This role focuses on transforming the manufacturing industry by structuring complex data and turning it into valuable information assets. You will be responsible for backend development, taking ownership of technical selection and architectural design to create high-quality, scalable software. Key Responsibilities Technical Leadership: Lead technical selection and architectural decision-making for a rapidly expanding service and organization. System Architecture: Build backend applications with a strong focus on long-term maintainability and operational sustainability. Strategic Alignment: Formulate and execute technical strategies that align with broader business objectives. Roadmap Planning: Propose and drive technical improvements and feasibility assessments based on the long-term product roadmap. Development Excellence: Lead efforts to solve productivity challenges through CI/CD optimization (specifically Docker environments), coding standards, and the implementation of schema-driven development. Requirements Must-Have Technical Expertise: Proven experience leading development by reducing product uncertainty through technical expertise. Architecture Design: Experience leading architectural design that accounts for non-functional requirements, medium-to-long-term maintainability, and scalability. Critical Selection: Ability to evaluate the pros and cons of languages, frameworks, and libraries (especially for logging, monitoring, and user events) while balancing technical and business needs. Infrastructure Skills: Experience designing and building service infrastructure for asynchronous jobs. Delivery Management: Experience improving delivery quality, lead time, and productivity in projects involving multiple stakeholders through systematic methods (requirements definition, scheduling, progress management). Language: Fluent business-level Japanese communication (equivalent to JLPT N2 and above) Preferred Qualifications: Language Proficiency: Experience with static typing languages (e.g., Rust, Scala) and Docker-native infrastructure. Advanced Patterns: Expertise in microservices, Domain-Driven Design (DDD), and leading improvements based on Scrum or Agile methodologies. Full-Stack Awareness: Knowledge of frontend or cloud infrastructure (e.g., Google Cloud) to contribute to surrounding design areas. English: Business-level English proficiency. Benefits Compensation & Financials: Annual Salary: Competitive based on experience and skills. Salary reviews conducted twice a year with salary increase/promotion + Stock option system available. Work-Life Balance: Flexibility: Flex-time system (Core hours: 11:00 – 16:00). Hybrid Work: Remote-work-based environment with occasional recommended office days or off-site meetings. Holidays: 121 days off per year, including full weekends, 6-day New Year’s leave, and 3-day flexible summer leave. Refresh Leave: 5 consecutive days of leave provided every 5 years of service. Specialized Allowances & Support: Growth Support: Monthly server cost subsidy, book purchase assistance, and external training funding. Social & Team Support: Subsidies for team lunches/dinners and cross-departmental interaction meals. Family Support: Marriage, birth gifts, and moving assistance. Health & Wellness: Full social insurance, PC provided, and full subsidies for health checks, gynecological exams, and human dock procedures.
Altera Consulting Co., Ltd. is a Tokyo-based consulting firm specialized in Digital Transformation (DX) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). We help organizations build and strengthen their technology, data, and AI capabilities to unlock growth, efficiency, and long-term competitiveness.
Our team brings together expertise in business consulting, engineering, product, design, data, AI, and project management. With this diverse skill set, we partner with clients to deliver end-to-end transformation solutions, from strategy to execution.
By applying agile and lean principles and integrating AI into real-world workflows, we’ve helped organizations of all sizes (from startups to global enterprises) adapt, innovate, and thrive.
The pace of change is only accelerating. Industries everywhere are being disrupted, and success depends on how quickly businesses can adopt new technologies and modern ways of working. At Altera, we make transformation practical, scalable, and tailored to your needs, so you can focus on creating value while staying future-ready.
🌍 OUR SERVICES:
1. Altera Consulting – DX & AI Consulting
We design and implement digital and AI solutions across systems, processes, and people to drive measurable business outcomes.
2. Altera Connect – Consultant on Demand
Flexible, on-demand access to skilled experts who can fill capability gaps and accelerate projects without long hiring cycles.
3. Altera Recruiting – Recruitment Services
Helping companies in Japan secure top talent, from digital project managers to AI engineers, leveraging our deep industry network and trusted relationships.
At Altera Consulting, we don’t just advise, we partner with you to build stronger, smarter, and more resilient organizations for the digital & AI era.
