Machine Learning Engineer jobs in Japan hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $109,823/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.
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cognizant.com • HQ: Teaneck, United States • Cloud Consulting & Migration • Engineering Services • IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Systems Integrators • 5000+ employees • Est. 1994 • IT services • Trust A • Hiring 1314, 257 new
HQ: Teaneck, United States • Cloud Consulting & Migration • Engineering Services • IT Outsourcing & Dedicated Teams • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Systems Integrators • 5000+ employees • Est. 1994 • IT services • Trust A • Hiring 1314, 257 new
Cognizant is an American information technology services and consulting company founded in 1994 as an in-house technology unit of Dun and Bradstreet in Chennai, India, and headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey. It builds, integrates and operates software and infrastructure for large enterprises, with particularly deep positions in healthcare, financial services, insurance and life sciences, delivered by a global workforce of more than three hundred thousand people concentrated in India. Listed on Nasdaq, the company competes with the large Indian and global systems integrators and has reoriented its offerings around cloud migration, data platforms and AI-assisted engineering.
preferred.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • AI for Science • Robotics AI • AI Chips & Accelerators • Foundation Models • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2014 • Hiring 65, 1 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • AI for Science • Robotics AI • AI Chips & Accelerators • Foundation Models • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 2014 • Hiring 65, 1 new
Preferred Networks is a Japanese artificial intelligence company founded in Tokyo in 2014 and long regarded as the country's most technically ambitious AI startup. It created Chainer, one of the first define-by-run deep learning frameworks and an influence on the design of modern autograd systems, and has since built a full vertical stack from its own MN-Core accelerator silicon up to foundation models. The company applies that stack to manufacturing, robotics, materials science through the Matlantis simulator and healthcare, working closely with Japanese industrial partners including Toyota, Fanuc and Hitachi.
adobe.com • HQ: San Jose, United States • Graphic Design • Digital Design • Document Management • Office & Productivity Software • CMS & Digital Experience Platforms • Digital Signature • Design & Prototyping Tools • Photo & Video Editing Software • 5000+ employees • Est. 1982 • NASDAQ: ADBE • Trust B • Hiring 526, 23 new
HQ: San Jose, United States • Graphic Design • Digital Design • Document Management • Office & Productivity Software • CMS & Digital Experience Platforms • Digital Signature • Design & Prototyping Tools • Photo & Video Editing Software • 5000+ employees • Est. 1982 • NASDAQ: ADBE • Trust B • Hiring 526, 23 new
Adobe is an American software company founded in 1982 by John Warnock and Charles Geschke and headquartered in San Jose, California. It created the PostScript and PDF formats and built the industry-standard creative toolset around Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects and InDesign, now delivered as the Creative Cloud subscription. The company also runs Document Cloud for electronic signatures and document workflows, Experience Cloud for enterprise marketing analytics and personalisation, and the commercially safe Firefly family of generative AI models.
hitachi.co.jp • HQ: Chiyoda, Japan • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1910 • Hiring 195, 7 new
HQ: Chiyoda, Japan • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1910 • Hiring 195, 7 new
Hitachi is a major Japanese multinational conglomerate specializing in social innovation business, advanced digital technologies, energy systems, and industrial infrastructure. Headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, the company operates across three primary business pillars: Digital Systems & Services (encompassing enterprise IT, digital engineering via GlobalLogic, and data solutions centered around its proprietary Lumada platform), Green Energy & Mobility (including Hitachi Energy’s power grid infrastructure and Hitachi Rail transport systems), and Connective Industries (focusing on industrial automation, smart manufacturing, building systems, and healthcare equipment). Founded in 1910, Hitachi operates on a global scale, integrating operational technology (OT) with information technology (IT) to advance sustainable infrastructure and digital transformation across public and private sectors worldwide.
cogent.co.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Multimodal AI • 51-200 employees • Est. 2014 • Hiring 9, 2 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Multimodal AI • 51-200 employees • Est. 2014 • Hiring 9, 2 new
Cogent Labs is a Japanese artificial intelligence company that develops practical AI services to raise productivity and ease labour shortages. It builds and serves machine learning models for business products and hires machine learning software engineers, solution architects, QA engineers and senior product and project managers. The company is headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.
