Software Developer Placement Student

More than 200 employees work on the product, from search ranking to fraud detection. We're looking for a Software Developer Placement Student. This is a hands-on coding internship. Most of the work is in Python and Node.js, with some SQL and a bit of shell scripting. 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.

You'll help with:

• 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
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger
• Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage

You should be:

• Based in Japan for the duration of the internship
• Eligible to work in Japan
• Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects
• Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work
• A GitHub profile with at least two projects you wrote yourself

5 months, starting Jan 2027. Stipend: ¥175,000 - ¥245,000 monthly.

Perks: Letter of recommendation, Paid public holidays, Mentorship, Flexible hours, Possibility of a full-time offer.

Due to the number of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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