Lead Backend Engineer, Account Aggregation 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:** Development and Maintenance Process Improvement: Gain a deep understanding of the field through hands-on development, and improve existing development and maintenance processes by leveraging AI and other technologies. Team Building: Share organizational policies with your supervisor to build consensus on the team’s direction, and autonomously lead a team of approximately 3 to 5 members. Project Management: Plan projects for adding new connections and maintaining existing systems (including web scraping and API connections), and drive them forward reliably while managing risks. Service Understanding: Understand how Money Forward’s services contribute to users and be able to consider and define the role your own organization should play. Systemic Problem-Solving: Instead of relying on individual effort to address operational failures or technical debt, create mechanisms within the team to prevent recurrence and ensure continuous improvement. Ability to Drive Change: Review and improve existing processes by leveraging AI and other technologies without being bound by “the way things have always been done,” and steadily drive transformation forward while actively listening to team members’ feedback. Requirements 5+ years of experience in server-side (backend) development using Java. Experience developing consumer-facing services for a large-scale, general user base. Hands-on experience across the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC), from requirements definition and design to coding, testing, and operations. Experience leading a team of 3 or more members. Experience in conducting code reviews as part of professional duties. Japanese: Business foundation level (JLPT N2 equivalent or higher) English: Business foundation level (TOEIC 700 equivalent or higher) Nice to haves While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following. Experience leading a team of 5 or more members. Experience in operational improvement and automation for large-scale systems. Experience leading projects with short development cycles. Experience in mentoring and developing team members. Experience in negotiation and coordination with internal and external stakeholders. Experience in utilizing Generative AI in business operations. Knowledge of expense reimbursement and accounting systems. Basic knowledge of financial sectors, including banking, credit cards, and securities. Experience in AI development and/or experience in using AI tools to improve development processes. 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. Compensation ¥6,408,000 ~ ¥11,004,000 annually. **Requirements:** 5+ years of experience in server-side (backend) development using Java. Experience developing consumer-facing services for a large-scale, general user base. Hands-on experience across the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC), from requirements definition and design to coding, testing, and operations. Experience leading a team of 3 or more members. Experience in conducting code reviews as part of professional duties. Japanese: Business foundation level (JLPT N2 equivalent or higher) English: Business foundation level (TOEIC 700 equivalent or higher) **Nice to have:** While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following. Experience leading a team of 5 or more members. Experience in operational improvement and automation for large-scale systems. Experience leading projects with short development cycles. Experience in mentoring and developing team members. Experience in negotiation and coordination with internal and external stakeholders. Experience in utilizing Generative AI in business operations. Knowledge of expense reimbursement and accounting systems. Basic knowledge of financial sectors, including banking, credit cards, and securities. Experience in AI development and/or experience in using AI tools to improve development processes. 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. **Compensation:** ¥6,408,000 ~ ¥11,004,000 annually.