Frontend Engineer

About PayPay

PayPay, a FinTech company that has achieved more than 69M users (as of May 2025) since its launch in 2018, is rapidly expanding its business scale as a payment platform used by approximately one out of every two smartphone users in Japan.

The company has a diverse team of professionals from more than 50 countries and is building a world-class engineering organization.

Our biggest competitor is "cash". They are seeking people who can accept this challenge positively, brush up on the product at a tremendous speed that other companies could never achieve, and who are passionate about promoting and spreading such a financial life platform in a short time along with professionalism.

PayPay is committed to maintaining a "Day 1" mindset, bringing to life visions of the future that no one else can even imagine. At PayPay, we provide an environment where everyone can deliver outstanding performance as professionals, through a flexible work style that includes remote and office.

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Position

We are looking for a web frontend engineer to join PayPay. You will be building features that change how people in Japan use and manage their finances and business. As a fast-paced company leading the payments industry, we need our engineers to be versatile and enthusiastic to take on new challenges in order to stay at the forefront.

Responsibilities

• Work with Product Managers, Designers and various tech teams to implement features
• Contribute to the team by sharing knowledge, participating in code reviews, and providing feedback to uphold and ensure best practices
• Triage, debug, and resolve product issues

Tech Stack

• TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML/CSS
• Vue.js, React, NestJS, Express.js, single-spa
• Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, AWS, GH Actions, Terraform, Gatling
• GitHub, npm/yarn, Jenkins, Webpack, Jest, i18n, Storybook
• Sentry, Kibana, Google Analytics, Firebase, NewRelic
• Figma, PlantUML, draw.io
• Slack, Zoom, Confluence, Jira

Your qualification

• At least 3 years of industry experience developing secure web frontend applications in JavaScript and/or other transpile-to-JavaScript languages
• At least 1 year of industry experience with VueJS (preferred), or React
• Software engineering best practices and computer science knowledge
• Business level of English

Additional Qualifications

• Experience with frontend performance monitoring and optimization
• Experience with iOS or Android development, either with the native toolkits or with a framework such as React Native
• Experience with designing server side RESTful APIs
• Experience with web hosting infrastructure such as CDNs

What we offer

• Social Insurance (health insurance, employee pension, employment insurance and compensation insurance)
• 401K
• Language Learning support
• Translation/Interpretation support
• VISA sponsor + Relocation support

Additional details

PayPay 5 senses

• Please refer PayPay 5 senses to learn what we value at work.

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 twice 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)