Backend Developer Jobs in Tokyo

Backend Developer jobs in Tokyo hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $73,772/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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Udacity

udacity.com
Udacity is an online education company headquartered in Emeryville, California, and founded in 2011 by Sebastian Thrun, David Stavens, and Mike Sokolsky after a free Stanford artificial intelligence course. The company sells Nanodegree programs in areas such as programming, data science, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and autonomous systems, built together with industry partners. It shifted toward enterprise and government reskilling contracts and was acquired by Accenture in 2024.
udacity.com • HQ: Emeryville, United States • Corporate Training • Vocational Education • Education • EdTech Platforms • E-learning • Est. 2011
HQ: Emeryville, United States • Corporate Training • Vocational Education • Education • EdTech Platforms • E-learning • Est. 2011
$149k – $280k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 5+ years exp • Remote (MENA, APAC, Europe, United States, Canada) • Visa sponsorship • Contractor • Architect • English: C1
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IDC Frontier

idcf.jp
IDC Frontier is a Tokyo data centre and cloud company within the SoftBank group. It operates energy efficient facilities across Japan including large campuses in Fukushima and Kitakyushu, and sells colocation, private cloud and content delivery services. The company hosts infrastructure for major Japanese internet platforms and enterprises.
idcf.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Code Intelligence • Est. 1986
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Code Intelligence • Est. 1986
$39k – $85k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
PHP
Ruby
AI/ML
Copilot
Gemini
DevOps
Ansible
ArgoCD
Docker
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
Kubernetes
GitHub
Management
Google Workspace
Slack
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$40k – $86k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
JavaScript
Node JS
PHP
Ruby
TypeScript
PHP
Symfony
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
Frontend
JQuery
React.js
Vue.js
DevOps
Ansible
ArgoCD
CI/CD
CircleCI
Docker
etcd
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Prometheus
Rancher
Terraform
VMWare
Zabbix
GitHub
Management
Google Workspace
Slack
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Open 126 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 5 months ago

【東京/大阪】IT基盤開発エンジニア

$39k – $85k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
PHP
Python
Ruby
PHP
PHPStan
PHPUnit
Python
Ruff
Ruby
RSpec
RuboCop
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Copilot
DevOps
ArgoCD
CI/CD
Docker
Jenkins
Kubernetes
GitHub
Management
Slack
QA
Pytest
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DevRev

devrev.ai
DevRev is a startup that is building AI-based CRM solutions that aim to bring developers closer to the customer enabling them to build, operate, support, and grow their products, founded by IIT alumnus.
devrev.ai • Bengaluru • Buenos Aires • Austin • Palo Alto • Mumbai • Artificial Intelligence • Software • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • Est. 2020
Bengaluru • Buenos Aires • Austin • Palo Alto • Mumbai • Artificial Intelligence • Software • Customer Relationship Management (CRM) • Est. 2020
Open 153 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 6 months ago

Forward Deployed Engineer - Applied AI

$41k – $97k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years exp • Remote (Japan) • Bachelor's Degree • Senior
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
SQL
AI/ML
AI Agents
Knowledge Graph
Prompt Engineering
Function Calling
Model Context Protocol
RAG
Semantic Search
Semantic Search
Frontend
GraphQL
DevOps
Platform Engineering
AWS
AWS Lambda
CI/CD
GCP
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Mantra

mantra.ai
Mantra Labs builds enterprise products, platforms, data flows, and intelligent workflows that help teams modernize systems and improve operating outcomes.
mantra.ai • Tokyo
Tokyo
Open 130 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 5 months ago

バックエンドエンジニア/Backend Engineer(Langaku)

$38k – $57k per year • Remote/Hybrid (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time • English: C1 • Japanese
Python
Swift
Dart
Python
Django
Mobile
Flutter
DevOps
AWS
GCP
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Open 134 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 5 months ago

Webエンジニア/ Web Full-Stack Engineer(Mantra Engine)

