Engineering Manager, Money Forward Cloud, Fukuoka

Only applicants residing in Japan are eligible to apply.

Overview

Recruitment Background

At Money Forward, we provide services that solve financial challenges through technology. Our flagship services, "Money Forward Cloud Expense" and "Money Forward Cloud Payable," are used by a wide range of customers, from sole proprietors to large enterprises.

As our business expands, our engineering organization is growing rapidly. Our engineering team brings together diverse backgrounds, and our global recruitment efforts are accelerating. The primary role of an Engineering Manager here is to empower diverse individuals and teams—across varied backgrounds, nationalities, and cultures—to unleash their full potential and maximize organizational output.

Furthermore, Money Forward is transitioning to a global development environment and adopting English as our primary language for technical work and communication. We actively hire top talent regardless of Japanese proficiency and are increasing collaboration with overseas development hubs and partner companies.

About the Fukuoka Development Base

Since opening in December 2017, Money Forward’s Fukuoka Development Base has steadily expanded alongside a growing community of talented engineers and designers.

In November 2025, we relocated our office to "Fukuoka Daimyo Garden City" to set the stage for our next chapter of growth. We are now aggressively recruiting engineers and designers to help our organization leap forward.

Our local vision is "Move Forward." We place the highest priority on growth opportunities for every member, striving to be an energetic hub where everyone can boldly take on new technologies and complex challenges.

[UI Turn Support Campaign Ongoing]

Money Forward is currently running a campaign to support relocation to our Fukuoka development base! We are offering 500,000 yen to assist with relocation expenses to engineers who join us mid-career and are currently living in Japan (conditions apply).

Responsibilities and Duties

For this role, we are looking for an Engineering Manager for the Money Forward Expense product team who can lead development teams toward strategic product goals, navigate ambiguity, and solve complex technical and organizational challenges.

Leveraging your past experience in engineering organization management and service development, you will assume the following roles and responsibilities across the entire Money Forward Cloud Expense product engineering organization:

Product Delivery

• Translate department and company business goals into actionable development phases and concrete steps; define success metrics/KPIs to track progress and ensure execution.
• Identify resource requirements, recruit or acquire needed resources, and allocate them effectively across teams.
• Proactively step in and adjust direction when ongoing initiatives no longer align with business goals or customer needs.

Technical Strategy & Leadership

• Strategically participate in technical discussions, decisions, and feedback to ensure technical strategies align with organizational goals.
• Continuously improve development processes and environments by adopting industry best practices to enhance product quality and team productivity.
• Demonstrate strong leadership during system incidents, guiding teams toward rapid resolution and effective post-mortems/prevention measures.

Cross-Functional Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Influence partner teams and cross-department stakeholders to resolve conflicts of interest and manage ambiguity.
• Drive mutual understanding and consensus among non-engineering stakeholders from a broader business and organizational perspective.
• Maintain transparency across team and project statuses, delivering timely updates to key stakeholders.

Team Building

• Instill company MVVC (Mission, Vision, Value, Culture) principles into everyday team operations and behaviors.
• Cultivate a psychologically safe environment where team members feel confident sharing ideas and growing.
• Welcome diverse talent into the organization and build an environment where everyone can thrive.

Talent Development & Recruitment

• Identify capability gaps and systematically recruit or upskill talent to build strong team capabilities.
• Actively participate in and drive the recruiting process to achieve hiring targets.
• Build a culture of continuous learning where team members share knowledge and grow together.
• Mentor high-potential team members and cultivate future leaders and successors.

AI & Innovation

• Proactively explore and drive AI adoption and data utilization to elevate project outcomes and team productivity.

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience in development team leadership or engineering management (including recruiting, performance evaluation, and team member development).
• Experience managing multiple teams or a developer organization of 10+ people.
• Hands-on experience developing and operating web services.
• Proven track record of reaching consensus with cross-functional stakeholders (e.g., Product Managers, Business Operations).
• Proven ability to define strategy and drive execution in ambiguous, unstructured environments.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience managing multi-national or global engineering teams.
• Experience with budget planning and resource allocation for engineering organizations.
• Experience embedding SLO/availability design and incident response processes into team culture.
• Experience driving AI adoption or leveraging data-driven decision-making within engineering teams.
• Hands-on development experience with Ruby on Rails.
• Practical experience working in Scrum or Agile development environments.

Language Requirements

• Conversational level Japanese (equivalent to JLPT N3 or above)
• Basic business level English (equivalent to TOEIC 700 or above)
  • If you do not have a qualification equivalent to TOEIC 700 or above, you will be required to take a company-designated test during the selection process.

Technology Stack

• Backend: Rails, Golang, Node.js, GraphQL
• Frontend: React, TypeScript, Next.js, Redux, Apollo Client, webpack, Jest
• iOS: Swift, SwiftUI, Core Data, Apollo, ReactorKit, Composable Architecture, Bitrise
• Android: Java/Kotlin, Android Jetpack (Camera, DataBinding, Navigation, etc.), LiveData/ViewModel, Dagger/Hilt, OkHttp3, Retrofit2, Apollo Android
• Database: MySQL (Amazon Aurora)
• Infrastructure & Middleware: AWS(ALB, EC2, ECS, RDS, S3, SQS, ElastiCache, EKS...), sendgrid, kinsta, GCP (BigQuery, Firebase, GKE), nginx, squid, memcached, kafka, logstash, filebeat, maxwell, kibana, elasticsearch, Fluentd, envoy, Puma, HAProxy, Docker, Redis, Terraform

Tools Used

• Business Platform: Marketo, Salesforce, HubSpot
• Repository Management: GitHub
• CI/CD: CircleCI, Bitrise, ArgoCD, CodeBuild, GitHub Actions
• Development Environment: Vagrant, Docker, Terraform Enterprise
• Monitoring: DataDog, Rollbar, Bugsnag, Sentry, New Relic
• Communication: Slack
• Ticket Management: Jira, Asana, Trello, Backlog
• Security & Automation: OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite, Sider (Brakeman), Snyk, VAddy, Dockle, Trivy, various AI development tools

Work Environment

At Money Forward, we provide an environment where we can create world-class services together, and we are looking forward to welcoming you.

• Provided PC Specs: We provide PCs equipped with the latest CPUs (MacOS or Windows). Custom-made PCs tailored to business requirements and replacements with the latest OS are also possible.
• Systems to Enhance the Development Environment: Peripheral devices necessary for work (such as displays, mice, keyboards) can be purchased as office supplies. Generally, you can choose from standard products (catalog), and if conditions are met, you can apply for non-standard products as well.
• Money Forward Library: We have a library system where you can freely borrow books, ranging from technical books to management books. Desired books can be purchased at the company's expense.
• Referral Driven: We cover the cost of recruitment meals. There is a referral reward system.
• Conference Participation Support: The company partially covers participation in domestic and international conferences, such as RubyKaigi and Google I/O.