Web Developer Job Position in Tokyo, Japan

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Experience Tokyo, Write Awesome Web Code on the Side

We’re looking for ambitious and passionate web coders to round out our team here at Humble Bunny in the heart of Tokyo. Not only do we have a playful name, but also a playful spirit. We’re here to work hard, create some amazing things for our Clients, and really push the bounds of our portfolios. Via quantified data, a perfect synergy between creativity and performance, and an underlying unique process aimed at delving to the root of culture and insight, our path is to be Tokyo’s #1 boutique web marketing company for inbound global businesses.

We’re also here to absorb the country’s amazing culture, nurture new relationships, and even speak a little nihongo all the while.

Our work style is easy: work with a fervor and passion to support our Clients and peers, spend nights and evenings loving life. It’s a concept trickled down from our president:

We asked one of our developers to describe their working hours each week. His response: “楽。” We’re not sure why he responded in Japanese, being British and all, but yeah: “Easy-going”…that’s all he had to say it seems. We’re good with that.

Come to Japan, learn a language, expand your cultural identity…and do some bad ass web development on the side.


The Humble Bunny Mission

Our mission is one that you feel intrinsically drawn to: helping those around you achieve success and happiness. It’s a selfless venture which our staff believe is the catalyst for building strong relationships and even one’s own happiness and success. You are someone who believes in doing good unto others.

By helping others, we’re able to proudly carry forward our goals: to be one of Tokyo’s premier boutique web marketing companies.

Web Developer Position – Benefits Shortlist

Humble Bunny offers you one of Tokyo’s most competitive benefits packages. Take a look:

Unlimited Paid Time Off

At Humble Bunny, we hire responsible and trustworthy staff. That means we’re able to offer them the freedom to take time off when life beckons. Wanna grab a three-day weekend to hang with your friends? Not a problem here at Humble Bunny.

35-hour Work Weeks

All staff are empowered to be in control and command of their tasks and work schedules. If you’re getting your work done and adding extra value to the company within a 7-hour day, you deserve to go home early. As a marketing company, there are times when everyone’s gotta step up to the plate and help with a big project launch so no, you won’t always work an exact 35 hours, but by taking on projects we can sustain and manage properly, you’ll certainly see a level of freedom that averages you less than what you’re working now.

Flex Time Working Hours

As mentioned above, we have fixed working hours each day, but things come up: health checkups, Our staff enjoy flexibility on when to come in and when to go home. With our core hour from 11am to 4pm, you can leave early or come in later depending on what your life demands. Combined with our 35-hour work week, you’re looking at quite a bit of flexibility.

Paid Referrals for Clients

HB offers a generous referral pay out for successful Client introductions. No seriously, like two weeks in Europe level pay outs. You help us grow, we say a proper thank you.

Paid Referrals for Staff

Finding people who can help us power on: that’s the core of our growth. If you think someone’s a good fit for the company and we end up bringing them on, we’ll give you some cash to play with for that contribution as well.

Other Great Stuff

  • Health insurance and Social Security (Pension)
  • Visa sponsorship

Long Term Benefits

As a small company, the ladder to the top is not only completely accessible, but relatively short. For individuals who would like to offer a vested interest and long-term energy into Humble Bunny, we’re prepared to offer leader-level positions, partnerships, and equity share opportunities in exchange for your boosted responsibilities and devotion to the growth of the company.

If you’re interested in a place where there’s no glass ceiling, just an open-to-the-sky sunroof, Humble Bunny could be the perfect place for you.

Build an Amazing Development Portfolio

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We’ve worked with some of the world’s most well-known brands. That means there’s real opportunity for you to get involved with names that are going to shine on your portfolio. We also work with a lot of medium-sized companies!

Make an Impact—Boost your Resume

At Humble Bunny, you can bring and execute your own ideas.

