Top-Selling Points

Rate of Foreigners

Less Than

Frequency of English Usage

Less Than

Remote work Flex-time Use English No Japanese language required International employees In-house product development Visa support available Modern tech stack

Top-Selling Points

Rate of Foreigners
Less Than

Frequency of English Usage
Less Than

Remote work Flex-time Use English No Japanese language required International employees In-house product development Visa support available Modern tech stack

Related Skills

Testing tools / framework

Selenium

Language Requirements

Required

Preferred

Language Requirements

Required

Japanese: Greetings/None

English: Business

JLPT: None

Preferred

Japanese: Business

JLPT: N2

Job Description

【About Us】
We are a startup team partnering with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation to establish a new digital bank. Our top priority is to build embedded financial products from scratch to support small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

Our new digital bank project leverages the power of SaaS ✖️ Fintech to deliver accessible, cost-effective, and timely financial services. Our aim is to create transformative back-office operational experiences and innovative financial journeys, supporting the Digital Transformation of our clients.

【Main Responsibilities】
The mission of this role as an SDET is to improve the quality of Japan's digital banking system.
In this position, you will be responsible for leading quality improvements and testing enhancements.
- Review and improve existing API tests
- Define test strategies for API testing and drive continuous improvement
- Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines

【Unique Experience Gained】
- Lead collaborative development, design reviews, and post-mortems with our international teams.
- Define quality governance specific to the banking domain, including formalizing release criteria, severity definitions (Sev1-3), traceability requirements, and audit readiness protocols.

【Team and Work Style】
- A joint project team of SMBC ✖️ Money Forward, operating as a small, high-performing team with rapid decision-making.
- A global development environment with significant opportunities for English communication, as we engage in joint development with international teams.

【Who We’re Looking For】
- Those who are interested in pioneering next-generation QA strategies, specifically centered around the Shift-Left approach.
- Those who are motivated by the challenge of close, daily communication with international engineers and are eager to embrace a truly global QA methodology.
- Those who thrive on tackling challenging, high-impact projects.
- Those who are ready to innovate and define new quality assurance approaches, challenging conventional methods.
- Those with a genuine interest in building social infrastructure, such as a digital bank.

Required Skills and Experiences

【Required Skills and Experience】 - Over 3 years of development experience - Holder of ISTQB (including JSTQB) Foundation Level certification or equivalent knowledge - Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or equivalent knowledge - Experience leading a development team - Experience in formulating test plans and test strategies - Experience with code-based API testing tools such as RestAssured or Karate 【Preferred Skills and Experience】 - Experience in reviewing system architecture - Experience in improving testability - Understanding of testing techniques (ISTQB Advanced Level knowledge) - Japanese proficiency (N2 or higher)

After sign up, you can browse all information.

If you already have a GitTap Account, please login.

Working Condition

Working Hour System	
Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work
※Conditions apply; subject to change to Flextime System.

Working Hours	
9:30 - 18:30 (60 min break) are the basic working hours. However, employees are able to choose their working hours at their own discretion.
※There is potential for overtime work outside the determined hours.

Work Style Policy	
Hybrid work style
・As a standard practice, employees are required to work at the office a minimum of 2 days per week. Employees are encouraged to spend 3 or more days in the office. (This policy may be subject to change based on the company and job circumstances)
・The specific "team office days" may vary depending on the assigned team.

Holidays/Vacations	
■ Saturdays / Sundays / Japanese national holidays
■ Paid holidays
■ Summer holidays (3 days)
■ Winter holidays (2 days)
■ Year-end and New Year’s holidays (Dec 31st～Jan 3rd)

Benefits	
■ Various social insurances (employee pension, health insurance, employment insurance, industrial accident compensation insurance)
■ Neighborhood housing allowance and neighborhood moving allowance
■ Salary-based rent deduction benefit 
■ Health check and gynecological checkup
■ Influenza vaccine
■ Book purchases support
■ Defined-contribution corporate pension 
■ Employee stock ownership plan
■ Preferential treatment when using the following services（limited to businesses under contract with Money Forward）
　- Rental agency
　- Housekeeping services
　- Babysitting
　- Online English conversation school

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Casual interview/Document Screening
↓
First interview (Depending on the position, there may be a technical assignment before the interview)
↓
Several interviews (The number of interviews depends on the position)
↓
Final interview (We may ask for a reference check before or after the interview)
↓
Job offer/Offer meeting

※The process may be subject to change depending on the case.

Business (description what they do)

Development and provision of PFM services and cloud services

Available Jobs in (Money Forward, Inc.)

Recommended Jobs

Money Forward, Inc.

