Position Title:
Front-end Engineer – Leader Class (DX, etc.) / DX Development Group / Tokyo, Osaka
Employment Type:
Full-time
Annual Salary:
JPY 7,000,000 – JPY 16,200,000
Monthly base salary from ¥340,000
Bonuses: Twice a year (July and December)
About the Role
As a Lead Front-end Engineer you will be responsible for designing, developing, and operating digital solutions that support approximately 4,000 Toyota dealerships across Japan. Your work will help enhance the customer experience and streamline dealership processes through cutting-edge technology and creativity.
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain front-end systems for dealership DX services
Define requirements, design UI, code, test, and release new front-end features
Refactor and improve the performance of existing front-end services
Lead front-end engineering efforts in projects like:
AI Manager: Proposal tool using Azure OpenAI
Quick Quote Comparison: Streamlined vehicle estimate generator
Easy Video Proposal Generator: Personalized visual pitch tool
Why This Role Is Exciting
Be at the forefront of Toyota’s digital transformation
Play a key role in launching services that redefine how people interact with mobility
Work closely with business stakeholders and see your contributions in action
Build innovative, non-existing services from scratch and operate them hands-on
Join a culture that embraces challenge
and experimentation
Required Skills
3+ years of modern front-end development experience (e.g., React.js)
Experience leading engineering teams
Experience integrating UI/UX designs into web apps
Familiarity with GitHub or similar version control systems
Experience consuming APIs (GraphQL/REST) from front-end
Understanding of UI/UX design principles
Team development experience using Git Flow or similar branching strategies
Nice to Have
Experience working at a company managing its own web services (B2B or B2C)
Experience developing SPAs (Single Page Applications)
Next.js development experience
Experience with AWS static hosting (S3 + CloudFront)
Close collaboration with back-end engineers
Proven track record of front-end performance optimization
Ideal Candidate
Understands the mission and goals of assigned products
Passionate about clean and thoughtful development
Proactive and open to learning new domains
Collaborative and communicative team player
Capable of identifying business issues and proposing in-house solutions
Comfortable communicating
across teams and departments
Tech Environment
PC: Choose freely between Windows and Mac (JIS/US)
Languages: JavaScript, TypeScript
Frameworks: React.js, Next.js
Platform: AWS (EC2, S3, CloudFront)
Tools: VS Code, Docker, GitHub, GitHub Actions, JIRA, Confluence, Slack, Zoom, Teams