QA Engineer / SDET

This QA Engineer/SDET role supports software quality across estie's multi-product development organization. The company operates more than 10 products, including services for office research, property transactions, and project management, and also conducts large project-based development for enterprise companies. The role contributes to improving development productivity and product reliability as part of a quality function supporting faster value delivery.

Responsibilities include promoting quality improvement activities without being limited to shift-left or shift-right approaches, sharing quality knowledge and improvements across multiple teams, and designing, executing, and automating tests when needed. The position may also involve implementing or modifying product features. Monitoring and analysis are used to guide data-driven quality improvements.

Required experience includes contributing to product quality improvement in software development, building, operating, and improving test processes, improving development processes, and implementing and operating test automation. Preferred experience includes data-driven quality improvement using monitoring tools, practical use of SQL, implementing or modifying product functionality, and team development using Git and GitHub or similar tools.

The organization includes agile multi-product development and project-based development, so the role provides experience with quality assurance across different development structures. The posting also describes opportunities to practice quality methods that are not limited to testing, quality assurance using AI, and quality assurance for AI products. The team seeks people who can work with stakeholders across functions, adapt to changing circumstances, and continue to learn and unlearn flexibly.

The position is full-time with no fixed contract term and includes a three-month probationary period from the start date. The listed annual salary range is JPY 6,000,000 to JPY 10,000,000, with the individual grade and amount determined under company rules. Annual salary is calculated from monthly pay multiplied by 12 plus bonuses. Monthly pay includes a fixed allowance equivalent to 40 hours of overtime; any excess overtime, holiday, or late-night premium is paid as a difference. Raises and bonuses may each be provided up to twice a year depending on company and individual performance.

The work location at joining is the headquarters in Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo. The posting states that office attendance and remote work are encouraged together, and that remote work is available. The location may change to company offices, including Tokyo and Niigata, or other locations designated by the company. Working hours use a discretionary labor system, with 10:00–19:00 as the standard and start and finish times left to the employee. A one-hour break is provided when work exceeds six hours, and overtime beyond scheduled hours may occur.

Holidays are Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays, with 125 annual holidays. Benefits and leave include three summer vacation days usable through December, three days of Welcome leave usable during the probationary period, year-end and New Year holidays, housing and moving-cost subsidies, support for certifications and books, and company-paid study-meeting participation fees. Social insurance is provided, and a smoking room is installed.