Let's Make Extraordinary Online Games Together

A server and network specialist

Soft Gear is a technology venture company working to support content created by network industries from all over the world

"We strive to create content that can be a driving force for Japan to lead in the global networking marketplace for future generations."
This is the goal we set out to accomplish at the time of our founding. To make this a reality, we have been rapidly expanding our business centered around online game development. In recent years, we have been proceeding to create a business alliance with BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. regarding the provision of our technology. Going forward as a technology venture company that supports content in the network industry, we will continue to work towards being a company that can play an active role worldwide while confronting the various technologies to come.
To do this, we are looking for talented individuals from different walks of life with many skills to come work with us. Taking on new technological challenges and making career advancements are all possible at a venture company, so let's create new services together!

Metaverse development

Metaverse

Let's create a future that goes beyond video games!

Soft Gear has started a new initiative. We have begun work on developing a Metaverse using our experience with developing online games that can be simultaneously accessed by tens of thousands of people, and by using our library research and development, the technological backbone of our company. The Metaverse has the potential to become a living infrastructure with which many people can connect to a network at the same time and enjoy various things from everyday life such as shopping and entertainment such as games and live performances. With our involvement in developing large-scale online games since our founding, the development of large-scale systems and infrastructures is our specialty! We hope you will come and join us to help develop this new service together.

Online game development

Online-Game

Various projects such as MMOs
and Battle Royales currently in development!

Within our online game development service, we have developed a number of various games such as MMORPGs, console games, and mobile games for major game companies such as Nintendo. Among these projects are large-scale projects that take several years to develop and game titles that are aimed for worldwide release. Typically, we have 8 projects in development at once including small and large projects. 60% of our development staff is made up of engineers. Among these engineers are people who have worked in all sorts of engineering positions such as Unity, server development, infrastructure, and R&D engineering.

Library development

Library-Development

We have begun development of a new library
based on our networking core module STRIX

To support the development of online games, there is a commitment needed to develop libraries. At Soft Gear, not only have we obtained multiple technology patents, but we mainly researching and developing libraries for networking technology such as clustering technology and AI technology. Our STRIX ENGINE, which provides all the functions needed to develop online games, has been used in various online games and gives our customers the advantage of having high-speed processing of a large amounts of messages.

Message A Message From Our Staff

Engineers from all different industries are welcome.

Our company was established as an online game development company in 2008. Since then, for 14 years, as a technology venture company that develops real-time online games, we have been developing online games with the strength of our advanced network and server technology. We have developed various projects such as MMORPGs, console video games, and mobile games for major game developers such as Nintendo.
Engineers recruited for metaverse, online game, or library development do not need experience with developing games. We would like for those who have experience in server system development, web application development, library development, infrastructure construction in different industries, or those who like to write programs to apply. We develop for both server-side and client-side here at Soft Gear, so you can gain experience in both.
Technology trends are changing and evolving rapidly, so it is essential to keep caught up with technology trends as quickly as possible. We are looking for fellow developers to come develop new services together with us.

System Development Department - General Manager - Kato System Development Department General Manager
Kato

SelectionProcess

  1. 01
    Application Screening
  2. 02
    Personal InterviewScheduled multiple interviews conducted by officers and team members
  3. 03
    Offer MeetingConducted by personnel management
  • *Available online
  • *Selection process may take at minimum about 2 weeks
  • *The above is subject to change without notice

Job Description

Job title
Game development engineer (console games, online games, metaverse development)
Job description
  1. You will be in charge of designing and developing console video games, online PC games and our metaverse.
  2. (For the specific area you will be in charge of, your abilities, experience, aptitude, orientation, etc. will be taken into consideration)
  3. This includes
  4. ・Designing and developing console video games, mobile games, online PC games and our metaverse using Unity/C# and UnrealEngine/C++
  5. ・Designing and developing development tools
  6. ・Designing and constructing development environments
    7. *We strive to achieve the highest performance possible by assigning the parts employees will be in charge of by considering the requests made for the projects, the field of expertise of the employee, employees' future career path, etc. *The platforms in development include Nintendo Switch, PS5/4, other upcoming game consoles, and PCs. *Development is 100% done in-house. Employees will not be dispatched to a customer's site.

