Backend Developer Salary in Japan

Backend Developer jobs in Japan hiring now at vetted startups and product companies on Alion, updated daily. Average salary around $199,073/year. Compare remote, hybrid and on-site positions with relocation and visa sponsorship. Browse and apply today.

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Pacific Consultants

pacific.co.jp
pacific.co.jp · HQ: Tokyo, Japan · Civil & Structural Engineering · Engineering Services · Est. 1951 · Hiring 9
HQ: Tokyo, Japan · Civil & Structural Engineering · Engineering Services · Est. 1951 · Hiring 9
Pacific Consultants is a Japanese construction consulting firm that has worked on social infrastructure in Japan and abroad since its founding in 1951. It hires civil, building and mechanical design engineers and project and construction management staff for defence facilities, energy and power projects and large station-area redevelopments. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.
No named decision-maker yet.
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$21k – $47k per year · In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time · Japanese: C1
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NE

ne-inc.jp
ne-inc.jp · HQ: Yokohama, Japan · E-commerce Platforms · Trust B · Hiring 7
HQ: Yokohama, Japan · E-commerce Platforms · Trust B · Hiring 7
NE is a Japanese software company that runs NEXT ENGINE, a SaaS for central management of orders and inventory for online retailers. More than 6,500 e-commerce businesses use the platform, and the company also offers e-commerce consulting, a lifestyle online store and AI reskilling courses, with a subsidiary in Seoul, while hiring SRE, cloud and system engineers. The company is headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
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システムエンジニア(リーダーポジション)

$40k – $58k per year · In office (Yokohama, Japan) · Full-Time
DynamoDB
Memcached
Google BigQuery
Amazon Aurora
Redis
MySQL
AI/ML
Model Context Protocol
DevOps
Amazon ECS
GitHub Actions
GitHub
Terraform
Docker
GCP
CI/CD
Design
Figma
Management
Miro
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UI2

ui2.co.jp
ui2.co.jp · HQ: Tokyo, Japan · Web Development Services · Systems Integrators · Hiring 3
HQ: Tokyo, Japan · Web Development Services · Systems Integrators · Hiring 3
UI2 is a Japanese prime system integrator that builds, extends and maintains e-commerce systems for global brands, working in-house without onsite client placement. It hires full stack engineers, project leaders and project managers for e-commerce development. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.
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$28k – $38k per year · In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time
TypeScript
JavaScript
Java
Java
Hibernate
Apache Tomcat
Spring Boot
Databases
MySQL
PostgreSQL
DevOps
Windows
Git
Linux
AWS
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OPEN Group

open-group.co.jp
open-group.co.jp · HQ: Tokyo, Japan · Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) · AI Consulting & Integration · Workflow & Process Automation (RPA, BPM) · Est. 2000 · Trust C · Hiring 16
HQ: Tokyo, Japan · Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) · AI Consulting & Integration · Workflow & Process Automation (RPA, BPM) · Est. 2000 · Trust C · Hiring 16
OPEN Group is a Japanese technology company using RPA and AI automation to raise business productivity through software, SaaS, forward deployed engineering and BPO services. Founded in 2000 as a new business incubator, it is a listed group and hires forward deployed engineers, IT and finance leads and generative AI business developers. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
No named decision-maker yet.
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$380k – $486k per year · In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
Python
Django
Django REST Framework
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
OpenAI
Claude Code
Claude
Frontend
Vue.js
Vite
DevOps
AWS Lambda
Amazon S3
GitHub
Docker
AWS
QA
Playwright
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RoboRoboペイロール事業部門 エンジニア 給与実務をAIとプロダクトで変える

$380k – $558k per year · In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
Python
Django
Mypy
Django REST Framework
flake8
isort
Databases
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Pandas
LangChain
OpenAI
LLM
AI Agents
Frontend
Vue.js
Vite
ESLint
Prettier
DevOps
AWS Lambda
Amazon ECS
GitHub
Docker
AWS
QA
Playwright
Vitest
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Fortaegis

fortaegis.com
fortaegis.com · HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands · Information Security · Processors, MCUs & AI Chips · Hiring 19
HQ: Amsterdam, Netherlands · Information Security · Processors, MCUs & AI Chips · Hiring 19
Fortaegis is a fast-scaling semiconductor company that builds the full-stack secure compute architecture for the era of AI and quantum computing. It hires hardware engineers, embedded Linux and firmware engineers, sales engineers and researchers at offices in Amsterdam, Bengaluru, London, Munich and Tokyo. The company is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Product Engineer Japan

