Senior Full-Stack Engineer, Japan

About Cookpad

Cookpad is a food tech company dedicated to shaping the future of home cooking and food as a pillar for a sustainable future. We have been developing innovative product ideas and we have a new product launch in 5 countries: Japan, Indonesia, UK, France and Italy.

Moment helps people learn to cook in an innovative way with a personal coaching service. This service is completely based in AI using multimodal (text, vision, audio).

About the role

We are seeking a skilled Senior Full-Stack Engineer to develop and maintain our Django-based platform. This role focuses on building robust web applications with modern frontend interfaces, scalable backend systems, and cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Python/Django, frontend technologies, and AWS, with the ability to work independently on complex, feature-rich applications.

The successful candidate will join our international Moment team in Tokyo.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop full-stack web applications using Django and modern frontend technologies
• Build and maintain scalable APIs and backend services
• Implement responsive, interactive user interfaces
• Design and optimize database schemas and queries
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver product features
• Participate in code reviews and technical architecture decisions

Skills & qualifications

Experience Level: Senior level (approx. 5+ years). This role requires someone who can make architectural decisions and work independently on complex applications.

Required:

• 5+ years of Python development experience with strong Django framework and Django REST Framework expertise
• PostgreSQL database design and optimization
• Experience with API development and integration
• Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML5, CSS3
• Experience with jQuery, Bootstrap, and responsive design
• Knowledge of frontend build tools and package management
• Experience with Git version control and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a track record of delivering innovative solutions.
• Product-minded approach to understanding business requirements

Nice to have:

• Experience with React or other modern JavaScript frameworks
• Experience in machine learning deployments, LLM based applications
• Docker containerization experience
• Hands-on experience with AWS services (Lambda, S3, SQS, SNS, ECS, …)
• Infrastructure as Code experience, particularly with Terraform
• Experience with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, DynamoDB)
• Knowledge of event streaming technologies (Kafka)

Benefits

What we offer

• The position is full-time employment, subject to a probation period. 
• A competitive salary
• Relocation support, including Japan work visa (if required)
• The chance to work in a fast-paced, highly ambitious team