All employers say this right? At a large company, it can be difficult to get high enough in the chain to have a real say in the way the business works. At Humble Bunny, we’re small, nimble, and flexible. Unlike a lot of large companies where the chain of command and distance to decision making status can be long, at Humble Bunny the ladder is short. This is due to A: us being a small team and B: a fairly flat hierarchical structure, with a single decision-maker at the top of each team.

If you have a passion or something you want to do, bring it in and we’ll help you facilitate it. It could be an industry you want to work in, a project idea you have, or an amazing idea for building business.

The proof is in the pudding:

One of our developers used an interest in Analytics and a desire to derive more value out of it to implement a new system that calculates page depth and more precise page performance thereafter. He was able to do that on his own free will. The result: he not only acquired a skillset to compliment his existing code awesomeness, but he also greatly influenced the direction and execution of one of our innovative web growth product, Elevate.

Internal Tools we Use

  • Slack (for daily communication)
  • Google Drive (for file/resource sharing)
  • Asana (for daily task & performance management)
  • More Asana (for project management and delegation)

Coding Languages & Tools You Need to Know

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • PHP
  • Javascript
  • MySQL
  • Git Version Control

Ready to Apply for one of our Job Openings?

Mid-career or just starting, we’re happy to have you. You could be one of two people:

  • An experienced web developer looking for a mid to senior-level position OR
  • A blossoming web developer with a degree behind you (and some light experience to show)

Here are our current opportunities. Please email stating your interest and we’ll talk with you about next steps!

Position 1: Mid-career, Experienced Web Developer

Requirements

  • 5+ Years of Experience with above listed languages and tools AND formal degree equivalent
  • Currently located in or (available to come to) Tokyo for an interview
  • Fluent or Native in English (Preferred: some Japanese skills as well)

Interested in our Mid-Career Developer Position?

Contact Us about Next Steps!

Position 2: Entry Level Web Developer

Requirements

  • 1+ Years of Experience with above listed languages and tools AND/OR formal degree equivalent
  • Currently located in or (available to come to) Tokyo for an interview
  • Fluent or Native in English (Preferred: some Japanese skills as well)
  • Education: Dependent on experience (Preferred: Formal training and degree equivalent in IT/Computer Science)

Interested in our Entry Level Developer Position?

Contact Us about Next Steps!


Not Confident about your Developer Skills?

Everyone working with us is expected to be the cream of the crop. Not there yet? That’s fine, as long as that’s where you intend to be. We work with people stirring with the energy to be part of amazing projects and bigger-than-me dreams. Let us know where you’re at, what skills you have, and we’ll bring you on board in a way that brings value to the business and nurtures your growth all the while.

FAQ

HB staff never work overtime?

If we have something tight and there’s a project and/or relationship on the line, we expect the team to step up and kick ass to get it done WITHIN working hours. Those who can’t, will need to take responsibility to finish it up, but their hours are considered “credited” via the 35-hour work week. We’ll also work with the employee and the team as a whole to better manage time and ensure future productivity is on course with the company’s initiatives.

Who shouldn’t apply?

  1. Those who are not fluent or native level in English. Communication is critical. In order to facilitate that, language efficiency is important. Moreover, developers need to be resourceful as the majority of online documentation is in English. Being able to quickly resolve an issue is essential.
  2. Those who don’t have at least one of the following:
    • A degree in IT, Computer Science, etc.
    • A body of established experience behind you building out websites or web products
  3. Those who are not interested in web marketing and the languages involved: HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP, MySQL, etc. We want you to be with us for a while and love the day-to-day, that’s why a sincere interest in these items is important.

How does HB manage unlimited vacation?

It’s easy. Things come up in our personal lives that we would love to take part in. Work shouldn’t be crippling our ability to do those things, but rather facilitating that. Staff are required to diligently fill out their daily task logs and complete their responsibilities to a professional level. Individuals who respect and follow the system, are privy to the perks. As long as these things are managed, individuals have freedom to do what they would like.

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