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How to find a job as a software developer in Japan

Eric Turner on November 23, 2019

Originally published on the Japan Dev Blog Finding a job as a software developer in Japan can be tough for foreigners. There are a lot of great o...
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Kristijan Kanalaš

First of all what an amazing post. Just what I needed now. I've been interested in a move to Japan for the past year and I started getting little bit inpatient recently (lowering my standards when applying to jobs) so this served as a really good reminder to be patient and to do my research and find a job that really suits me. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

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Eric Turner

Thanks for the comment, glad you found it useful! There are some truly great opportunities here if you just search for them.

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Justin Mancinelli • Edited

This would have been GOLD when I was looking for jobs in Japan starting in 2013.

I did end up getting 4 offers throughout my time there

  1. Ericsson Japan (Yokohama) - worked there 1 year before they decided to move the team to Spain
  2. KVH (doesn't exist anymore) - decided to work at IBM instead
  3. IBM Japan (Tokyo) - worked there 1 year before moving to NYC
  4. Rakuten (Tokyo) - decided to take a job in NYC instead

I had a great time. There are a lot of foreigners working in software in Japan. And the jobs I was offered were on English speaking teams. It was also really great to meet native Japanese and learn more about them and their culture.

Someone I recently started following on Twitter twitter.com/TuttiQ is also on DEV @tuttiq (and just now I noticed you work at Mercari, so you probably know her!). Small world, lots of opportunities for devs. Thanks for your post, it will help a lot of people!

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Xhan

Great post. I perused japan-dev during my last job search; it's a great resource. I never got to send a thank-you email for all the good it's done for me but luckily I chanced upon you here - thank you!

See you around Tokyo!

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Nicola Erario • Edited

Very good writing, thanks!
I’ve tried to find a job to “Nerv”, but they replied me that I’m too junior to program their Evangelions... /s