visualalpha
Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer (Tokyo Onsite Only)
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Tokyo, Minato City, Japan
- Work setup
- Onsite
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Fullstack
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- A love of learning and proven experience in becoming a domain expert; in our case, you will become an expert in investment data analysis and investment reporting visualization
- Very strong problem solving skills that can handle complex issues independently.
- Pragmatic experience with Agile development methodologies (Scrum, eXtreme Programming, etc) and iterative process improvements
- Self-motivated, client-oriented thinking, ability to learn new technologies quickly
- Strong design, presentation, and collaboration skills; must be a strong team player
- Good knowledge of NodeJS or desire to learn coupled with strong experience in one of C++, Python, PHP, or Rust
- Native (or very fluent) in English
Nice to have
- Knowledge of investment management (significant advantage)
- Strong at mathematical calculation programming (significant advantage)
- Strong background in merging datasets from various offline and online sources (ex: ETL systems, data lakes, etc)
- Experience implementing various design patterns
- Familiarity with xUnit design concepts and patterns
- Experience creating web-services and/or AI models
Full description
Visual Alpha Senior Full-Stack Software Developer Role (Tokyo Onsite)
Join Visual Alpha to use the latest technologies to disrupt the investment management industry!
Visual Alpha is a B2B fintech startup based in central Tokyo that provides an innovative AI powered data analytics service to financial institutions, including institutional investors, financial data publishers and accounting firms. We develop our full stack web applications using the latest AI and Cloud technologies. We are currently hiring for a senior software engineer role to design and implement features on our core software service.
- Fast growing exciting tech startup
- No Japanese language is required (English must be fluent!)
- Relocate to Tokyo (Onsite only)
- Hybrid in-office/remote working style
Opportunity
- Work for a fast growing B2B fintech startup to innovate investment management
- Join a diverse international team of data science and investment experts
- Become one of the earliest members of a promising startup
Role
- Independently develop fund performance calculation systems for institutional asset managers.
- Create and maintain complex business logic modules and data models.
- Design scalable framework for onboarding new types of client mandates, securities, funds, and trade instructions.
- Work with the support team closely to onboard client mandates and support client daily operations.
- Create unit tests and integration tests to ensure quality.
- Potentially manage a small team (2~3 people) including interns.
- Typical time allocation: design 20%, implementation 80%.
Required Skills
- A love of learning and proven experience in becoming a domain expert; in our case, you will become an expert in investment data analysis and investment reporting visualization
- Very strong problem solving skills that can handle complex issues independently.
- Pragmatic experience with Agile development methodologies (Scrum, eXtreme Programming, etc) and iterative process improvements
- Self-motivated, client-oriented thinking, ability to learn new technologies quickly
- Strong design, presentation, and collaboration skills; must be a strong team player
- Good knowledge of NodeJS or desire to learn coupled with strong experience in one of C++, Python, PHP, or Rust