  7. ＜Project examples＞
    ・Metaverse
    ・Smartphone games (RPGs, action games, location-based games, etc.)
    ・Action MMORPG
    ・Console games (battle royale, rhythm games, etc.)
    and more
Necessary skills and experience
  1. ・Game development experience
  2. ・For foreign nationals, business-level Japanese proficiency
*Experience with one or more of the above technical skills 　　
Welcomed skills and experience
  1. ・Those who enjoy programming
  2. ・Experience developing action games
  3. ・Experience developing PC games
  4. ・Experience developing web applications
  5. ・Experience developing native applications for smartphones
  6. ・Those who are interested in and want to learn the latest technology and technology trends
  7. ・Game development experience with C++, C#, Unity or Unreal Engine
  8. ・Those who have experience developing 3D games
  9. ・Those who have the ability to understand and design generic programming
    10. *We would like to meet people with experience in working with various technologies, orientations, and development projects.
Main clients
  1. KDDI CORPORATION
  2. BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.
  3. Yamaha Corporation
  4. SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
  5. CAPCOM CO., LTD.
Working hours
10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
60-minute break
8 hour work day
*We use the flextime system. Employees can commute between 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Employment status
Full-time employee
Salary
A monthly salary of 290,100 yen to 641,000 yen
  1. ■ Estimated annual income: 3.5 million to 7.7 million yen
  2. ■ Method of wage payment: Monthly wage plan
  3. ■ Commuting allowance: Provided based on company regulations
  4. ■ Overtime allowance: Fixed overtime payments (excess amounts will be paid separately)
  5. ■ Incentive bonus: Depending on the company's performance
  7. [Remarks regarding wages]
    8. Wages include a monthly salary of 290,100 to 641,000 yen (fixed overtime pay 44,600 to 121,900 yen), etc. each month
    *A monthly salary of 520,000 yen or more will be part of the discretionary labor system, and the expected overtime pay will be paid.
Overtime
10 to 30 hours of overtime *Depends on how busy the project becomes
Vacation/Holidays
  1. ★Annual holidays of 126 days or more
  2. Five-day workweek system (Monday to Friday)
  3. National holidays
  4. Special leave (3 days out of the year)
  5. New Year's holiday
  6. Paid leave (for employees who have been working for the company for 6 months or more)
  7. Congratulatory and condolence leave
  8. Maternity leave
  9. Birthday vacation (1 day during an employee's birthday month)
Employee Benefits
  1. ■ Complete social insurance
  2. ■ Full payment of transportation expenses
  3. ■ Company housing system (80% of rent paid by the company during the first year)
  4. ■ Housing allowance (only for those who apply the system based in the employee regulations)
  5. ■ Regular health checkup (once a year)
  6. ■ Book purchasing support system
    7. *Supplementary housing allowance: Only employees who are single living in rental housing such as condominiums will be responsible for 30% of their rent (up to 30,000 yen/month).

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Job title
New library solution development (R&D department)
Job description
  1. We are developing a new type of server library for online game development.
  2. You will be in charge of developing a new library under the research themes of distributed computing and serverless computing.
  3. This includes
  4. ・Creating requirement definitions
  5. ・Creating system architectures
  6. ・Implementing functions
  7. ・Conducting various tests
  8. ・Creating documents
  9. ・Examining software-related inventions and acquisition of rights (implemented with a patent attorney)
  10. 《Our target》
    11. To develop various high-load network services such as online games, VR/AR, and immersive virtual space services.
    The design is based on the SOLID principle and data-driven architecture, and is an asynchronous system.
    In addition, since the targeted OS and hardware are diverse, knowledge of computer architecture is also required.
Necessary skills and experience
  1. ・Those who have development experience in Java or C++
  2. ・University graduate or above (Faculty of Science)
  3. ・Able to read technical documents in English
*Your industry does not matter *Must have experience with one or more of the above technical skills 　　
Welcomed skills and experience
  1. ・Experience developing middleware
  2. ・Experience with server development
  3. ・Experience with network system development
  4. ・The ability to understand and design generic programming
    5. *We would like to meet people with experience in working with various technologies, orientations, and development projects.
Main clients
  1. KDDI CORPORATION
  2. BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.
  3. Yamaha Corporation
  4. SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
  5. CAPCOM CO., LTD.
Working hours
10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
60-minute break
8 hour work day
*We use the flextime system. Employees can commute between 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Employment status
Full-time employee
Salary
A monthly salary of 419,700 yen to 850,000 yen
  1. ■ Estimated annual income: 5 million to 10.2 million yen
  2. ■ Method of wage payment: Monthly wage plan
  3. ■ Commuting allowance: Provided based on company regulations
  4. ■ Overtime allowance: Fixed overtime payments (excess amounts will be paid separately)
  5. ■ Incentive bonus: Depending on the company's performance
  7. [Remarks regarding wages]
    8. Wages include a monthly salary of 419,700 to 850,000 yen (fixed overtime pay 79,600 to 124,300 yen), etc. each month
    *A monthly salary of 520,000 yen or more will be part of the discretionary labor system, and the expected overtime pay will be paid.
Overtime
10 to 30 hours of overtime *Depends on how busy the project becomes
Vacation/Holidays
  1. ★Annual holidays of 126 days or more
  2. Five-day workweek system (Monday to Friday)
  3. National holidays
  4. Special leave (3 days out of the year)
  5. New Year's holiday
  6. Paid leave (for employees who have been working for the company for 6 months or more)
  7. Congratulatory and condolence leave
  8. Maternity leave
  9. Birthday vacation (1 day during an employee's birthday month)
Employee Benefits
  1. ■ Complete social insurance
  2. ■ Full payment of transportation expenses
  3. ■ Company housing system (80% of rent paid by the company during the first year)
  4. ■ Housing allowance (only for those who apply the system based in the employee regulations)
  5. ■ Regular health checkup (once a year)
  6. ■ Book purchasing support system
    7. *Supplementary housing allowance: Only employees who are single living in rental housing such as condominiums will be responsible for 30% of their rent (up to 30,000 yen/month).

