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(https://biz.moneyforward.com/expense/)" and "Money Forward Cloud Payable(https://biz.moneyforward.com/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.

• Reference: What Money Forward's CTO is Thinking (Sept 2021) > Transitioning Engineering to English(https://moneyforward.com/engineers_blog/2021/09/06/cto-message-202109/)

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(https://note.com/mf_chihiroaoki/n/n6c6164dcf862)" 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(https://note.com/keikokanai/n/ned608543e777)." 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).

Please check the details in the following article: Announcement of the Campaign to Support Engineers' UI Turn Expenses to Fukuoka(https://moneyforward-dev.jp/entry/2025/11/07/100000)

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."

【職種 / 募集ポジション】
Engineering Manager, Money Forward Cloud, Fukuoka
【雇用形態】
正社員
【給与】
年収 10,008,000円 〜 15,000,000円
Monthly salary system
※Includes fixed allowances for up to 45 hours of legal overtime, legal holiday work, and 40 hours of late-night work.
【勤務地】
810-0041 16th Floor, Fukuoka Daimyo Garden City, 2-6-50 Daimyo, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka
【Salary System】
<Salary Range>
Min 834,000 JPY / month（10,008,000 JPY / year）- 1,250,000 JPY / month（15,000,000 JPY / year）
Each including fixed allowances of 242,807 JPY - 363,912 JPY / month.
【Bonus】
A「High Performance Bonus」may be paid to employees who receive high evaluations based on semi-annual evaluations in addition to their salary.
※Please note that the remuneration of the High Performance Bonus is subject to change according to the company's performance.
【Probation Period】
3 months from join date
【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
■ 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
【Selection Process１】
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. We will request you to take an aptitude assessment.)
↓
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.
【Selection Process２】
■ About the Aptitude Test
It is a simple web-based survey taking around 20 minutes to complete.

■ What are reference checks?
Money Forward may ask for your cooperation with reference checks using a reference check service tool. We believe that mutual understanding is limited to the selection process alone. Therefore, we would like to gather information about you from your supervisor and colleagues at your current or former company to ensure a more reliable match and facilitate your early success after joining our company.
※We do not make employment decisions based solely on the contents of reference checks.
※The fact that you are in the selection process with us will not be disclosed to referees.
【Notes】
- Range of change in job description: Work as determined by the company
- Range of change in work location: Work location as determined by the company
【Reference Information】
https://recruit.moneyforward.com/#introduction

会社情報

【会社名】
株式会社マネーフォワード
【代表者】
代表取締役社長グループCEO 辻 庸介
【創業】
2012年5月
【取締役】
金坂 直哉
中出 匠哉
竹田 正信
石原 千亜希
【社外取締役】
安武 弘晃
宮澤 弦
Ryu Kawano Suliawan
菊間 千乃
芦田 健
上田 梨々子
【監査役】
畠山 優実
田中 克幸
西山 茂
【グループCxO・VPox】
上利 陽太郎
瀧 俊雄
山田 一也
坂 裕和
松岡 俊
伊藤 セルジオ 大輔
関田 雅和
松久 正幸
野村 一仁
長尾 祐美子
金井 恵子
梅田 康吉
丸山 嘉伸
【執行役員】
田平 公伸
本川 大輔
冨山 直道
永井 博
駒口 哲也
廣原 亜樹
島村 誠一郎
永井 七奈
木村 慎治
吉本 憲文
工藤 裕之
島内 広史
小山 幸宏
渡辺 恵伍
松村 道夫
岩崎 大
渋谷 亮
【オフィス】
本社オフィス
〒108-0023　東京都港区芝浦3-1-21 msb Tamachi 田町ステーションタワーS 21F

北海道支社
〒060-0061　北海道札幌市中央区南一条西4-5-1 札幌大手町ビル3階

東北支社
〒980-0021 宮城県仙台市青葉区中央2-2-10 仙都会館 5F

東海支社、名古屋開発拠点
〒450-6213　愛知県名古屋市中村区名駅4-7-1 ミッドランドスクエア 13F

京都支社、京都開発拠点
〒604-8004　京都府京都市中京区三条通河原町東入中島町78番地 明治屋京都ビル 4階

関西支社、大阪開発拠点
〒541-0042　大阪府大阪市中央区今橋 2-5-8 トレードピア淀屋橋 9階

広島支社
〒730-0015　広島市中区橋本町9-7 ビル博丈5F

九州・沖縄支社、福岡開発拠点
〒810-0041　福岡県福岡市中央区大名2丁目6-50　福岡大名ガーデンシティ 16F
【社内コミュニケーション活性化の取り組み】
■全社週次/月次朝会/半期総会
■代表との意見交換会（CEOセッション）
■全社懇親会（MF Happy Hour）
■他部門社員との交流会（シャッフルランチ・ディナー）
■上長との定期1on1（ツキイチ面談）
■社内公募制度（MFチャレンジシステム）
■社員満足度調査（MFグループサーベイ）
※一部正社員のみ
【労働条件】
屋内原則禁煙（喫煙室あり）等
【中途採用比率】
2021年11月末　93.8％
2022年11月末　90.0%
2023年11月末　76.6％
2024年11月末　88.7%