$38k – $64k per year • Remote/Hybrid (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time • English: C1 • Japanese
Python
TypeScript
JavaScript
Python
Django
Frontend
Vue.js
DevOps
AWS
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Shield AI

shield.ai
Shield AI is an American defence technology company founded in 2015 that builds autonomy software and uncrewed aircraft for military missions. Its Hivemind autonomy stack lets aircraft fly, navigate and complete objectives without GPS, a remote pilot or a communications link, which matters in contested environments where those links are jammed. Headquartered in San Diego, California, the company fields the V-BAT vertical take-off aircraft with United States and allied forces, licenses Hivemind to other manufacturers and is developing the X-BAT jet for high-end missions.
shield.ai • HQ: San Diego, United States • Space & Aerospace • Drones & UAVs • Defense AI • Military Drones • Military • Artificial Intelligence • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2015
HQ: San Diego, United States • Space & Aerospace • Drones & UAVs • Defense AI • Military Drones • Military • Artificial Intelligence • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2015
Verified live · 2 hours ago 5 months ago

Staff Engineer, Software Autonomy Applications (R4830)

$64k – $133k per year (Estimated) • Staff+ • 7+ years expIn office (Tokyo, Japan) • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Staff
C++
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 5 months ago

Senior Engineer, Software Autonomy Applications (R4829)

$45k – $102k per year (Estimated) • Senior • 5+ years expIn office (Tokyo, Japan) • Bachelor's Degree • Internship • Senior
C++
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Supabase

supabase.io
Supabase is an open-source backend-as-a-service company headquartered in San Francisco, California, and founded in 2020. The company provides a suite of development tools built on top of PostgreSQL, including database management, user authentication, edge functions, real-time data synchronization, and vector storage for machine learning applications. Operating as a remote-first organization, it serves a global community of developers and enterprises by offering a scalable alternative to proprietary cloud platforms through its integrated suite of open-source technologies.
supabase.io • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Machine Learning • Artificial Intelligence • Cloud Computing • Mobile App Development • Software • Web Development • Information Technology • Database Management • 201-500 employees • Est. 2020
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Machine Learning • Artificial Intelligence • Cloud Computing • Mobile App Development • Software • Web Development • Information Technology • Database Management • 201-500 employees • Est. 2020
Verified live · 5 hours ago 5 months ago

Software Engineer - Auth

$69k – $194k per year (Estimated) • Equity • Middle • 4+ years exp • Remote • Full-Time • Middle
Go
TypeScript
Python
PHP
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Python
Django
PHP
Laravel
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Supabase
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
Vector
GitHub
AWS
Grafana
Kubernetes
OpenTelemetry
Prometheus
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Verified live · 5 hours ago 7 months ago

Postgres Engineer

Equity • Remote • Full-Time
Rust
Databases
PostgreSQL
Supabase
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Gree

gree.jp
GREE is a Tokyo internet company founded in 2004 whose social network became one of the earliest mobile gaming platforms in Japan. It now develops and publishes games through its studios, runs metaverse and virtual live streaming businesses and invests in technology startups. The group also operates advertising and digital marketing subsidiaries.
gree.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan
HQ: Tokyo, Japan
$38k – $83k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
PHP
JavaScript
Databases
Google BigQuery
MySQL
Frontend
Vue.js
DevOps
AWS
GCP
GitHub
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$37k – $80k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
JavaScript
PHP
C#
C#
.NET
Databases
MySQL
DevOps
AWS
GCP
GitHub
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MNTSQ

mntsq.co.jp
MNTSQ builds contract management and review software for large Japanese enterprises and law firms. Founded in 2018 in Tokyo, it applies natural language processing to Japanese contract text, which most global tools handle poorly. Its clause library learns from an organisation's own past agreements.
mntsq.co.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Est. 2018
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Est. 2018
Open 166 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 6 months ago

