Web Engineer

About the company

Join a multidisciplinary communications and creative agency in Japan, where production, digital, creative, media, strategy and account teams work together to deliver connected work for major brands. The organisation brings together specialist teams and gives people the opportunity to contribute their expertise and see how digital execution supports wider client activity. Its workforce is internationally diverse, while teams collaborate closely with clients and colleagues in Japanese. For a web engineer, this offers a practical, team-supported environment: you will work alongside other web engineers, benefit from documented processes and handover, and make a visible contribution to ongoing digital content operations. The role is an opportunity to deepen your CMS and front-end expertise while helping improve the quality and maintainability of live web experiences.

What the job entails

As a Web Engineer (CMS), you will support the ongoing maintenance and development of web content for a major international restaurant brand in Japan. You will update content through a client-specific CMS, using its standard features where possible and applying front-end coding where they do not meet the requirements. This may involve coding individual components or, when needed, complete pages from scratch. You will work with HTML, CSS and JavaScript, and collaborate with the wider production team, including account colleagues and other web engineers. Accuracy is essential: content can include important pricing and allergen information, so you will need to understand requirements and implement them carefully. You may also advise on technical specifications and explain solutions clearly to clients and colleagues without technical backgrounds. The role is a fixed-term contract, initially for six months, with a further six-month extension subject to performance; longer-term annual renewals are hoped for. The team currently works onsite three days a week, increasing to four days from March. Rare urgent weekend work may arise, with time off arranged.

Key requirements

• Experience operating a content management system and an understanding of typical CMS workflows; experience with any CMS is relevant.
• Practical experience developing static websites using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
• Working knowledge of version control and practical experience using Git or a Git client.
• Ability to interpret requirements and designs and build the required functionality, including taking on front-end work from scratch and coding complete pages when necessary.
• Confidence identifying technical challenges, proposing solutions and offering development advice to colleagues or clients.
• A careful, quality-focused approach, particularly when implementing content where accuracy is critical.
• Fluent, professional Japanese for internal collaboration and clear explanations of technical matters to clients. Non-native speakers may be considered if they can communicate smoothly in business Japanese.
• Familiarity with Sass or other pre-processors, build tools such as Vite, or development frameworks is an advantage.
• Ability to understand English-language developer documentation is desirable.