Engineering Manager, Business Platform Development Division, Tokyo

**About the company:** Money Forward Minato-ku, Tokyo Money Forward is a fintech startup delivering tools to visualize and improve both individuals'​ and companies'​ financial health. **Responsibilities:** Build and develop a high-performing engineering team by improving both delivery quality and productivity through clear goals, healthy processes, and strong collaboration. Own people management for the team, including coaching, career development, performance evaluation, and hiring, within a global and diverse engineering organization. Take accountability for delivery and execution across projects in collaboration with Product Managers, Tech Leads, and business stakeholders. Guide Agile execution at the team level, ensuring planning, prioritization, and progress tracking support predictable and sustainable delivery. Act as a key communication bridge between engineering, product, and business teams to align priorities, manage expectations, and maintain transparency. Support technical direction and quality by working closely with Tech Leads and senior engineers, participating in design discussions and reviews as needed. Monitor team health, delivery metrics, and risks using tools such as Jira, and drive continuous improvement in both processes and outcomes. Contribute to mid- to long-term planning by aligning team goals with broader platform and organizational strategy. Requirements 5+ years of professional experience as a software engineer, with sufficient technical depth to guide design discussions and evaluate engineering quality. Proven experience managing engineers (typically 5+), including coaching, performance evaluation, and hiring. Experience leading or managing development teams in an Agile environment, with accountability for delivery outcomes and team health. Experience collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders such as Product Managers, designers, and business teams to drive projects forward. Experience working with globally distributed or multinational engineering teams, including communication and coordination in English. Solid understanding of backend systems, software architecture, and modern web or platform-based services (hands-on coding experience required in past roles). Strong ownership mindset, with the ability to prioritize, make decisions, and drive progress in fast-moving environments. Business level English proficiency (TOEIC score of 700 or above equivalent). Nice to haves While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following. Experience as a Tech Lead or Engineering Manager in an organization of 10+ engineers, including scaling teams and processes over time. Experience designing, developing, or operating cloud-based systems and microservices in a production environment. Familiarity with modern platform or backend architectures, including distributed systems or event-driven designs. Experience improving services and teams over a long lifecycle, including modernization, refactoring, or operational stability improvements. Experience conducting and receiving code reviews, with the ability to guide engineering quality without micromanagement. Experience in people evaluation, talent development, and addressing organizational or team-level challenges. Experience working in a multi-national, cross-timezone team environment. Experience speaking at, organizing, or contributing to internal or external tech talks, study sessions, or engineering communities. Exposure to AI-assisted development or productivity tools (e.g., AI coding assistants, internal AI tools), and interest in leveraging AI to improve engineering efficiency. Money Forward recently announced our AI Strategy roadmap which focuses on improving AI-driven operational efficiencies, as well as integrating AI agents into our products to deliver better value to our users. Japanese proficiency is not required but nice to have. Compensation ¥9,000,000 ~ ¥15,000,000 annually. **Requirements:** 5+ years of professional experience as a software engineer, with sufficient technical depth to guide design discussions and evaluate engineering quality. Proven experience managing engineers (typically 5+), including coaching, performance evaluation, and hiring. Experience leading or managing development teams in an Agile environment, with accountability for delivery outcomes and team health. Experience collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders such as Product Managers, designers, and business teams to drive projects forward. Experience working with globally distributed or multinational engineering teams, including communication and coordination in English. Solid understanding of backend systems, software architecture, and modern web or platform-based services (hands-on coding experience required in past roles). Strong ownership mindset, with the ability to prioritize, make decisions, and drive progress in fast-moving environments. Business level English proficiency (TOEIC score of 700 or above equivalent). **Nice to have:** While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following. Experience as a Tech Lead or Engineering Manager in an organization of 10+ engineers, including scaling teams and processes over time. Experience designing, developing, or operating cloud-based systems and microservices in a production environment. Familiarity with modern platform or backend architectures, including distributed systems or event-driven designs. Experience improving services and teams over a long lifecycle, including modernization, refactoring, or operational stability improvements. Experience conducting and receiving code reviews, with the ability to guide engineering quality without micromanagement. Experience in people evaluation, talent development, and addressing organizational or team-level challenges. Experience working in a multi-national, cross-timezone team environment. Experience speaking at, organizing, or contributing to internal or external tech talks, study sessions, or engineering communities. Exposure to AI-assisted development or productivity tools (e.g., AI coding assistants, internal AI tools), and interest in leveraging AI to improve engineering efficiency. Money Forward recently announced our AI Strategy roadmap which focuses on improving AI-driven operational efficiencies, as well as integrating AI agents into our products to deliver better value to our users. Japanese proficiency is not required but nice to have. **Compensation:** ¥9,000,000 ~ ¥15,000,000 annually.