デザインエンジニア

$39k – $85k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
TypeScript
Python
FastAPI
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
Amazon Aurora
ElasticSearch
MySQL
OpenSearch
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
Element Plus
PostCSS
Storybook
Vue.js
DevOps
AWS Fargate
Datadog
Docker
Docker Compose
GCP
Terraform
AWS
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon ECS
Design
Figma
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Open 169 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 6 months ago

リードエンジニア(フロントエンド)

$39k – $85k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
TypeScript
Python
FastAPI
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
Amazon Aurora
ElasticSearch
MySQL
OpenSearch
AI/ML
AI Agents
Frontend
Element Plus
PostCSS
Storybook
Vue.js
DevOps
AWS Fargate
Datadog
Docker
Docker Compose
GCP
Terraform
AWS
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon ECS
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Open 256 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 9 months ago

リードエンジニア(バックエンド)

$39k – $85k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
JavaScript
Python
Ruby
TypeScript
Python
FastAPI
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
Amazon Aurora
ElasticSearch
MySQL
OpenSearch
AI/ML
AI Agents
LLM
Frontend
Element Plus
PostCSS
Storybook
Vue.js
DevOps
AWS Fargate
Datadog
Docker
Docker Compose
GCP
Terraform
AWS
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon ECS
Marketing
Salesforce
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Applibot

applibot.co.jp
Applibot is a Tokyo game studio founded in 2009 within the CyberAgent group. It develops mobile role playing games with high production values, including titles distributed globally with major publishers. The studio also produces its own original intellectual property alongside licensed projects.
applibot.co.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Est. 2009
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Est. 2009
$38k – $83k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
Java
PHP
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Copilot
OpenAI Codex
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
GCP
GitHub
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Open 564 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 1 year ago

サーバーサイドエンジニア

$38k – $83k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
Java
PHP
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Copilot
OpenAI Codex
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
GCP
GitHub
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Cognition

cognition.com
Cognition is an applied artificial intelligence lab founded in 2023 that created Devin, an autonomous software engineering agent able to plan, write and debug code across a full repository. The company drew attention for demonstrating long-horizon coding work rather than single-file completion, and it sells Devin to engineering organisations. In 2025 it acquired the Windsurf coding assistant team and product, broadening its developer tooling.
cognition.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Home Healthcare • Artificial Intelligence
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Home Healthcare • Artificial Intelligence
Open 189 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 7 months ago

Deployed Engineer - APAC

$40k – $87k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
Cursor
Devin
Scale AI
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Open 202 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 7 months ago

Partner Deployed Engineer - APAC

$39k – $86k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
Python
TypeScript
AI/ML
Cursor
Windsurf
Devin
Scale AI
DevOps
CI/CD
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Lilt

lilt.com
Streamline global translation with AI. Connect systems, reduce costs, and secure multilingual content with enterprise-grade workflows.
lilt.com • HQ: San Francisco, United States • Design & Creative • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2015
HQ: San Francisco, United States • Design & Creative • AI Agents • Artificial Intelligence • Est. 2015
$100k – $150k per year • Junior • 1+ year exp • Remote (Japan) • Contractor • Junior • English: C1
Python
AI/ML
LLM
Prompt Engineering
Edge AI
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Genetec

genetec.com
Genetec Japan KK represents Genetec solutions in Japan, offering unified physical security software that includes video management, access control, and license plate recognition systems for business and public sector customers. Its main offerings are integrated security platforms that combine surveillance, access management, and analytics to help organizations monitor and protect people, property, and assets.
genetec.com • HQ: Montreal, Canada • Hardware • Security Services • Software • 1001-5000 employees
HQ: Montreal, Canada • Hardware • Security Services • Software • 1001-5000 employees
Open 204 daysVerified live · 2 hours ago 7 months ago

