clients and end users at all organizational levels
  • Prepare and provide regular status reports to both internal and external stakeholders
  • Engage with and escalate to appropriate teams and stakeholders as required to resolve issues in a timely manner
  • Support and participate in transition execution activities, including knowledge transfer and stabilization phases
  • Perform any other duties assigned by the Supervisor, related to the scope of work
  • Place of implementation: Hybrid work model or client location, depending on project requirements.

Key Work Expectations:

  • Demonstrate a strong willingness to learn and continuously upskill, in line with evolving customer technology demands
  • Maintain high standards of professionalism, responsibility, and quality in all assigned activities
  • Are capable of supporting long‑term operations, maintenance, and customer‑facing engagements

Key Skills Summary:

  • L2 Application Support & Maintenance experience supporting business critical production systems, including incident analysis, defect fixes, minor enhancements, and service stabilization
  • Proven capability in Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for application issues, batch/job failures, and recurring production incidents, with a focus on permanent resolution
  • Hands on experience supporting frontend applications built with React.js, Next.js, TypeScript, and JavaScript in live production environments
  • Strong exposure to backend, database, and infrastructure support, including Java (Spring Boot), Node.js, AWS (EC2, S3, RDS), Linux, and SQL based systems
  • Experience working in SLA driven, client facing environments, including on call / P1 support, issue escalation, coordination with L3 teams, and regular status reporting
  • Bilingual operational professional with business level Japanese (JLPT N2) and English, effective in stakeholder communication, documentation, and support reporting  


                                                                                    

General Requirements

Minimum Experience Level Over 6 years
Career Level Mid Career
Minimum English Level Business Level
Minimum Japanese Level Business Level
Minimum Education Level Bachelor's Degree
Visa Status Permission to work in Japan required

Required Skills

Must have:

  • JavaScript, TypeScript, API, CSS, React, HTML, Next.js,  Solidity,  Java

Preferred:
certifications/language skills:

  • IT expertise in information systems
  • JLPT N1 (Business Level Japanese Proficiency)                                                                                                          English proficiency at a business level or above. (TOEIC score 750 or above)                                

Job Location

  • Tokyo - 23 Wards

Work Conditions

Job Type Permanent Full-time
Salary Negotiable, based on experience
Industry IT Consulting

Job Category

Company Details

Company Type Large Company (more than 300 employees)