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テック職 · Tekku Shoku

Engineering, product, and data roles across gaishikei, startups, and domestic firms. English-only posts exist; N2 opens the full market.

CODE: JOB-TECH

TYPICAL MID BAND ¥7–10M

JAPANESE NEEDED EN–N2

VISA SPONSORSHIP VERY COMMON

SENIOR BAND ¥10–16M+

BUREAUCRACY FRICTION

Documentation rigor 2 / 5 (LOW)

Processing wait 3 / 5 (MODERATE)

Interview demand 4 / 5 (HIGH)

Cost burden 1 / 5 (LOW)

Interviews are the gauntlet (3–5 rounds plus tests at domestic firms). The paperwork after the offer is routine.

Mandatory Submission Pack

Verify each asset before the immigration desk sees it.

0 OF 4 PACKED

Gaishikei: highest pay, English-first TOP PAY Foreign-capital firms pay global-adjacent bands, run in English, and rarely use deemed overtime. Trade-off: reorgs and performance exits are more common.
Startups: equity plus speed CHECK RUNWAY Tokyo and Fukuoka venture scenes hire English-speaking engineers with flexible bands plus stock options. Runway risk is real — check funding stage.
Domestic JTC: needs N2 or better N2+ REQUIRED Traditional firms pay moderately, decide slowly by ringi consensus, and operate in keigo-heavy Japanese. In exchange: near-unbreakable job security.
HSP points stack fast PR FAST-TRACK A master’s degree, long experience, and a ¥8M-plus offer combine toward the 70-point Highly Skilled Professional bar — PR in as little as a year.

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