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Job title
Server Development Engineer (Metaverse Development)
Job description
  1. Creating, updating and operating a metaverse server program
  2. This includes
  3. ・Server application development
  4. ・Database development
  5. ・Network processing
  6. ・CI/CD system construction
  7. ・Building KPI tools, management tools, etc.
Necessary skills and experience
Must have work experience using at least one of the following languages:
  1. ・Java
  2. ・Kotlin
  3. ・Go
  4. ・C++
*You do NOT need to have work experience with any of the following languages:
  1. ・Python
  2. ・Ruby
Must have knowledge of the following items: *Practical experience is not required
  1. ・Microservices
  2. ・HA(High Availability)
  3. ・Caching
  4. ・Big O (algorithm performance evaluation)
Welcomed skills and experience
  1. ・Development of asynchronous communication
  2. ・Docker+Kubernetes
  3. ・grpc
  4. ・RDB(Sql)
  5. ・Sharding
  6. ・Graph database
  7. ・IaC
  8. ・CI/CD
  9. ・WebRTC
Main clients
  1. KDDI CORPORATION
  2. BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc.
  3. Yamaha Corporation
  4. SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.
  5. CAPCOM CO., LTD.
Working hours
10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
60-minute break
8 hour work day
*We use the flextime system. Employees can commute between 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Employment status
Full-time employee
Salary
A monthly salary of 339,500 yen to 850,000 yen
  1. ■ Estimated annual income: 4 million to 10.2 million yen
  2. ■ Method of wage payment: Monthly wage plan
  3. ■ Commuting allowance: Provided based on company regulations
  4. ■ Overtime allowance: Fixed overtime payments (excess amounts will be paid separately)
  5. ■ Incentive bonus: Depending on the company's performance
  7. [Remarks regarding wages]
    8. Wages include a monthly salary of 339,500 to 850,000 yen (fixed overtime pay 79,600 to 124,300 yen), etc. each month
    *A monthly salary of 520,000 yen or more will be part of the discretionary labor system, and the expected overtime pay will be paid.
Overtime
10 to 30 hours of overtime *Depends on how busy the project becomes
Vacation/Holidays
  1. ★Annual holidays of 126 days or more
  2. Five-day workweek system (Monday to Friday)
  3. National holidays
  4. Special leave (3 days out of the year)
  5. New Year's holiday
  6. Paid leave (for employees who have been working for the company for 6 months or more)
  7. Congratulatory and condolence leave
  8. Maternity leave
  9. Birthday vacation (1 day during an employee's birthday month)
Employee Benefits
  1. ■ Complete social insurance
  2. ■ Full payment of transportation expenses
  3. ■ Company housing system (80% of rent paid by the company during the first year)
  4. ■ Housing allowance (only for those who apply the system based in the employee regulations)
  5. ■ Regular health checkup (once a year)
  6. ■ Book purchasing support system
    7. *Supplementary housing allowance: Only employees who are single living in rental housing such as condominiums will be responsible for 30% of their rent (up to 30,000 yen/month).

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