Pixiv

Creator Platforms · Digital Content Marketplace · Toshima, Tokyo

Pixiv develops online services for creators and their audiences. Its core pixiv platform lets people post and browse illustrations, manga and novels, BOOTH is a marketplace for creators' goods and works, pixivFANBOX supports recurring fan funding, and pixivFACTORY makes goods on demand. VRoid Studio is a free app for creating 3D characters.

The company also runs pixiv Comic, the Palcy manga app with Kodansha, pixiv Ads for advertisers, the pixivcoban prepaid payment service and the Pastela drawing app. pixiv reports about 125 million cumulative registered users, and the company is headquartered in Tokyo's Toshima ward.

Salary range
¥4.4M – ¥15M
Median
¥5.5M – ¥7.9M
Remote or hybrid
76%
Most requested
Common areas
  • Backend engineering 9
  • Frontend engineering 9
  • Project management 5
  • Marketing 4

Measured from the 21 listings Ranked has live for Pixiv. Japanese level, visa signal and skills are AI-graded from each posting and can be wrong — confirm against the employer's original posting before applying.

21

1

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Management

Marketing

BigQuery

Lead growth marketing across Pixiv’s products and platform, owning acquisition, retention, monetization, brand promotion, cross-service growth, and marketing organization development.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Backend

PHP

MySQL

Develop and operate the backend foundation for pixiv Premium, a large subscription service, covering analysis, design, implementation, performance, safety, platform renewal, and team leadership.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

React

Rails

Ruby

Develop VRoid Hub and VRoid SDK from planning through release, coding, reviewing code, making technical decisions, and using Ruby on Rails, React, AWS and Kubernetes.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Management

Backend

Scala

Lead payment and remittance projects across Pixiv services, coordinate business and engineering teams, and guide technology choices and delivery for frontend or backend development.

Full-time

JP Native

Remote

Marketing

Social Media

Events

Lead user growth in Indonesia through creator-community relations, event and alliance planning, promotions, and operation of Indonesian-market pixiv and social-media accounts.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

iOS

Swift

Obj-C

Develop and operate the pixiv Sketch iOS app with Swift, delivering features, improving quality through testing and refactoring, collecting data for analysis, and coordinating with other disciplines.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Frontend

TypeScript

React

Develop and improve pixiv’s web platform using TypeScript, React and Next.js. Own work from identifying user needs through planning, implementation, release verification and ongoing UX improvements.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Backend

PHP

MySQL

Develop and improve backend web applications for pixiv’s large-scale creative platform, from identifying user needs through planning, implementation, release validation and ongoing improvement. Hybrid work is available.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Python

GenAI

FastAPI

Design LLM-enabled systems, optimize internal workflows, and build shared platforms and agents with business teams. Domestic remote work is available beyond 100 km.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

TypeScript

PHP

Next.js

Lead an engineering team of about six for pixiv Encyclopedia, driving its renewal, backend API or Next.js work, new features, technology selection, and progress management.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

PM

SQL

Marketing

Manage product discovery, planning, requirements, development, release, and ongoing improvement for pixiv’s illustration, manga, and novel platform. Use data and user insights to improve user experience, community engagement, and global product growth.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Python

Java

Go

Design, build, and operate Pixiv’s on-premises and cloud infrastructure, including Kubernetes, OpenStack, databases, developer platforms, data centers, and networks.

Full-time

Japanese?

Marketing

Biz Dev

Content Mkt

Social Media

The role involves planning and marketing strategies focused on community building within the pixiv platform, particularly in the illustration and manga sectors.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Client Rel

Events

Sales

Coordinate creators and clients, manage projects and paperwork, support sales and SNS/FANBOX operations, and plan events and merchandise while advising creators on audience growth.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Events

Sales

Client Rel

Plans events and merchandise, coordinates creators and clients, supports sales and SNS operations, and advises creators. Domestic full remote is available over 100 km away.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Project Mgr

Flextime

Bonus

Plan new IP and content projects with illustrators, coordinate partner companies and creators, manage commissioned work, and organize and analyze internal data while advancing collaborative entertainment projects.

Full-time

Japanese?

Remote

Help Desk

Flextime

Bonus

Supports employees through corporate IT help desk operations, managing accounts, SaaS and devices while improving security, asset processes and internal request workflows.

Full-time

Japanese?

Biz Dev

Project Mgr

Sales

Marketing

Plan and operate pixiv services, identify opportunities, and coordinate product, publishing, advertising, alliance, and overseas-growth initiatives with internal and external stakeholders.

Full-time

Japanese?

Frontend

Backend

Mobile

DevOps

Develop web and mobile services for creators, contributing to feature planning, UI or application development, performance improvement, data, infrastructure and ongoing operations.

Internship

Japanese?

ML

JavaScript

TypeScript

Python

Long-term interns develop Pixiv services across frontend, backend, mobile, data, machine learning, payments, advertising, and 3D/Unity, improving features, performance, and user experience.