Senior Full-Stack Engineer - Tokyo, Japan

About Cookpad

Cookpad is a food tech company dedicated to shaping the future of home cooking and food as a pillar for a sustainable future. We have been developing innovative product ideas and we have a new product launch in 5 countries : Japan, Indonesia, UK, France and Italy.

Moment helps people learn to cook in an innovative way with a personal coaching service. This service is completely based in AI using multimodal (text, vision, audio).

About the role

We are seeking a skilled Senior Full-Stack Engineer to develop and maintain our Django-based platform. This role focuses on building robust web applications with modern frontend interfaces, scalable backend systems, and cloud infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Python / Django, frontend technologies, and AWS, with the ability to work independently on complex, feature-rich applications.

The successful candidate will join our international Moment team in Tokyo.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop full-stack web applications using Django and modern frontend technologies
• Build and maintain scalable APIs and backend services
• Implement responsive, interactive user interfaces
• Design and optimize database schemas and queries
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver product features
• Participate in code reviews and technical architecture decisions

Skills & qualifications

Experience Level : Senior level (approx. 5+ years). This role requires someone who can make architectural decisions and work independently on complex applications.

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Benefits

What we offer