Question about hiring

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Hello everyone, I'm Golang Senior Software Developer and System Analyst, 7+ years of experience, looking for job in Japan with relocation support, have question about hiring.

According to this sub, I assumed that Go jobs are in demand. I searched sites like japan-dev, Tokyodev, filtered by "apply from anywhere" and "no japanese required" (I'm around N3), got around 20 positions (40-50 with only Go filter). I applied to 4-5 "best match" positions and immediately got generic rejection with no details. Other positions are either dead or dont include Go in their tech stack, but mention Go only as "language to prove proficiency".

Then I tried several recruitment agencies - registered in G-Talent and Robert Walters but they didnt even contact me (or should they? how does general agency interaction look like?).

I also registered in LinkedIn, but I dont yet understand how to filter out those job openings by language (most of them appear in Japanese, which I cannot fully understand).

So what am I doing wrong? Is Go really in demand or I'm behind language wall and with ~N1 I could succeed? I'd appreciate any advice. Thanks in advance

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r/JapanDev • u/japan-dev-bot • 17h ago

[Hiring] Autify: SRE - DataOps/MLOps (Relocation | No Japanese Required | ¥8.5-10M /yr)

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r/JapanDev • u/japan-dev-bot • 20h ago

Tech Events in Japan: Week of October 19, 2026

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Here's our weekly list of tech and startup events in Japan, from small meetups to conferences. Going to one, or know of an event we missed? Share it in the comments!

Monday, October 19

Osaka | Claude Meetup

• 🇯🇵/🇬🇧 19:00 | 📍 アールスリーインスティテュート, Osaka

HN Tokyo Meetup #128

• 🇬🇧 18:30 | 📍 Tokyo

Tenstorrent Tech Talk #10

• 🇯🇵/🇬🇧 18:00 | 📍 東京都港区虎ノ門2-4-7 T-Lite 8F, Tokyo | 👥 92 attending

DevDay Exchange Community: Osaka

• 🇬🇧 19:00 | 📍 Osaka | 👥 62 attending

【最前線を学ぶ】AI駆動開発&FDE勉強会エンプラが登壇受付: 18:50から

• 🇯🇵 19:00 | 📍 東京都渋谷区渋谷２丁目２０−１１渋谷協和ビル 10階, Tokyo | 👥 67 attending

Tuesday, October 20

【Paper&Hacks #103】VLM RAG　〜目を持つRAG 〜

• 🇯🇵/🇬🇧 20:00 | 📍 (場所未定) | 👥 125 attending

tamachi.go #2

• 🇯🇵/🇬🇧 19:30 | 📍 東京都港区海岸1丁目2番20号汐留ビルディング18F, Tokyo | 👥 12 attending

KABOB Japan｜FY26–27 新製品・AIソリューション発表会

• 🇯🇵/🇬🇧 14:30 | 📍 Tokyo | 👥 11 attending

Wednesday, October 21

CIC’s Next Chapter：Building Industry Specific Innovation Hub Across the Globe

• 🇬🇧 18:00 | 📍 CIC Tokyo | 👥 16 attending

AI Braintrust Coworking: Tokyo Edition

• 🇬🇧 15:00 | 📍 FabCafe Tokyo | 👥 5 attending

KGDC Tech Conference #16「AI駆動開発」

• 🇯🇵/🇬🇧 19:00 | 📍 東京都港区高輪2丁目21番1号 THE LINKPILLAR 1 NORTH, Tokyo | 👥 33 attending

Vibe Coding Starter Workshop

• 🇯🇵/🇬🇧 16:00 | 📍 WASEDA共創館（19-2号館）：Waseda Co-creation Space, Tokyo | 👥 17 attending

Growth Hub #18 - Inside a Japanese VC: how early-stage investment decisions are made w/ Coral Capital