In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time
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Leaner Technologies

leaner.co.jp
leaner.co.jp · HQ: Tokyo, Japan · Accounting & Tax Software · Startup · Trust C · Hiring 19, 2 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan · Accounting & Tax Software · Startup · Trust C · Hiring 19, 2 new
Leaner Technologies is a Japanese software company that develops Leaner, a cloud service for procurement and purchasing departments. Its products cover sourcing quotes, purchasing and supplier connection, and it hires security, QA and design engineers, product designers, a legal lead and its first corporate IT specialist. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.
No named decision-maker yet.
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6-9 デザインエンジニア

In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time
Ruby
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
MySQL
AI/ML
OpenAI Codex
Devin
Claude Code
Copilot
Frontend
Next.js
React Router
React.js
DevOps
Datadog
GitHub
AWS
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6-1 プロダクトエンジニア

In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time
Ruby
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
MySQL
AI/ML
Devin
Copilot
Frontend
Next.js
Remix
React.js
DevOps
Datadog
GitHub
AWS
+4
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6-4 プロダクト横断基盤エンジニア

In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time
Ruby
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
MySQL
AI/ML
Devin
Copilot
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
Datadog
GitHub
AWS
+3
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Geocode

geo-code.co.jp
geo-code.co.jp · HQ: Tokyo, Japan · Search Engine Optimization (SEO) · Trust B · Hiring 8
HQ: Tokyo, Japan · Search Engine Optimization (SEO) · Trust B · Hiring 8
Geocode is a web marketing and sales technology company listed on the Standard market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. It offers SEO and organic marketing, advertising operations, cloud and SaaS products and has a Kansai branch, hiring SEO consultants, web and frontend engineers, legal and FP&A staff. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
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6-1:Webエンジニア

$28k – $41k per year · In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time
PHP
DevOps
AWS
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Keysight

keysight.com
keysight.com · HQ: Santa Rosa, United States · EDA Software · Test & Measurement Instruments · Simulation & Digital Twin Software · 5000+ employees · Est. 2014 · Trust A · Hiring 553, 40 new
HQ: Santa Rosa, United States · EDA Software · Test & Measurement Instruments · Simulation & Digital Twin Software · 5000+ employees · Est. 2014 · Trust A · Hiring 553, 40 new
Keysight is an American maker of electronic test and measurement equipment and software, spun off from Agilent Technologies in 2014. It sells oscilloscopes, network and signal analysers, and design and simulation software used in wireless, semiconductor, automotive and aerospace development, and acquired the French simulation firm ESI Group in 2024. The company is headquartered in Santa Rosa, California, United States.
No named decision-maker yet.
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R&D Software Engineer – RF Test & Measurement

In office (Kobe, Japan) · Bachelor's Degree · Japanese: C1 · English: C1
C#
C++
Python
AI/ML
Claude Code
Copilot
DevOps
Windows
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R&D Engineer 3, Software

≈ $36k – $93k per year (Estimated) · Middle · In office (Kobe, Japan) · Bachelor's Degree · Middle · Japanese: C1 · English: C1
C#
C++
Python
AI/ML
Claude Code
Copilot
DevOps
Windows
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GE HealthCare

gehealthcare.com
gehealthcare.com · HQ: Chicago, United States · EHR & Clinical Software · Patient Monitoring · Medical Imaging Systems · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2023 · Trust A · Hiring 755, 126 new
HQ: Chicago, United States · EHR & Clinical Software · Patient Monitoring · Medical Imaging Systems · 1001-5000 employees · Est. 2023 · Trust A · Hiring 755, 126 new
GE HealthCare is a medical technology company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, making imaging systems such as CT, MRI, X-ray and mammography, ultrasound devices, patient monitoring and anesthesia equipment, pharmaceutical diagnostics and contrast agents, and clinical software and AI tools. Spun off from General Electric in January 2023 and listed on Nasdaq, it has a large installed base worldwide, with major sites in Waukesha, Bengaluru, Haifa, Helsinki, Budapest and Beijing. It hires field service engineers, biomedical equipment technicians, hardware, NPI and manufacturing engineers, AI and algorithm developers, data scientists, product specialists and sales managers.
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Senior Software Architect

≈ $67k – $144k per year (Estimated) · Staff+ · In office (Japan) · Relocation · Full-Time · Architect · Japanese
C#
C++
DevOps
TCP/IP
GCP
Azure
AWS
Management
Scrum
Agile
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TANP

tanp.jp
tanp.jp · HQ: Tokyo, Japan · B2B Commerce · Gifts, Party Supplies & Souvenirs · Hiring 2
HQ: Tokyo, Japan · B2B Commerce · Gifts, Party Supplies & Souvenirs · Hiring 2
TANP runs the gift e-commerce site TANP, including a corporate gift service that handles gift consultations, product selection, processing arrangements and delivery for businesses. Its orders include wrapping, noshi paper and name printing instructed to a manufacturing team, and it hires corporate gift customer success staff and web application engineers. The company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Webアプリケーションエンジニア

