Software Engineering Placement (12 months)

More than 200 employees work on the product, from search ranking to fraud detection. We're looking for a Software Engineering Placement (12 months). The intern will work on internal tools and APIs used by our support and operations staff. Daily standup on Google Meet, everything else async on Slack. Remote within Japan. The team meets in Tokyo once a quarter, travel covered. Hours are flexible, with one short team call each morning. We ship you a laptop and accessories before your first day.

You'll help with:

• Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day
• Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result
• Update the README and internal Confluence pages when you change how something works
• Pair with other engineers over screen share to work through tricky problems
• Build REST API endpoints and document them in Postman or Swagger

You should be:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2026, 2027 or 2028
• Based in Japan for the duration of the internship
• Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++
• Must be able to overlap at least 4 hours a day with the team's working hours
• Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY)

5 months, starting immediately. Stipend: ¥205,000 - ¥270,000 monthly.

Perks: Letter of recommendation, Paid public holidays, Online learning budget, Internet allowance, Mentorship, Possibility of a full-time offer.

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Immediately.

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