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That Last

We're a senior engineering team. We move carefully, ship quality, and take real ownership — from architecture to production. Every role shapes what we build next.

15+
Team Members
Across 3 countries
100%
Remote-Friendly
Async-first culture
2019
Year Founded
5+ years of craft
L&D Investment
Training budget per engineer

Find Your Role

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Join a team that takes software seriously. Every hire shapes what we build next.

How It Works

Straightforward, respectful, and human from start to finish. No ghosting, no trick questions.

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Apply

Submit your application with CV and a short cover note.

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Review

We review within 3 business days and reach out personally.

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Technical

A real-world task — your craft, not trick whiteboard puzzles.

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Offer

Culture conversation and offer if it is a great mutual match.

Life at Reiwa Sakura

We invest in you — your health, your growth, and your best day of work.

Remote-First

Work from anywhere. Async-friendly, no unnecessary meetings — outcomes over attendance.

Flexible Hours

Own your schedule. We measure what you ship, not when you clock in or out.

L&D Budget

Annual learning budget for books, courses, certifications, and conferences — per engineer.

Health Coverage

Full health and dental insurance for you and your dependants, wherever you are.

Top-tier Hardware

Latest equipment plus any peripherals you need to do your best work, no questions asked.

Team Retreats

Twice-yearly off-sites. We believe face-time matters — past retreats: Kyoto, Yangon.

What We Stand For

Four principles we return to every time we make a hard call.

Craft Over Speed

We take the time to build things properly. No shortcuts, no tech debt spirals that haunt the next team.

Small Team Energy

Everyone owns outcomes. No bureaucracy — just clear responsibility and shared wins.

Growth Mindset

Budget for conferences, courses, and books. You should leave us a better engineer than when you arrived.

Security by Default

Security is baked into every PR and architecture decision from day one, not a checklist at the end.

Questions from Our CTO

Real questions we ask. No trick questions — we want to understand how you think, build, and communicate.

Q01 Walk me through a production incident you owned from detection to post-mortem. What would you do differently?

We are looking for ownership, structured thinking under pressure, and genuine reflection. A great answer covers detection speed, communication to stakeholders, the fix, and a concrete lesson that changed a process or code pattern afterwards.

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Q02 How do you decide when to build something yourself versus using a library or managed service?

This reveals engineering judgement. We value engineers who can articulate the real cost of dependencies (maintenance, security surface, abstraction leaks) versus the opportunity cost of building in-house. There is no universally right answer — context is everything.

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Q03 Describe your approach to code review. What makes a review genuinely useful?

Strong engineers use reviews to share knowledge, not just find bugs. We want to see that you leave actionable comments, separate blocking concerns from suggestions, and treat the author's time as valuable. Nit-picking style instead of substance is a red flag.

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Q04 How do you communicate technical risk or complexity to a non-technical stakeholder?

Translation skill is as important as technical depth. We look for concreteness — analogies, timelines, impact framing — rather than hand-waving. Bonus points if you mention how you confirm the stakeholder actually understood.

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Q05 Tell me about a technical decision you made that you later regretted. How did you handle it?

This is a trust question. Admitting mistakes and describing course-correction shows maturity. We want specifics, not vague generalisations. Candidates who cannot name a regret either lack self-awareness or have not shipped enough real code.

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Q06 We move fast but we care deeply about quality. How do you balance speed and craft?

We do not want perfectionism that blocks delivery, nor cowboy speed that creates debt. Listen for deliberate trade-offs — "I shipped X with a TODO to refactor Y in the next sprint and we actually did it."

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