Companies hiring software engineers in Japan
As of 2026-10-02, 67 companies have 187 open software engineering roles in Japan on their own career sites in our index. The most active: Rakuten (25), Bjak (21) and Tailor (11).
Companies with the most open software engineering roles in Japan
| # | Company | Website | Open roles | ATS | Example role |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rakuten | – | 25 | Workday | Senior Backend Engineer - R-Storefront Section, EC Marketplace Development Department (ECMPD) |
| 2 | Bjak | – | 21 | Ashby | Backend Developer |
| 3 | Tailor | – | 11 | Ashby | Software Engineer, Web [業務委託] |
| 4 | Woven by Toyota | – | 9 | Lever | Backend Software Engineer, Robot Platform Software |
| 5 | Micron | – | 8 | Workday | Engineer / Senior Engineer / Staff / Principal Engineer / MTS / SMTS FE OCT CPEE SPARES ENRG |
| 6 | Mujin | – | 8 | Lever | Backend Software Engineer (C++) |
| 7 | ispace, inc | – | 7 | Lever | Embedded Software Engineer |
| 8 | Applied Intuition | – | 6 | Ashby | Software Engineer - AUTOSAR |
| 9 | Rakuten | – | 5 | Workday | Full Stack Assistant Manager, Platform & Operation Automation Section (RS Link Dep) |
| 10 | Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. | – | 5 | Greenhouse | ゲームプレイプログラマー・Gameplay Programmer/Team ASOBI |
| 11 | ARC'TERYX | – | 4 | Lever | Design Developer 1 - Tokyo Creation Center |
| 12 | Appier | – | 3 | Greenhouse | Senior Software Engineer, Backend Development(Ad Cloud Serving Services) - Tokyo,Japan |
| 13 | ASM | – | 3 | Greenhouse | Engineer II, Software Engineering |
| 14 | Match Group | – | 3 | Lever | Back-end Engineer, Platform (Go) |
| 15 | Ncr | – | 3 | Workday | ソフトウェアエンジニア Software Engineer |
| 16 | Nvidia | – | 3 | Workday | Developer Relations Manager - Higher Education & Research |
| 17 | PayPay Securities | – | 3 | Greenhouse | Backend Engineer / バックエンドエンジニア |
| 18 | QuEra Computing, Inc. | – | 3 | Greenhouse | Scientific Software Engineer - Compiler |
| 19 | Datadog | – | 2 | Greenhouse | Field CTO (Japan) |
| 20 | Flatiron Health | – | 2 | Greenhouse | Senior Software Engineer |
| 21 | Harman | – | 2 | Workday | Hardware - Hardware / Electronics Engineering Principal Engineer |
| 22 | Lumentum | – | 2 | Workday | Engineer for new coater/developer at TAK |
| 23 | Ouryahoo | – | 2 | Workday | Senior Backend Software Engineer |
| 24 | STACK Infrastructure APAC | – | 2 | Ashby | Critical Engineering Manager - Electrical (Japan) |
| 25 | Unitytech | – | 2 | Workday | Senior Software Engineer |
| 26 | Xsolla | – | 2 | Lever | Senior Backend Engineer — Japan |
| 27 | Accenture | – | 1 | Workday | Full-Stack Developer, Applications & Infrastructure |
| 28 | Ahrefs | – | 1 | Greenhouse | OCaml Developer |
| 29 | Analogdevices | – | 1 | Workday | Staff Engineer, Field Applications |
| 30 | Anyone AI | – | 1 | Ashby | Full-Stack Developer (Japan) |
| 31 | Bb | – | 1 | Workday | Senior Systems Software Developer |
| 32 | Breakmark | – | 1 | Ashby | CTO Japan |
| 33 | Cerence | – | 1 | Workday | Principal Software Engineer – Software Integrator |
| 34 | Danaher | – | 1 | Workday | Senior Software Engineer |
| 35 | Deckers | – | 1 | Workday | Mgr, Software Engineering |
| 36 | Elastic | – | 1 | Greenhouse | Senior Field Engineering Manager - Japan |
| 37 | Entegris | – | 1 | Workday | Senior Principal Engineer, Advanced Innovation and Technology (AIT) Team |
| 38 | Fwd | – | 1 | Workday | 100_【東京】IT ストラテジスト [CTO] |
| 39 | Gartner | – | 1 | Workday | Director Analyst - Software Engineering Technologies and Practices |
| 40 | Ghr | – | 1 | Workday | Vice President, Software Engineer, Global Markets Technology |
| 41 | Hitachi | – | 1 | Workday | Senior Technical BrSE/Japanese Speaking Software Engineer (in Kyushu, Japan) |
| 42 | Hop | – | 1 | Lever | HPC Sr Staff Engineer, Test Jig Core Technology Development |
| 43 | Jinba.io | – | 1 | Ashby | Senior Frontend Engineer |
| 44 | Jj | – | 1 | Workday | [MedTech][SC-Deliver] DS Engineering Manager |
| 45 | Lazarus | – | 1 | Greenhouse | Forward Deployed Software Engineer (Japan Contract) |
| 46 | Manulife | – | 1 | Workday | Full Stack Developer |
| 47 | Mapbox | – | 1 | Ashby | Senior/Staff Software Development Engineer, EV Platform |
| 48 | Marvell | – | 1 | Workday | Staff Engineer, Firmware Development |
| 49 | Mksinst | – | 1 | Workday | Software Engineer, Commissioner |
| 50 | Ms | – | 1 | Workday | Finance Software Developer, Associate, Technology |
Top 50 of 67 companies by open roles.
Applicant tracking systems these companies use
Workday (74), Ashby (47), Lever (36), Greenhouse (30)
Other roles in Japan
- Salespeople 1,323
- Engineers and manufacturing staff 701
- Operations and administrative staff 510
- Customer success and support staff 387
- Marketers 317
- Data scientists and AI engineers 311
- Finance and accounting staff 259
- Consultants 221
- Data engineers and analysts 182
- Project and program managers 164
- HR and recruiting staff 160
- Healthcare professionals 155
- Logistics and warehouse staff 139
- Legal and compliance staff 128
- Retail and hospitality staff 111
- Product managers 88
- Designers 61
- DevOps and cloud engineers 56
- Security engineers 56
- Tradespeople 40
- QA and test engineers 37
- Teachers and trainers 21
- IT specialists 17
Software engineers in other countries
FAQ
- Which companies are hiring software engineers in Japan?
- As of 2026-10-02, the companies with the most open software engineering roles in Japan in our index are Rakuten (25), Bjak (21) and Tailor (11). 67 companies have at least one.
- How many software engineering jobs are open in Japan?
- 187 open roles at 67 companies on 2026-10-02, each opening counted once.
- How is this list made?
- Every day TidyTools reads the public job boards of about 18,029 companies on 16 applicant tracking systems (Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, Workday and others) and counts each open role once. The role family comes from the job title; the country from the ATS or the location text. Companies that hire through other systems are not included.
- Can I get the full list as data?
- Yes. The Career Site Jobs Actor on Apify and the Career Site Jobs API on RapidAPI return every open job of the companies you name, straight from their career sites, as JSON or CSV.