Member of Technical Staff, Tokyo Deployed

Remote
Full-time
Visa Sponsorship

About the role

We’re looking for candidates to own the technical delivery for our enterprise customers in North America and APAC region (especially Japan). The ideal candidate enjoys working directly with customers, bridging between different stakeholders, also in a fast paced environment.

In this role you may:

  • Lead post-sales customer meetings, collect requirements, and be the primary point-of-contact for them
  • Travel to customer sites to see our products being used on the field, and fix problems on-the-fly
  • Work directly with the software infrastructure & deployment teams to ensure delivery of our products
  • Bridge between sales and engineering functions
  • Help guide the engineering teams to understand customer requests and features

Hard Requirements

  • Business level proficiency in English and Japanese
  • Excellent communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • Industry experience in EPC, maritimes, chemical manufacturing, heavy equipment manufacturing, semiconductors, or other related industries
  • Industry experience in management consulting
  • Good visual taste / an appreciation for aesthetics
  • Comfortable with building out features / prototypes using Claude Code, Codex
  • Ability to understand issues in cloud deployments (knowledge of computer networking, DevOps, common issues on major cloud platforms)
  • Academic background in computer science or engineering
  • Proficiency in other languages (e.g. Mandarin)

We are looking to hire candidates specifically in Tokyo for this role, however we may be open to remote or SF-based applicants for the right profile.

About Outerport

Design automation for industrial electrical controls

Required skills

Python
React
TypeScript
Next.js

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Job details

Salary

$60,000 - $200,000

Equity

0.5% - 3%

Location

Remote

Experience

3+ years

Company

NameOuterport
IndustryEngineering, Product and Design
Team Size4

Funding

Total raised

$3.5M

Last stage

Series A

Investors

Y Combinator
Pioneer Fund

Founders

Allen Wang

Allen Wang

Co-Founder & CTO

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Towaki Takikawa

Towaki Takikawa

Co-Founder & CEO

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What happens next.

No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.

01

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

02

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

03

A meeting lands on your calendar

If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.