SRE, Digital Bank, Tokyo

Overview

Under the mission of "Money Forward. Move your life forward," Money Forward aims to resolve the financial concerns and anxieties of individuals and businesses through the power of technology.

We have partnered with Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation to establish a new company in preparation for the launch of a new digital bank.

We are currently seeking candidates for the position of SRE as part of this initiative.
*Based on the press release(https://contents.xj-storage.jp/xcontents/AS71106/a067292e/026f/4f9d/9783/243e1e449f1f/140120250416516567.pdf) announced on April 16, 2025.

※ This position involves employment with Money Forward, Inc., and a secondment to the new company (SMBC Money Forward Bank Preparatory Corporation). The evaluation system and employee benefits will follow the policies of Money Forward, Inc.

About Us

We are a startup team partnering with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation to establish a new digital bank. This initiative aims to deliver more user-friendly, cost-effective, and timely financial services, providing an innovative back-office experience and creating financial flows that contribute to the growth of the Japanese economy.

Main Responsibilities

As an engineer responsible for the high availability and reliability of the system infrastructure required for a digital bank, you will be tasked with building and operating this infrastructure.

• Ensure stable operation of the system platform with high availability and reliability
• Improve service reliability by defining and operating SLI/SLO and continuously improving performance
• Use Datadog for monitoring, observability, and incident response
• Ensure compliance and manage the infrastructure and security operations, particularly with AWS multi-region configurations
• Maximize the productivity of the development team through platforms (CI/CD, development environments and testing environments)
• Conduct performance optimization and create mechanisms for it
• Handle incidents, recovery, and incident management
• Handle incidents, recovery, and incident management, as well as fostering a postmortem culture.
• Address regulatory requirements specific to the financial industry

Required Skills and Experience

• At least 3 years of hands-on experience in design and operations within SRE, infrastructure, or similar fields.
• Proficiency in working with cloud platforms, especially AWS.
• Familiarity with container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes.
• Experience with monitoring and observability solutions.
• Competence in using Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform or Ansible.
• Development experience utilizing Git for pull requests and code reviews
• Expertise in managing and optimizing RDBMS such as PostgreSQL

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Practical experience in industries with high security and compliance requirements, such as financial systems
• Experience in designing, building, and operating disaster recovery environments using multi-region setups
• Experience in designing and operating SLI/SLO
• Experience in improving deployment times, performance optimization, and enhancing CI processes for development efficiency
• Experience in web application development (SpringBoot, Java, Kotlin)
• Experience in managing AWS Organizations
• Experience in AI development and/or experience in using AI tools to improve development processes.
• Money Forward is at a major turning point, shifting "from Cloud to AI." We are currently driving "AX (AI Transformation)"—the next step beyond DX—with the goal of providing "Digital Workers," where AI agents autonomously execute tasks. As we enter a phase of evolving into Japan's No. 1 back-office AI company by integrating AI agents into all of our products in the future, we are looking for individuals who can contribute to AI-driven development and value creation.(More information here(https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/full-transcript-money-forward-announced-ai-strategy-vision-phwoc/?trackingId=sl33ZIGRFzkBJJv7wI9qsg%3D%3D))

Language Requirements

• Japanese: N3 level (able to use translation tools for text and conversation)
  English: Fluent

Who We’re Looking For

• Conscious of high security levels and governance, you explore automation and better methods
• You have the ability to question the status quo and seek better ways to do things, considering trade-offs with the current state of the organization
• With an understanding of the development team's pain points, you can propose and implement solutions from a Platform/SRE perspective to improve the overall service
• You contribute to the growth of the entire team by addressing challenges that no one knows the answer to yet, and by collaborating with the team
• Your contributions help connect and enhance the growth of the entire team

Experience Gained

• Challenge from Scratch
• You will have the opportunity to build everything from the ground up, including the system infrastructure of a new digital bank, SRE culture, development processes, and on-call systems.
• Modern Technology Stack
• You can work with modern and challenging technologies in environments that demand financial-grade reliability, such as AWS multi-region configurations and Aurora Global Database.
• Contribution to the Business
• By closely collaborating with business and application development teams, you can directly contribute to the business launch from a technical perspective. Your input will influence the bank's reliability.
• Flat Organization
• In a small, elite team, you will have the autonomy to actively participate in technology selection and architecture design.

Tech Stack

• Backend
• Kotlin
• Infrastructure
• AWS
• Amazon ECS
• Amazon Aurora Global Database (MySQL/PostgreSQL)
• Amazon ElastiCache Global Datastore
• RedHat Enterprise Linux
• Cloudflare
• Monitoring
• Datadog
• IaC
• Terraform

Work Environment

At Money Forward, we provide an environment where we can create world-class services together, and we are looking forward to welcoming you.

• Provided PC Specs: We provide PCs equipped with the latest CPUs (MacOS or Windows). Custom-made PCs tailored to business requirements and replacements with the latest OS are also possible.
• Money Forward Library: We have a library system where you can freely borrow books, ranging from technical books to management books. Desired books can be purchased at the company's expense.
• Referral Driven: We cover the cost of recruitment meals. There is a referral reward system.
• Conference Participation Support: The company partially covers participation in domestic and international conferences, such as RubyKaigi and Google I/O.

