Software Engineer

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Job Title

Forward Deployed Engineer

Salary

$150K–$300K Equity — industry-leading cash compensation plus a next-gen founding-member stock option package

Location

Tokyo, Japan

Company Description

Palantir built the playbook; OpenAI and Anthropic are now copying it. The Forward Deployed Engineer is the hottest role in Silicon Valley right now — the engineer who embeds with enterprise clients and solves their hardest problems directly in code.

This company hit a $2B valuation in just 13 months and raised $286M in total funding. Its B2B agentic-AI platform is already deployed across enterprises in 30 countries. We're hiring the FDE who will open the Japan market from the front line.

What You'll Do

• Diagnose enterprise clients' toughest operational problems and translate them into clear technical KPIs.
• Turn ambiguous requirements into robust engineering designs and execution plans.
• Build and integrate production AI agents directly on top of clients' legacy infrastructure.
• Own the full lifecycle — from problem definition to launch and optimization.
• Drive live-environment reliability, latency, and performance.

Who You Are

• 5 years of hands-on software engineering — you prove it by building, not talking.
• Strong track record in technical problem-solving, from coding to architecture.
• A business translator who can scope solutions with sales and product teams.
• High-agency: you set direction and drive decisions through ambiguity.
• Excellent English, plus fluency in Japanese, to lead technical and business discussions with multinational clients.
• Bonus: you've thrived in a fast-moving startup where speed and ownership matter more than titles.

Perks & Benefits

• Global Top-tier compensation plus a next-gen founding-member equity package.
• Global stage: Japan-based, with regular exchange with the European global HQ and a global team.
• Flexible remote work and world-class wellness benefits.
• A rare scale-up experience: opening enterprise AI at the frontier, from the front line.