• 🇬🇧 16:30 | 📍 Shibuya Startup Support, Tokyo | 👥 75 attending

Philippine-Japan Investment Forum: The Ecozone Advantage

• 🇬🇧 13:30 | 📍 Tokyo | 👥 50 attending

【Zenlab主催】Zendesk AI Agent Night

• 🇯🇵/🇬🇧 19:00 | 📍 〒104-0031 東京都中央区京橋 2-2-1 京橋エドグラン20F, Tokyo | 👥 12 attending

Outreach Meetup #12

• 🇯🇵/🇬🇧 19:30 | 📍 東京都港区六本木6-10-1(六本木ヒルズ森タワー26F), Tokyo | 👥 11 attending

Thursday, October 22

AI for Finance Summit 2026 Tokyo

• 🇬🇧 13:00 | 📍 Tokyo | 👥 79 attending

Meetup #22 Lightning talks

• 🇬🇧 19:00 | 📍 Tokyo

Dev Days | Copilot CLI × DevOps - Avanade Japan

• 🇯🇵/🇬🇧 18:30 | 📍 東京都港区六本木1丁目6番1号泉ガーデンタワー9階, Tokyo | 👥 43 attending

ODS Data & Agentic AI (ODAI) Meetup Tokyo #3

• 🇬🇧 17:30 | 📍 Tokyo

Neo MainNet 10th Anniversary

• 🇯🇵/🇬🇧 18:30 | 📍 YAN BAR, Tokyo | 👥 12 attending

🐓 French Tech Connect #41 - October 2026

• 🇬🇧 18:30 | 📍 TenCups Cafe Bar & Lounge, Tokyo | 👥 86 attending

DroidKaigi After Night in Osaka

• 🇯🇵/🇬🇧 19:00 | 📍 大阪府大阪市北区堂島浜1-4-19 (関電不動産堂島浜ビル 3F), Osaka | 👥 3 attending

MIERUNE JCT in TOKYO

• 🇯🇵/🇬🇧 18:30 | 📍 東京都千代田区神田小川町３丁目２８−５, Tokyo | 👥 47 attending

生成AI会 Vol.3@三田（LLMOps/品質評価）

• 🇯🇵 19:00 | 📍 東京都港区三田三丁目5-19 住友不動産東京三田ガーデンタワー10F, Tokyo | 👥 41 attending

Stablecoin Payments in Japan: From Pilot to Practice

• 🇬🇧 18:30 | 📍 Tokyo | 👥 25 attending

AIDB Meetup「AI×サイバーセキュリティ」

• 🇯🇵 19:00 | 📍 東京都千代田区神田佐久間町2-15 秋葉原加藤ビル 6階, Tokyo | 👥 22 attending

Online Study Session: Autumn Edition

• 🇬🇧 19:30 | 📍 Online | 👥 9 attending

Friday, October 23

AI x Finance #03: Markets, Models & Institutions

• 🇬🇧 18:00 | 📍 Tokyo

Sendai Frontend Meetup × TSKaigi Sendai

• 🇯🇵/🇬🇧 19:00 | 📍 宮城県仙台市青葉区国分町1-4-9 | 👥 13 attending

AI駆動クリエイティブスペシャル #1

• 🇯🇵 18:00 | 📍 東京都, Tokyo | 👥 107 attending

RAGの真価を引き出すデータ基盤 - SoftBank Tech Night

• 🇯🇵 19:00 | 📍 東京都港区海岸一丁目7番1号 (東京ポートシティ竹芝オフィスタワー ), Tokyo | 👥 28 attending

Saturday, October 24

Marunouchi Morning Code

• 🇬🇧 10:00 | 📍 DEAN & DELUCA カフェ丸の内, Tokyo | 👥 7 attending

Processing Community Day Tokyo 2026

• 🇯🇵/🇬🇧 12:30 | 📍 GARAGE AKIHABARA（貸し会議室/レンタルスペース）, Tokyo | 👥 38 attending

DECADE // DESIGN // DEPARTURE

• 🇯🇵/🇬🇧 13:00 | 📍 169-0075 東京都新宿区高田馬場1-28-10 バンフォーレ三慶ビル4階, Tokyo | 👥 26 attending

Sunday, October 25

Portfolio Workshop: Get Hired In the Age of AI

• 🇬🇧 13:00 | 📍 Le Wagon Tokyo - Coding & AI Bootcamp | 👥 3 attending

Looking for more events? Check out our Japan Dev guides below:

Compiled from Connpass, Doorkeeper, Meetup, Luma, Guild, and Tokyo Tech.

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r/JapanDev • u/japan-dev-bot • 20h ago

Who's Hiring? New Tech Jobs in Japan - October 19, 2026

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Here's a list of new tech jobs in Japan this week:

SRE Team Lead, PRE Division Product SRE Department 2, Tokyo at Money Forward

¥7.01M - ¥10.01M | Japanese: Not required | Apply from overseas | Partial remote | Tokyo

SRE - DataOps/MLOps at Autify

¥8.5M - ¥10M | Japanese: Not required | Apply from overseas | Partial remote | Tokyo

SRE and Platform Engineering Lead, Platform Department 2, Tokyo at Money Forward

¥7.91M - ¥15M | Japanese: Business Level | Apply from overseas | Partial remote | Tokyo

AI Tech Lead (Context & Harness), CTO Office at Money Forward

¥7.91M - ¥15M | Japanese: Business Level | Apply from overseas | Partial remote | Tokyo

AI Systems Engineer at Rapyuta Robotics

Japanese: Not required | Apply from overseas | Tokyo

Embedded Software Engineer - Robotics at Rapyuta Robotics

Japanese: Not required | Apply from overseas | Tokyo

Quality Assurance Architect - Robotics & Automation at Rapyuta Robotics

Japanese: Not required | Apply from overseas | Tokyo

IT Security & Compliance Lead at Rapyuta Robotics

Japanese: Not required | Apply from overseas | Tokyo

Engineering Manager, Money Forward Cloud, Fukuoka at Money Forward

¥10.01M - ¥15M | Japanese: Conversational | Japan residents only | Partial remote | Fukuoka

Backend Engineer / バックエンドエンジニア (LINEミニアプリ) at LY Corporation

¥8M - ¥15M | Japanese: Fluent | Japan residents only | Partial remote | Tokyo

QA Engineer (ExaEnterpriseAI - 生成AI事業) at ExaWizards

¥6M - ¥9M | Japanese: Business Level | Japan residents only | Partial remote | Tokyo

Also looking to hire? Feel free to share your job post in the comments!

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