Full Stack Engineer

About Us

Nextbeat is a Japan and Singgapore-based technology company building a B2B Vertical SaaS platform for the childcare and nursery industry. Our flagship product serves childcare facilities across Japan with modern, purpose-built software.

We are expanding our engineering team through Nextbeat Singapore Pte. Ltd. and are looking for talented offshore engineers worldwide.

The Role

You will work as a full-stack engineer on a well-defined SaaS product, collaborating remotely with our Japan-based development team. The Japan team leads architecture and design decisions and provides detailed specifications your focus is delivering high-quality, maintainable code.

That said, we value engineers with technical depth: you should be comfortable understanding architectural decisions, discussing trade-offs, and proactively suggesting improvements.

Key Details

Location: Fully Remote (Worldwide no geographic restrictions)

Contract Type: Freelance / Independent Contractor

Engagement: Full-time (40 hours/week)

Compensation: USD $2,000 $3,000 / month * Negotiable

Start Date: As soon as available

What You'll Do

Backend Development Build and maintain services using Scala 3 with functional programming patterns (Cats Effect, http4s, doobie), AWS Lambda (serverless)

Frontend Development Develop the web application using Angular 1820 with Signal-based architecture and Ionic Framework (PWA)

CI/CD Construct and maintain CI/CD pipelines for quality assurance and deployment reliability

Collaboration Communicate technical details with the Japan development team in English via Slack, JIRA, Confluence, and GitHub Enterprise

Technology Stack

Backend: Scala 3, Cats Effect, http4s, Tapir, doobie, circe

Frontend: Angular 1820, TypeScript, Playwright, Ionic

Infrastructure: AWS (Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, ECR, ECS, CloudWatch, SAM), Docker, GitHub Actions

External Services: Auth0, Salesforce, Firebase, OpenSearch

AI Tools: Claude Code, GitHub Copilot

Required Qualifications

5+ years of development experience with statically typed languages (Java, Kotlin, Scala, C#, etc.)

3+ years of hands-on experience with modern frontend frameworks (Angular, React, Vue, etc.)

1+ year of experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines

Strong English communication skills (working proficiency or above)

Nice to Have

Functional programming experience (Scala, Haskell, F#, Clojure, etc.)

Application architecture design experience

Database design, modeling, and performance tuning

Team leadership or mentoring experience

Japanese language ability (any level is a plus, but absolutely not required)

What We Offer

Fully remote work work from anywhere in the world

Collaboration with an experienced Japan-based engineering team

Clear specifications and design guidelines no ambiguity in requirements

Modern tech stack including Scala 3 and AI-assisted development tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot)

Stable, long-term engagement on a well-established SaaS product