Engineering Project Manager

※This job opening is only for those who are living in Japan.

＜Summary＞

Position: Engineer / Project Manager (PM Candidate)

Salary: ￥6M～￥10.15M

Location: Fully Remote (Japan)

[Company Profile]

They are one of Japan's leading education and human resource service companies with more than 1,500 employees.

The company operates two core businesses:

① Education Business

Providing vocational education, career development programs, and educational support services across Japan.

② Human Resource Services

Delivering recruitment and staffing solutions primarily for the healthcare, medical, welfare, and education industries.

As part of its long-term digital transformation strategy, the company is now building an in-house engineering organization from the ground up. Rather than relying on outsourced development, they are creating internal systems that support the entire business while modernizing legacy platforms with cloud-native technologies and AI.

【Company / Job Appeal】

This position offers a rare opportunity to join the engineering organization during the earliest phase of its in-house development initiative.

Unlike joining an already established team, you will help shape the technical foundation from the beginning, participating in technology selection, architecture, and system design.

Ideal for engineers who want to:

• Move from development into upstream engineering and project management
• Gain experience in requirements definition and architecture
• Participate in enterprise-scale system development
• Work on AI, DevOps, automation, and DX initiatives
• Enjoy an almost fully remote working environment with excellent work-life balance

Additional Benefits

• Almost fully remote (office attendance approximately once every six months)
• Average overtime less than 9 hours per month
• One-hour paid leave available
• Opportunity to grow from Developer to PM
• Stable company with over 1,500 employees

[Job Description]

You will join either the group's system development projects or internal DX initiatives.

Examples include

• Workflow systems for educational institutions
• Student management platforms used by over 30,000 users annually
• Tuition management systems
• University education platforms
• Full replacement of legacy systems through scratch development
• Design and development of in-house MA / SFA / CRM platforms
• Business process automation
• AI-powered talent matching systems
• Deep learning-based automated auditing systems
• DevOps and CI/CD pipeline implementation
• Enterprise-scale, high-performance application development

【Core Requirement】

▼Required Qualifications

• Business-level Japanese proficiency (N1–N2 equivalent)
• Experience in software development (any programming language)
• Understanding of how web applications work from end to end
• Hands-on development experience

▼Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with enterprise application development
• Experience with cloud, Docker, or container technologies
• DevOps / CI-CD experience
• AI or machine learning development experience
• Experience with legacy system modernization
• Interest in upstream engineering or Project Management

【Conditions】

Employment Type: Permanent

Salary: ￥6M～￥10.15M

Work Location: Fully Remote (Japan)

Office Attendance: Approximately once every six months (nearest branch office)

Working Hours: 8:45–17:45

Break Time: 60 minutes

Overtime: Average less than 9 hours/month

Holidays: Two days off per week (Saturday & Sunday), national holidays

Vacation: Summer vacation, New Year's holidays, and other company leave

Benefits

• Social insurance
• Fully remote work environment
• One-hour paid leave system
• Opportunity to participate in the launch of an in-house engineering organization