Software Developer Placement Student

About us:

More than 200 employees work on the product, from search ranking to fraud detection. Advertising, subscriptions and transaction fees each bring in a significant share of revenue. We ship small changes daily rather than big quarterly releases.

About the role:

We need a student who can write clean code, test it and explain what it does. Prior internships are not required. Remote position. Most of the team is in Tokyo, but nobody is required to come in. Normal business hours, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility.

Responsibilities:

• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Present a short demo of your work to the team every two weeks
• Refactor old modules when asked, keeping behaviour the same
• Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage

What we're looking for:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028
• Eligible to work in Japan
• Based in Japan for the duration of the internship
• Able to communicate clearly in written English on Slack and in pull requests
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• Own laptop with at least 8 GB RAM and a reliable internet connection
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects

Bonus points:

• Familiarity with Django, Flask, FastAPI or Express
• Any previous internship, hackathon or freelance coding work
• Competitive programming practice on LeetCode, Codeforces or CodeChef

What you'll learn:

• You will ship at least one feature that real users touch before the internship ends
• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion, plus a pre-placement offer for strong performers
• Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure
• Writing tests is part of the job here, and you will get good at it

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: ¥195,000 to ¥230,000 monthly

Perks:

• Company laptop
• Mentorship
• Possibility of a full-time offer
• Flexible hours
• Internet allowance
• Paid public holidays

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Feb 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Ikeda Online, Inc..