AI and machine learning jobs in Japan: engineering, research and LLM roles
1,357 open AI and machine learning roles at 492 companies in Japan: AI engineering (741), AI research and safety (108), LLM and generative AI (168), AI agents (96), ML infrastructure and MLOps (48), AI integration (60), AI product (45), Computer vision, speech and multimodal (51). None of them states a citizenship or security-check demand. 16 mention relocation support.
bcg.com • HQ: Boston, United States • Professional Services • Artificial Intelligence • Data & Analytics • Information Technology • Software • Custom Software Development • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Analytics & BI Consulting • AI Consulting & Integration • Management Consulting • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1963 • Hiring 542, 291 new
HQ: Boston, United States • Professional Services • Artificial Intelligence • Data & Analytics • Information Technology • Software • Custom Software Development • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Analytics & BI Consulting • AI Consulting & Integration • Management Consulting • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1963 • Hiring 542, 291 new
Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a premier global management consulting firm advising leading corporations, governments, and non-profit organizations. The company partners with clients across diverse industries to solve their most complex challenges through strategic transformation, digital innovation, operational excellence, and sustainable solutions. Leveraging a vast network of expert consultants operating worldwide, it delivers actionable insights and tailored strategies designed to drive long-term competitive advantage and lasting impact.
nvidia.com • HQ: Santa Clara, United States • Computer Components • Servers & Data Center Hardware • AI Chips & Accelerators • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 5000+ employees • Est. 1993 • Trust B • Hiring 2399, 144 new
HQ: Santa Clara, United States • Computer Components • Servers & Data Center Hardware • AI Chips & Accelerators • Processors, MCUs & AI Chips • 5000+ employees • Est. 1993 • Trust B • Hiring 2399, 144 new
NVIDIA is an American technology company founded in 1993 that invented the graphics processing unit and has become the dominant supplier of accelerated computing platforms for artificial intelligence. Its portfolio spans data centre GPUs and systems built on the Hopper and Blackwell architectures, GeForce consumer graphics, automotive and robotics platforms, high-speed networking acquired with Mellanox, and the CUDA software stack that binds the ecosystem together. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company sells to cloud providers, enterprises, research institutions and gamers worldwide and is one of the most valuable listed businesses on the Nasdaq.
google.com • HQ: Mountain View, United States • Digital Media • Marketing Analytics & Attribution • Streaming & OTT Platforms • Consumer Internet Groups • Foundation Models • Operating Systems • Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) • Video & Photo Sharing • Advertising • Search Engines • 11-50 employees • Est. 1998 • Trust B • Hiring 1930, 612 new
HQ: Mountain View, United States • Digital Media • Marketing Analytics & Attribution • Streaming & OTT Platforms • Consumer Internet Groups • Foundation Models • Operating Systems • Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS) • Video & Photo Sharing • Advertising • Search Engines • 11-50 employees • Est. 1998 • Trust B • Hiring 1930, 612 new
Google is an American technology company founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin and now the principal subsidiary of Alphabet, headquartered in Mountain View, California. It operates the world's dominant search engine and the advertising system built around it, along with YouTube, Android, Chrome, Gmail, Maps, Workspace and Google Cloud, reaching billions of users across nearly every internet-connected market. The company designs its own silicon in the Tensor Processing Unit line, develops the Gemini foundation models through Google DeepMind, and derives most of its revenue from advertising while cloud has become its fastest growing segment.
timee.co.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Recruiting & Staffing • Freelance & Talent Marketplaces • Est. 2017 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 52, 3 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Recruiting & Staffing • Freelance & Talent Marketplaces • Est. 2017 • Startup • Trust B • Hiring 52, 3 new
Timee is a Tokyo-based company operating Timee, a Japanese on-demand work app that matches people with short shifts posted by restaurants, retailers, logistics sites and other businesses, with no interviews and same-day pay. Launched as a service in 2018, the app reports about 14.7 million registered workers and 250,000 client businesses with 488,000 locations as of July 2026, and the company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Its hiring covers customer success and sales roles for SMB, enterprise and logistics clients, business development, data and analytics engineers, and new graduate recruiting staff.
plaid.co.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Digital Marketing • 201-500 employees • Est. 2011 • Trust A • Hiring 17, 4 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Digital Marketing • 201-500 employees • Est. 2011 • Trust A • Hiring 17, 4 new
PLAID is a Tokyo software company founded in 2011 that develops KARTE, a customer experience platform analysing website and app visitors in real time. It builds behavioural profiles as users browse and triggers personalised messages, support or offers within the session. The company sells mainly to Japanese e-commerce, media and financial businesses.
Every engineering, research, product and infrastructure role whose title and advert make AI its work - machine learning and AI engineers, research scientists, LLM, agent and MLOps engineers, computer vision and speech, AI chips and data centers, embodied AI - at any employer, read by Alion's AI role classifier. Data analysts and data engineers are left out, and so is a role that only mentions AI tools.
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