In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time
PHP
TypeScript
JavaScript
PHP
Laravel
PHPUnit
PHPStan
Databases
Google BigQuery
AI/ML
ChatGPT
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
Datadog
GitHub Actions
GitHub
GCP
CI/CD
AWS
Management
Miro
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Soracom

soracom.com
soracom.com · HQ: Tokyo, Japan · MVNO · IoT Platforms & Solutions · IoT Connectivity · Trust B · Hiring 14
HQ: Tokyo, Japan · MVNO · IoT Platforms & Solutions · IoT Connectivity · Trust B · Hiring 14
Soracom is a Japanese IoT company that provides connectivity, cloud and AI services that make it easy to connect people and devices, used by businesses in manufacturing, energy, logistics and other industries in more than 200 countries and regions. Since launching its service in 2015 it has set up US and UK subsidiaries, gone public and been named a leader in managed IoT connectivity services by Gartner, and it hires sales, partner and corporate development staff. The company is based in Japan.
No named decision-maker yet.
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Software Engineer for Backend System

In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time
Java
Java
Spring Boot
DevOps
GCP
Azure
AWS
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Thomson Reuters

thomsonreuters.com
thomsonreuters.com · HQ: Toronto, Canada · RegTech, AML & Compliance · News Agencies · Accounting & Tax Software · Legal Software · 5000+ employees · Est. 2008 · Trust B · Hiring 422, 67 new
HQ: Toronto, Canada · RegTech, AML & Compliance · News Agencies · Accounting & Tax Software · Legal Software · 5000+ employees · Est. 2008 · Trust B · Hiring 422, 67 new
Thomson Reuters is a Canadian information company created in 2008 when the Thomson Corporation acquired the British news and data group Reuters, and it now sells research, workflow software and analytics rather than raw information. Its largest businesses serve law firms and corporate counsel through Westlaw and Practical Law, tax and accounting professionals through Checkpoint and ONESOURCE, and corporate risk and compliance teams through screening and investigation products, alongside the Reuters news agency. Headquartered in Toronto and listed in Toronto and New York, it has invested heavily in generative assistants embedded directly in those professional workflows.
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Software Engineer - Westlaw Japan

≈ $33k – $84k per year (Estimated) · Middle · 3+ years exp · Hybrid (Tokyo, Japan) · Bachelor's Degree · Full-Time · Middle · Japanese
Java
JavaScript
Java
Spring Boot
AI/ML
Claude
Copilot
Frontend
React.js
DevOps
GitHub
CI/CD
Management
Agile
+1
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GMO MAKESHOP

makeshop.co.jp
makeshop.co.jp · HQ: Tokyo, Japan · E-commerce Platforms · Trust D · Hiring 15, 1 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan · E-commerce Platforms · Trust D · Hiring 15, 1 new
GMO MAKESHOP is a Japanese e-commerce technology company whose mission is commerce for a better future. It runs the makeshop online shop platform and MakeRepeater, an email marketing service for online retailers, and hires web, infrastructure and product engineers, production directors and customer success staff. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.
No named decision-maker yet.
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$455k – $645k per year · In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time
PHP
JavaScript
SQL
Python
Databases
Amazon Aurora
MySQL
AI/ML
ChatGPT
Claude
Copilot
DevOps
Nginx
CentOS Stream
GitHub
Git
Docker
Linux
AWS
+8
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$607k – $835k per year · In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time
Rust
Kotlin
PHP
C#
TypeScript
Java
C
Go
JavaScript
Go
GORM
Java
Testcontainers
C
SDL
Databases
DynamoDB
Amazon Aurora
MySQL
AI/ML
AWS Bedrock
OpenAI Codex
OpenAI Agents SDK
Claude Code
Claude
Frontend
Vue.js
GraphQL
Vite
Storybook
WebAssembly
Preact
React.js
DevOps
gRPC
OpenTelemetry
Amazon EKS
AWS Fargate
AWS Lambda
Amazon ECS
GitHub Actions
GitHub
Terraform
Docker
AWS
Kubernetes
Management
Confluence
QA
Playwright
Vitest
k6
+35
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UKABU

ukabu.co.jp
ukabu.co.jp · HQ: Tokyo, Japan · Marketing & Sales AI · AI Agents · Hiring 3
HQ: Tokyo, Japan · Marketing & Sales AI · AI Agents · Hiring 3
UKABU is a Japanese software company that makes an AI conversation support tool for sales teams, call centres and customer service. Its Flow and Auto structures design conversation steps and suggest the next line in real time, the tool is used by more than 100 companies, and the company hires web application engineers and customer success staff. The company is based in Japan.
No named decision-maker yet.
No careers mailbox known
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【Dev】D01_WEBアプリケーションエンジニア