テクニカルサポートエンジニア

$37k – $80k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
C#
SQL
Visual Basic
Databases
MS SQL
Chips/EDA
PoC Library
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OpenProject.org

openproject.org
Achieve great things together We empower project teams to achieve great things together for the good of society. OpenProject is targeted at organizations that want to positively impact the world.
openproject.org • Financial Services • Software • Project Management
Financial Services • Software • Project Management
Open 207 daysVerified live · 1 day ago 7 months ago

Senior Ruby on Rails Developer

$89k – $217k per year (Estimated) • Senior • Remote • PhD • Full-Time • Senior • German • English
JavaScript
Ruby
TypeScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Stimulus
Frontend
Angular
React.js
DevOps
CI/CD
GitHub
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Photoruction

photoruction.com
Photoruction is a Tokyo construction technology company founded in 2016 whose platform manages site photographs, drawings and inspection workflows. It automates the classification and filing of the enormous photographic records Japanese construction projects must keep. The company also offers outsourced document processing built on the same system.
photoruction.com • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Est. 2016
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Est. 2016
Open 214 daysVerified live · 11 hours ago 8 months ago

ワークフローエンジニア

$38k – $83k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
JavaScript
PHP
Python
TypeScript
PHP
Laravel
Databases
Amazon Aurora
MySQL
AI/ML
ChatGPT
Claude
Claude Code
LLM
Devin
OpenAI
Frontend
D3.js
GraphQL
Next.js
Nuxt.js
Vue.js
React.js
Mobile
Crashlytics
Firebase
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
GitHub Actions
GitHub
Design
Figma
Management
Slack
n8n
Zapier
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Open 432 daysVerified live · 11 hours ago 1 year ago

WEBアプリケーションエンジニア

$38k – $83k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
JavaScript
PHP
Python
Ruby
TypeScript
PHP
Laravel
Databases
Amazon Aurora
MySQL
Frontend
D3.js
GraphQL
Next.js
Nuxt.js
Vue.js
React.js
Mobile
Crashlytics
Firebase
DevOps
AWS
CI/CD
GitHub Actions
GitHub
Design
Figma
Management
Slack
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Exotec

exotec.com
Exotec is a French robotics and warehouse automation company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Croix, France. The company specializes in automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS) that combine high-speed robotics and proprietary software to optimize order fulfillment and logistics operations. Its signature Skypod system features autonomous mobile robots capable of moving in three dimensions - navigating floor spaces and climbing high warehouse racks up to 12 meters - to rapidly retrieve inventory goods.
exotec.com • HQ: Paris, France • Warehousing • Robotics • Logistics & Warehouse Robotics
HQ: Paris, France • Warehousing • Robotics • Logistics & Warehouse Robotics
Open 222 daysVerified live · 5 hours ago 8 months ago

Software Integration Engineer - Bilingual Japanese & English

$38k – $83k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • English: C1 • Japanese: C1
SQL
IoT
Node-RED
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ZENKIGEN

zenkigen.co.jp
ZENKIGEN builds artificial intelligence tools for Japanese human resources, covering video interviewing and one-on-one coaching analytics. Founded in 2017 in Tokyo, its harutaka product is widely used in Japanese graduate recruitment. Its analytics help managers improve how they conduct regular check-ins.
zenkigen.co.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Est. 2017
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Est. 2017
Open 279 daysVerified live · 2 days ago 10 months ago

バックエンドエンジニア

$39k – $84k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
Python
Ruby
TypeScript
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Claude
Claude Code
Copilot
Devin
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
AWS
Datadog
GCP
Terraform
GitHub
Management
Slack
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Ascent

ascent.ai
Ascent Robotics provide advanced robotics software that can handle a diverse range of objects with flexibility and operate autonomously in response to the on-site environment, while also collaborating with humans.
ascent.ai • Tokyo • Industrial IoT (IIoT) • Internet of Things • Simulation & Digital Twin
Tokyo • Industrial IoT (IIoT) • Internet of Things • Simulation & Digital Twin
Open 327 days 11 months ago