lifull.com • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Real Estate Brokerage • Online Classifieds • Est. 1997 • Trust B • Hiring 13, 1 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Real Estate Brokerage • Online Classifieds • Est. 1997 • Trust B • Hiring 13, 1 new
LIFULL is a Tokyo internet company founded in 1997 that operates Japan's LIFULL HOME'S property portal. Its platform aggregates millions of rental and sale listings and supplies analytics and software to agencies. The company is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and runs property portals in other countries.
ivry.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Conversational AI • Startup • Trust C • Hiring 38, 4 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Conversational AI • Startup • Trust C • Hiring 38, 4 new
IVRy is a Japanese software company that offers a conversational voice AI service for automatic telephone answering. Its SaaS starts from a free plan, is used by more than 35,000 accounts across Japan, and the company hires product managers, customer success and sales operations staff. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.
woven.toyota • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Smart City • Automotive Manufacturing • Autonomous Driving • Automotive Software • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2018 • Trust B • Hiring 130, 6 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Smart City • Automotive Manufacturing • Autonomous Driving • Automotive Software • 501-1000 employees • Est. 2018 • Trust B • Hiring 130, 6 new
Woven by Toyota is the software and advanced development arm of Toyota, established in 2018 and restructured into its present form in 2023, and it builds the vehicle software the group intends to run across its future models. Its work covers the Arene vehicle software platform, automated driving and safety systems, and Woven City, a purpose-built test community at the foot of Mount Fuji where the group can trial mobility technology in a real inhabited environment. Headquartered in Tokyo, it represents Toyota's attempt to develop software competence internally rather than depend on suppliers.
fairydevices.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Headphones & Audio • Startup • Hiring 11
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Headphones & Audio • Startup • Hiring 11
Fairy Devices is a Japanese start-up that combines AI and hardware into a wearable AI platform for industrial sites. Its products include the neck-worn THINKLET device and the LINKLET remote work support software, used in manufacturing, construction and infrastructure, and it hires sales engineers, QA and cloud engineers and product managers. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.
sakana.ai • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • LLM & Generative AI • Foundation Models • AI Research Labs • Est. 2023 • Startup • Hiring 23, 1 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • LLM & Generative AI • Foundation Models • AI Research Labs • Est. 2023 • Startup • Hiring 23, 1 new
Sakana AI is a Tokyo research laboratory taking a nature inspired approach to foundation models, favouring collective intelligence and evolutionary methods over ever larger single models. Its published work includes evolutionary model merging, the AI Scientist system that runs a full research cycle end to end, and Japanese language model research. The company was founded by former Google researchers including a co-author of the transformer paper and has become Japan's most prominent artificial intelligence startup.
matsuo-institute.com • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • AI Research Labs • Research Institutes • Est. 2014 • Hiring 10, 1 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • AI Research Labs • Research Institutes • Est. 2014 • Hiring 10, 1 new
Matsuo Institute commercialises research from the University of Tokyo laboratory that trained much of Japan's deep learning talent. Founded in 2014, it advises large Japanese corporations on applied machine learning and incubates spin-out ventures. Its network is central to Japan's artificial intelligence startup ecosystem.
honda.co.jp • HQ: Minato, Japan • 1001-5000 employees • Hiring 122, 6 new
HQ: Minato, Japan • 1001-5000 employees • Hiring 122, 6 new
Headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, Honda is a major multinational manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, and power equipment. The company has grown to become the world's largest motorcycle producer and a leading global innovator in mobility solutions, robotics, and advanced engineering. Through an extensive international manufacturing and distribution network, it delivers reliable, fuel-efficient vehicles and cutting-edge technologies to customers worldwide.
nri.com • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Management Consulting • Systems Integrators • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Est. 1965 • Hiring 55
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Management Consulting • Systems Integrators • IT Consulting & Digital Transformation • Est. 1965 • Hiring 55
Nomura Research Institute (NRI) is a global management consulting and IT solutions enterprise. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, the company specializes in strategic business consulting, system integration, financial IT infrastructure, and economic research. By combining domain expertise in corporate operations with end-to-end IT architecture services, the organization enables financial institutions, commercial enterprises, and public sector entities to optimize performance and execute digital transformation strategies.
