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About the role
We are seeking a highly capable Senior Bilingual Software Engineer to serve as the connective layer between our Forward-Deployed U.S. teams and our Platform Core Engineering team in Japan . This role reports directly to the CTO , reflecting its strategic importance in aligning product direction, platform evolution, and field execution.
What they're looking for
- Near-native proficiency in both English and Japanese , capable of conveying nuanced context such as priorities, urgency, assumptions, and technical trade-offs
- 7+ years of experience in software engineering , with strong exposure to system design and real-world implementation
- 4+ years of prior experience operating as a Software Engineer within a U.S.-based organization , where English was the primary language for technical discussions, design reviews, and deliverables, both orally and in writing
- Strong understanding of modern software architecture (APIs, backend systems, data models)
- Proven ability to operate across product, engineering, and implementation contexts
- Experience working with distributed or cross-border teams
More about this role
We are seeking a highly capable Senior Bilingual Software Engineer to serve as the connective layer between our Forward-Deployed U.S. teams and our Platform Core Engineering team in Japan .
This role reports directly to the CTO , reflecting its strategic importance in aligning product direction, platform evolution, and field execution.
This role is not about language translation. In an AI-enabled environment, its core responsibility is context alignment and leverage maximization —ensuring both teams operate with a shared understanding of priorities, constraints, urgency, and intent.
The Platform Core team focuses on the highest-impact problems , grounded in real-world usage
The Forward-Deployed teams extract maximum value from the platform , leveraging it effectively and correctly
This is a high-impact role at the center of a two-speed organization: fast-moving field execution and a scalable, reusable platform.
Act as the primary interface between Forward-Deployed U.S. teams and the Platform Core team in Japan , driving deep, bidirectional context alignment
Continuously synthesize and communicate what is happening on the ground —including priorities, urgency, constraints, and team...
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