Senior Full Stack Engineer

$41k – $94k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Relocation • Visa sponsorship • Full-Time • Senior • English • Japanese
JavaScript
Python
Databases
MySQL
DevOps
AWS
AWS Lambda
Amazon ECS
Amazon S3
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Mujin

mujin.co.jp
Mujin develops software for industrial robotics that enables vision-guided motion planning and real-time execution for warehouse automation and manufacturing. Its flagship controller integrates perception, motion planning, and robot control to allow teachingless operation of robotic arms for tasks such as case packing, palletizing and piece picking. The company primarily serves logistics, e-commerce fulfillment and manufacturing customers globally from its headquarters in Tokyo, Japan.
mujin.co.jp • Tokyo • Okazaki • Software • Industrial Automation • Robotics • Industrial Robotics • Logistics & Warehouse Robotics
Tokyo • Okazaki • Software • Industrial Automation • Robotics • Industrial Robotics • Logistics & Warehouse Robotics
Open 540 daysVerified live · 14 min ago 1 year ago

Senior Software Engineer (C++ & Python)

$43k – $97k per year (Estimated) • Senior • In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time • Senior
C++
Python
DevOps
Docker
RTOS
Robotics
EtherCAT
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Open 1271 dayVerified live · 14 min ago 3 years ago

Backend Software Engineer (C++)

$39k – $85k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Bachelor's Degree • Full-Time
C++
Python
C
C
ZeroMQ
DevOps
Docker
Robotics
EtherCAT
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Palantir Technologies

palantir.com
Palantir Technologies is an American software company founded in 2003 that builds platforms for integrating, analysing and acting on large and fragmented datasets. Its Gotham platform serves defence, intelligence and law enforcement customers, Foundry brings the same data-operating model to commercial industries such as manufacturing, healthcare and energy, and the Artificial Intelligence Platform layers large language models over both. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado and listed on the New York Stock Exchange since 2020, the company is known for deploying forward engineers directly inside customer organisations.
palantir.com • HQ: Denver, United States • Information Technology • Software • Defense AI • Artificial Intelligence • National Security • Analytics Platforms • Data & Analytics • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2003
HQ: Denver, United States • Information Technology • Software • Defense AI • Artificial Intelligence • National Security • Analytics Platforms • Data & Analytics • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2003
$22k – $76k per year (Estimated) • Junior • 1+ year expIn office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time • Junior • Japanese • English
C++
JavaScript
Python
TypeScript
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Cygames

cygames.co.jp
Cygames is a Tokyo game developer founded in 2011 within the CyberAgent group. It produces high grossing mobile titles including Granblue Fantasy, Shadowverse and Umamusume Pretty Derby, and has moved into console development and animation. The company runs its own animation studio and esports operations around its franchises.
cygames.co.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Est. 2011
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Est. 2011
Open 700 daysVerified live · 5 hours ago 2 years ago

フロントエンドエンジニア/ゲーム・サービス/東京

$38k – $83k per year (Estimated)In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
JavaScript
PHP
TypeScript
PHP
Laravel
WordPress
Frontend
GSAP
Material UI
Next.js
Nuxt.js
PixiJS
React.js
Svelte
SvelteKit
Tailwind CSS
Vue.js
DevOps
AWS
Docker
GitHub
Design
Figma
QA
Selenium
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Backend Developer Jobs in Tokyo
Frequently asked questions
How many Backend Developer jobs in Tokyo are available on Alion?
There are currently 146 active listings from 77 hiring companies on Alion, refreshed daily.
What salary do Backend Developer jobs in Tokyo pay?
The average salary is around $73,772 per year based on the current listings.
Are remote options available for Backend Developer jobs in Tokyo?
Yes, many of these roles offer remote or hybrid work, and you can filter listings by remote, relocation and visa sponsorship.
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