JP: conversational
Job Description
The position has been filled. Thank you for your interest.
We seek a well-experienced Unity engineer to join our core team and help bring our new ideas to life, surprising the world together. This position can involve all elements of product development, from 0 to 1.
Experience (junior, mid-level, etc.): Senior, conversational Japanese
Candidates can apply from: Everywhere
Visa sponsorship: Available
Responsibilities
- Help guide or lead cross-disciplinary dialogs to drive features from the initial concept of our new product to completion.
- Demonstrate expertise/ownership in major areas of the codebase.
- Collaborate closely with the executive, project manager, and design team.
- Mentor, motivate, and inspire junior engineers.
Qualifications
- 4+ years of Unity experience (can include working on hobby projects)
- 1+ years experience as team lead
- Experience in creating native iOS and Android applications using Unity within the last 4 years
- Experience in integrating external APIs (Server-side) within applications
- Conversational Japanese ability (some team members aren’t fluent at English yet)
About the Company
IZUMO is a new-era VTuber project with a mission to create a sustainable platform where everyone can live as they want to be. We aim to unlock the potential of humanity through the avatar technology.
Recently, we completed the “SAI by IZUMO” project with world-class artists in the anime and gaming industry. IZUMO continues to support all creators in maximizing their potential creativity with emerging technologies.
◼︎ Founders with a track record
Our founders, who go by the aliases Captain and Ramen have already had two successful exits to SONY and KDDI.
◼︎ We welcome otaku!
IZUMO is steeped in otaku culture, and so be you into anime, manga, or vtubers, you’ll be among your kind here.
◼︎ Build a new app from scratch
As we’re building a new avatar-related app from scratch, you’ll have a front row seat to the technical decisions involved, and will help influence what the app will become.
Please join us and enjoy the next momentum together!
On November 27th, 2023, we announced that we secured USD $12.7 million in funding during our seed round, bringing our total funding to approximately USD $14.8 million!
Benefits