Client-Facing Forward Deployed Engineer

**About the company:** Visual Alpha Minato-ku, Tokyo Visual Alpha is a B2B fintech startup that provides a SaaS data service to institutional investors and asset managers. **Responsibilities:** Act as the product expert in front of clients, bridging business needs and engineering execution. Analyze client workflows and requirements, and translate ambiguous needs into clear technical and functional specs. Design and refine client-specific workflows and produce solution proposals covering architecture, data flows, and scope. Partner with sales on deal strategy and pre-sales, and unblock technical objections. Work with engineering to validate feasibility, prioritize requirements, and ensure delivery quality and schedule. Coordinate with support and delivery teams to ensure smooth onboarding, rollout, and post-go-live success. Typical time allocation: sales support 30%, requirement analysis and proposal 40%, solution design 30%. Requirements Deep understanding of the investment management and broader financial services industry, including workflows and data structures. Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to independently tackle complex issues. Excellent solution design, proposal writing, and technical documentation skills. Hands-on experience in large-scale system architecture and database design. Self-motivated, client-oriented thinking, ability to learn new technologies quickly Fluent Japanese proficiency with working-level English Nice to haves While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following. Consulting and software development project management skill (significant advantage) Strong at mathematical calculation and accounting knowledge (significant advantage) Experience implementing various design patterns Experience creating web-services and/or AI models Compensation ¥7,000,000 ~ ¥9,000,000 annually. APPLY FOR THIS POSITION DO YOU NEED MORE INFO? ASK A QUESTION About Visual Alpha Visual Alpha Minato-ku, Tokyo Visual Alpha is a B2B fintech startup that provides a SaaS data service to institutional investors and asset managers. Key benefits Fast growing B2B fintech startup Diverse international team Be an early members of our startup Read more More jobs like this We'll send you a digest of new English-friendly software developer jobs in Japan. Your email stays private, we don't share or sell it. © 2026 Privacy Policy Get the newsletter × Insights into starting and growing your career as an English speaking developer in Japan, and new job opportunities as they are posted. **Requirements:** Deep understanding of the investment management and broader financial services industry, including workflows and data structures. Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to independently tackle complex issues. Excellent solution design, proposal writing, and technical documentation skills. Hands-on experience in large-scale system architecture and database design. Self-motivated, client-oriented thinking, ability to learn new technologies quickly Fluent Japanese proficiency with working-level English **Nice to have:** While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following. Consulting and software development project management skill (significant advantage) Strong at mathematical calculation and accounting knowledge (significant advantage) Experience implementing various design patterns Experience creating web-services and/or AI models **Compensation:** ¥7,000,000 ~ ¥9,000,000 annually. APPLY FOR THIS POSITION DO YOU NEED MORE INFO? ASK A QUESTION About Visual Alpha Visual Alpha Minato-ku, Tokyo Visual Alpha is a B2B fintech startup that provides a SaaS data service to institutional investors and asset managers. Key benefits Fast growing B2B fintech startup Diverse international team Be an early members of our startup Read more More jobs like this We'll send you a digest of new English-friendly software developer jobs in Japan. Your email stays private, we don't share or sell it. © 2026 Privacy Policy Get the newsletter × Insights into starting and growing your career as an English speaking developer in Japan, and new job opportunities as they are posted.