In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time
Ruby
TypeScript
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Databases
MySQL
AI/ML
Claude Code
Frontend
Sass
PostCSS
React.js
DevOps
GitHub
Git
Docker
+4
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Restargp

restargp.com
restargp.com · Tokyo · Osaka · Trust B · Hiring 7
Tokyo · Osaka · Trust B · Hiring 7
No named decision-maker yet.
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In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time
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In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time
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Aiqveone

aiqveone.co.jp
aiqveone.co.jp · Tokyo · Osaka · Kyoto · Trust B · Hiring 8
Tokyo · Osaka · Kyoto · Trust B · Hiring 8
No named decision-maker yet.
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【27新卒:サーバーサイドエンジニア募集】

$17k per year · In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time
Ruby
Go
C#
TypeScript
Python
JavaScript
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
Frontend
Next.js
React.js
DevOps
GCP
Kubernetes
Azure
AWS
Game Dev
Unreal Engine
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Wakuto

wakuto.net
wakuto.net · HQ: Tokyo, Japan · Custom Software Development · Web Development Services · Hiring 6
HQ: Tokyo, Japan · Custom Software Development · Web Development Services · Hiring 6
Wakuto is a Japanese IT services company that handles web, app and infrastructure projects from requirements definition to maintenance. Part of a group listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime market, it works mostly on direct contracts using generative AI and cloud tools, hiring infrastructure, cloud and application engineers and project managers. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.
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01.東京【PM/PL】PHP/Ruby/Python/Java/AI駆動開発エンジニアへ/700万~

$531k – $986k per year · In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time
Ruby
Java
Python
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Creditengine

creditengine.jp
creditengine.jp · HQ: Tokyo, Japan · Financial Software & Embedded Finance · Hiring 18
HQ: Tokyo, Japan · Financial Software & Embedded Finance · Hiring 18
Credit Engine is a SaaS products provider for the financial sector with its head office in Tokyo, Japan, and operations in Singapore.
No named decision-maker yet.
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020.Webアプリケーションエンジニア

In office (Tokyo, Japan) · Full-Time
Python
JavaScript
Python
Django
Databases
Amazon Aurora
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Scikit-learn
Gemini
Amazon SageMaker
OpenAI Codex
ChatGPT
OpenAI
Claude Code
Claude
Copilot
AI Agents
Frontend
Vue.js
Tailwind CSS
Storybook
DevOps
AWS CDK
PagerDuty
Amazon ECS
GitHub Actions
Docker
Azure
AWS
GCP
Design
Figma
QA
Playwright
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038.福岡Webアプリケーションエンジニア

In office (Fukuoka, Japan) · Full-Time
Python
JavaScript
Python
Django
Databases
Amazon Aurora
PostgreSQL
AI/ML
Scikit-learn
Gemini
Amazon SageMaker
OpenAI Codex
ChatGPT
OpenAI
Claude Code
Claude
Copilot
AI Agents
Frontend
Vue.js
Tailwind CSS
Storybook
DevOps
AWS CDK
PagerDuty
Amazon ECS
GitHub Actions
Docker
Azure
AWS
GCP
Design
Figma
QA
Playwright
+20
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Sikmi

sikmi.com
sikmi.com · Custom Software Development · Hiring 1
Custom Software Development · Hiring 1
Sikmi, or Shikumi Seisakusho, is a Japanese software company that designs products and develops web systems and mobile apps for clients. It does contract development mainly for television and education clients in small, fully remote teams, and it is hiring full-stack engineers working with Rails, React, Vue and AWS. The company is based in Japan.
No named decision-maker yet.
No careers mailbox known
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フルスタックエンジニア

$25k – $51k per year · In office (Japan) · Full-Time
TypeScript
Databases
Redis
AI/ML
Claude
DevOps
OpenTelemetry
Amazon CloudWatch
Amazon S3
Terraform
Docker
CI/CD
+1
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RIZAP Group

rizapgroup.com
rizapgroup.com · HQ: Shinjuku, Japan · Weight Management · Fitness · Trust B · Hiring 6
HQ: Shinjuku, Japan · Weight Management · Fitness · Trust B · Hiring 6
RIZAP Group is a Japanese health and lifestyle company best known for its personal training gyms and the chocoZAP convenience gym chain with more than 2,000 locations. Its technology unit RIZAP Technologies builds web services, IoT devices and systems for the group and hires web directors, embedded engineers and designers. The company is headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.
No named decision-maker yet.
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RZT㈱_プロダクト開発統括1部_バックエンドエンジニア

$38k – $57k per year · In office (Shinjuku, Japan) · Full-Time
Ruby
Ruby
Ruby on Rails
DevOps
GitHub
Git
AWS
Management
Confluence
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Backend Developer Salary in Japan
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