【QA Manager (SDET Manager)】Money Forward (HR Solution Department)_Tokyo

About us

Money Forward aims to move people’s lives forward by offering various SaaS applications for Back-office operations and eliminating non-essential work from complex daily tasks, and radically changing the quality of and time spent on work.

In the HR domain, we are providing the following six products;

• Money Forward Cloud Payroll
• Money Forward Cloud HRIS (Human Resource Information System)
• Money Forward Cloud Attendance
• Money Forward Cloud Tax Adjustment
• Money Forward Cloud Social Insurance
• Money Forward Cloud My Number

It is a competitive market with a lot of room for expanding our market share. That is why this area became a primary focus for Money Forward which accelerated our growth.

As the number of users of our products increases and our organisation expands, we are looking for someone who can lead the team as a QA manager and SDET (Software Development Engineer in Test) manager, while also improving the quality of our products.

Overview

Until now, Money Forward's QA organisation has been limited in its activities due to the fact that quality activities were carried out through an in-house contracting system, making it difficult to guarantee a high level of product quality or to design quality over the medium to long term.

In order to overcome this barrier, Money Forward decided to commit to a 10 year milestone to push forward ‘quality’, including the following: 

- The appointment of Juichi Takahashi, a quality expert well know in the industry, as CQO
- The establishment of CQO Office in 2023 with the mission of improving quality across the entire company, including overseas offices

The mission of the CQO Office is to formulate a quality strategy for Money Forward as a whole. As of such, it became a high priority to build a team of professional QA engineers who can put these strategies into practice.

At present, the main focus is on quality improvement for each product, and the HR Solutions Division (HRS) is one of the divisions strongly committed to quality improvement. The division is experiencing rapid growth coupled with the globalisation of the development organisation, and the launch of new products, so it is essential to ensure continued improvement in quality across the product line and organisation.

Therefore, we are looking for someone who can oversee multiple HRS products from a cross-cutting perspective and work with the development team to lead the introduction of quality improvement activities, such as shifting left and automation, in line with new development processes such as Agile.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for a wide range of tasks, from building and implementing a QA strategy to project management for the HR domain in the back-office SaaS (Software as a Service) ‘Money Forward Cloud’, with the mission of improving quality for the full development lifecycle.

• Review of functional and non-functional requirements, and development of test cases for those requirements
• Code review
• Test strategy formulation (unit testing, integration testing, system testing)
• Automation strategy formulation (Playwrite, Postman, etc.)
• Quality analysis, quality improvement

Requirements

• ISTQB certification or equivalent knowledge. Advanced Level certification is especially recommended.
• Experience of implementing test strategies and execution, with an awareness of the test pyramid in QCD (Quality Cost Delivery) and automated testing
• 3+ years experience of working as a developer in software development
• Experience of managing a test team (training, goal setting, etc.)
• Someone who can positively promote increasingly advanced testing technology

Language Requirement

• English: Business-level English ability (equivalent to TOEIC 700 or above)
• Japanese: Conversation level (not required but recommended)

Nice to have

• Experience of improving development processes
• Knowledge of architecture and refactoring
• Experience of building/maintaining CI/CD environments

Salary Range:

Min 8,000,000 - Max 15,000,000 Japanese yen / year (Gross)

*Including fixed overtime work allowance of 45 hours for regular, non-legal hours, legal holidays and 40 hours for late-night work.

Location, Work Style Policy

• Location: Tokyo, Japan
• Hybrid Work
• As a standard practice, a minimum of 2 days work from office attendance is mandatory, designated as team office days. Additionally, employees are encouraged to spend 3 or more days in the office.
• The specific "team office days" may vary depending on the assigned team.
• This policy may be subject to change based on the company's needs and work circumstances.
• Working hours
• Flexible Working Hours (No core time)

Vacations

• Two days off per week (Saturday and Sunday)
• Japanese national holidays (16 national holidays in 2021)
• Paid holiday: 10 days (first year) *Number of paid holidays increases (+1 day) every year up to 20 days a year.
• Summer vacation days: 3 days
• Winter vacations days: 2 days

Benefit

• Medical insurance
• Employee stock ownership plan
• Full transportation coverage
• The latest computer (Unlimited upgrade or purchase when needed for development is available upon approval.)
• Seminar participation support
• Book purchases
• Copyright of OSS belongs to individuals

Relocation Support

• Working and dependent visa sponsorship and application assistance
• Flight tickets (for employee and their dependent family)
• Airport pick-up
• Temporary fully furnished apartment for one month
• Relocation bonus for initial life setup
• Settling-in support after arrival in Japan
• City office and bank account opening tour

For further information about our relocation support and other benefits, please visit our careers page. We are committed to making your transition to Japan and our company as seamless as possible, and we look forward to welcoming you to our team.

Selection Process

Casual interview/Document Screening
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First interview
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Several rounds of interviews
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Final interview *Reference checks may be required before or after the interview.
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Job offer and Meeting

*The selection process may change