【QAエンジニア】デジタルバンク｜日英使用 ※東京（田町）の新会社に在籍出向

6M - ***M JPY | Tokyo

Selenium

Top-Selling Points

Rate of Foreigners

Less Than

Frequency of English Usage

Less Than

Remote work Flex-time Use English No Japanese language required International employees In-house product development Visa support available Modern tech stack

Top-Selling Points

Rate of Foreigners
Less Than

Frequency of English Usage
Less Than

Remote work Flex-time Use English No Japanese language required International employees In-house product development Visa support available Modern tech stack

Related Skills

Testing tools / framework

Selenium

Language Requirements

Required

Preferred

Language Requirements

Required

Japanese: Greetings/None

English: Business

JLPT: None

Preferred

Japanese: Business

JLPT: N2

Job Description

【About Us】
We are a startup team partnering with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation to establish a new digital bank. Our top priority is to build embedded financial products from scratch to support small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

Our new digital bank project leverages the power of SaaS ✖️ Fintech to deliver accessible, cost-effective, and timely financial services. Our aim is to create transformative back-office operational experiences and innovative financial journeys, supporting the Digital Transformation of our clients.

【Main Responsibilities】
The mission of this role as an SDET is to improve the quality of Japan's digital banking system.
In this position, you will be responsible for leading quality improvements and testing enhancements.
- Review and improve existing API tests
- Define test strategies for API testing and drive continuous improvement
- Develop and implement CI/CD pipelines

【Unique Experience Gained】
- Lead collaborative development, design reviews, and post-mortems with our international teams.
- Define quality governance specific to the banking domain, including formalizing release criteria, severity definitions (Sev1-3), traceability requirements, and audit readiness protocols.

【Team and Work Style】
- A joint project team of SMBC ✖️ Money Forward, operating as a small, high-performing team with rapid decision-making.
- A global development environment with significant opportunities for English communication, as we engage in joint development with international teams.

【Who We’re Looking For】
- Those who are interested in pioneering next-generation QA strategies, specifically centered around the Shift-Left approach.
- Those who are motivated by the challenge of close, daily communication with international engineers and are eager to embrace a truly global QA methodology.
- Those who thrive on tackling challenging, high-impact projects.
- Those who are ready to innovate and define new quality assurance approaches, challenging conventional methods.
- Those with a genuine interest in building social infrastructure, such as a digital bank.

Required Skills and Experiences

After sign up, you can browse all information.

If you already have a GitTap Account, please login.

Working Condition

Working Hour System	
Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work
※Conditions apply; subject to change to Flextime System.

Working Hours	
9:30 - 18:30 (60 min break) are the basic working hours. However, employees are able to choose their working hours at their own discretion.
※There is potential for overtime work outside the determined hours.

Work Style Policy	
Hybrid work style
・As a standard practice, employees are required to work at the office a minimum of 2 days per week. Employees are encouraged to spend 3 or more days in the office. (This policy may be subject to change based on the company and job circumstances)
・The specific "team office days" may vary depending on the assigned team.

Holidays/Vacations	
■ Saturdays / Sundays / Japanese national holidays
■ Paid holidays
■ Summer holidays (3 days)
■ Winter holidays (2 days)
■ Year-end and New Year’s holidays (Dec 31st～Jan 3rd)

Benefits	
■ Various social insurances (employee pension, health insurance, employment insurance, industrial accident compensation insurance)
■ Neighborhood housing allowance and neighborhood moving allowance
■ Salary-based rent deduction benefit 
■ Health check and gynecological checkup
■ Influenza vaccine
■ Book purchases support
■ Defined-contribution corporate pension 
■ Employee stock ownership plan
■ Preferential treatment when using the following services（limited to businesses under contract with Money Forward）
　- Rental agency
　- Housekeeping services
　- Babysitting
　- Online English conversation school

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Casual interview/Document Screening
↓
First interview (Depending on the position, there may be a technical assignment before the interview)
↓
Several interviews (The number of interviews depends on the position)
↓
Final interview (We may ask for a reference check before or after the interview)
↓
Job offer/Offer meeting

※The process may be subject to change depending on the case.

Business (description what they do)

Development and provision of PFM services and cloud services

Available Jobs in (Money Forward, Inc.)

Recommended Jobs

Money Forward, Inc.

【QAエンジニア】デジタルバンク｜日英使用 ※東京（田町）の新会社に在籍出向

6M - ***M JPY | Tokyo

Selenium

【SDET (Senior Level)】Digital Bank_Tokyo

【SDET (Senior Level)】Digital Bank_Tokyo