【職種 / 募集ポジション】
SRE, Digital Bank, Tokyo
【雇用形態】
正社員
【給与】
年収 6,408,000円 〜 15,000,000円
Monthly salary system ※Includes fixed allowances for up to 45 hours of legal overtime, legal holiday work, and 40 hours of late-night work.
【勤務地】
108-0023 21F Tamachi Station Tower S, msb Tamachi, 3-1-21 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo
【Salary System】
Min 534,000 JPY / month（6,408,000 JPY / year）- 1,250,000 JPY / month（15,000,000 JPY / year） Each including fixed allowances of 155,025 JPY - 362,852 JPY / month.
【Bonus】
A「High Performance Bonus」may be paid to employees who receive high evaluations based on semi-annual evaluations in addition to their salary. ※Please note that the remuneration of the High Performance Bonus is subject to change according to the company's performance.
【Probation Period】
3 months from join date
【Working Hour System】
Discretionary Labor System for Professional Work ※Conditions apply; subject to change to Flextime System.
【Working Hours】
9:30 - 18:30 (60 min break) are the basic working hours. However, employees are able to choose their working hours at their own discretion. ※There is potential for overtime work outside the determined hours.
【Work Style Policy】
Hybrid work style ・As a standard practice, employees are required to work at the office a minimum of 2 days per week. Employees are encouraged to spend 3 or more days in the office. (This policy may be subject to change based on the company and job circumstances) ・The specific "team office days" may vary depending on the assigned team.
【Holidays/Vacations】
■ Saturdays / Sundays / Japanese national holidays ■ Paid holidays ■ Summer holidays (3 days) ■ Winter holidays (2 days) ■ Year-end and New Year’s holidays (Dec 31st - Jan 3rd)
【Benefits】
■ Various social insurances (employee pension, health insurance, employment insurance, industrial accident compensation insurance) ■ Neighborhood housing allowance and neighborhood moving allowance ■ Salary-based rent deduction benefit ■ Health check and gynecological checkup ■ Influenza vaccine ■ Book purchases support ■ Defined-contribution corporate pension ■ Employee stock ownership plan ■ Preferential treatment when using the following services（limited to businesses under contract with Money Forward） 　- Rental agency 　- Housekeeping services 　- Babysitting 　- Online English conversation school
【Selection Process１】
Casual interview/Document Screening ↓ First interview (Depending on the position, there may be a technical assignment before the interview) ↓ Several interviews (The number of interviews depends on the position) ↓ Final interview (We may ask for a reference check before or after the interview) ↓ Job offer/Offer meeting ※The process may be subject to change depending on the case.
【Selection Process２】
■ What are reference checks? Money Forward may ask for your cooperation with reference checks using a reference check service tool. We believe that mutual understanding is limited to the selection process alone. Therefore, we would like to gather information about you from your supervisor and colleagues at your current or former company to ensure a more reliable match and facilitate your early success after joining our company. ※We do not make employment decisions based solely on the contents of reference checks. ※The fact that you are in the selection process with us will not be disclosed to referees.
【Notes】

• Range of change in job description: Work as determined by the company ・Range of change in work location: Work location as determined by the company
  【Reference Information】
  https://recruit.moneyforward.com/#introduction

会社情報

【会社名】
株式会社マネーフォワード
【代表者】
代表取締役社長グループCEO 辻 庸介
【創業】
2012年5月
【取締役】
金坂 直哉 中出 匠哉 竹田 正信 石原 千亜希
【社外取締役】
安武 弘晃 宮澤 弦 Ryu Kawano Suliawan 菊間 千乃 芦田 健 上田 梨々子
【監査役】
畠山 優実 田中 克幸 西山  茂
【グループCxO・VPox】
上利 陽太郎 瀧 俊雄 山田 一也 坂 裕和 松岡 俊 伊藤 セルジオ 大輔 関田 雅和 松久 正幸 野村 一仁 長尾 祐美子 渋谷 亮 金井 恵子 梅田 康吉
【執行役員】
田平 公伸 本川 大輔 冨山 直道 永井 博 駒口 哲也 廣原 亜樹 島村 誠一郎 永井 七奈 木村 慎治 丸山 嘉伸 吉本 憲文 工藤 裕之 島内 広史 小山 幸宏 渡辺 恵伍 松村 道夫 岩崎 大
【オフィス】
本社オフィス 〒108-0023　東京都港区芝浦3-1-21 msb Tamachi 田町ステーションタワーS 21F 北海道支社 〒060-0061　北海道札幌市中央区南一条西4-5-1 札幌大手町ビル3階 東北支社 〒980-0021 宮城県仙台市青葉区中央2-2-10 仙都会館 5F 東海支社、名古屋開発拠点 〒450-6213　愛知県名古屋市中村区名駅4-7-1 ミッドランドスクエア 13F 京都支社、京都開発拠点 〒604-8004　京都府京都市中京区三条通河原町東入中島町78番地 明治屋京都ビル 4階 関西支社、大阪開発拠点 〒541-0042　大阪府大阪市中央区今橋 2-5-8 トレードピア淀屋橋 9階 広島支社 〒730-0015　広島市中区橋本町9-7 ビル博丈5F 九州・沖縄支社、福岡開発拠点 〒810-0041　福岡県福岡市中央区大名2丁目6-50　福岡大名ガーデンシティ 16F
【社内コミュニケーション活性化の取り組み】
■全社週次/月次朝会/半期総会 ■代表との意見交換会（CEOセッション） ■全社懇親会（MF Happy Hour） ■他部門社員との交流会（シャッフルランチ・ディナー） ■上長との定期1on1（ツキイチ面談） ■社内公募制度（MFチャレンジシステム） ■社員満足度調査（MFグループサーベイ） ※一部正社員のみ
【労働条件】
屋内原則禁煙（喫煙室あり）等
【中途採用比率】
2021年11月末　93.8％ 2022年11月末　90.0% 2023年11月末　76.6％ 2024年11月末　88.7%