Remote Principal Software Engineer

Summary

The job description is for a Principal Software Engineer position at PayPay, a fintech company with over 63M users. The role involves designing, developing, and maintaining software systems that require high scalability, reliability, and availability. The ideal candidate should have experience in large-scale distributed system design and development, preferably in finance or payment industries.

Requirements

• Solid foundation in designing, implementing, and maintaining a large-scale distributed system
• Experience in developing distributed platform systems such as Messaging Platforms, Pub/Sub Systems, Databases, Distributed Computing Frameworks, and Schedulers

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software and core platform
• Lead technical aspects for multiple projects through hands-on execution and guidance of other engineers
• Provide architectural blueprints and technical leadership
• Build common platforms to support different business vertical application systems
• Develop tools and contribute to open source wherever possible
• Adopt problem-solving as a way of life – always go to the root cause!

Benefits

Employment Status: Full Time Office Location: WFA(Work From Anywhere at Anytime) Remote Job, You can live anywhere in Japan Work Hours: Super Flex Time (No Core Time), In principle, 10:00am-6:45pm (actual working hours: 7h45m + 1h break) Holidays: Every Sat/Sun/National holidays (In Japan)/New Year's break/Company-designated Special days Paid leave. : Annual leave (up to 14 days in the first year, granted proportionally according to the month of employment. Can be used from the date of hire), Personal leave (5 days each year, granted proportionally according to the month of employment）, PayPay's own special paid leave system, which can be used to attend to illnesses, injuries, hospital visits, etc., of the employee, family members, pets, etc. Salary: Annual salary paid in 12 installments (monthly), Based on skills, experience, and abilities, Reviewed once a year, Special Incentive once a year *Based on company performance and individual contribution and evaluation, Late overtime allowance, Work from anywhere allowance (JPY100,000) Benefits: Social Insurance (health insurance, employee pension, employment insurance and compensation insurance), 401K, Language Learning support, Translation/Interpretation support, VISA sponsor + Relocation support