Security Specialist - Product Security, Digital Bank

Money Forward Minato-ku, Tokyo April 5 2026
  • 💴 ¥8M ~ ¥17.0M annually
  • 🏡
    Partially remote
  • 🌏
    Apply from abroad
    Relocate to Japan
  • 💬
    No Japanese required
    Business English
  • 🧪
    Senior level
    Unspecified years of experience
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About Money Forward

Money Forward Minato-ku, Tokyo

Money Forward is a fintech startup delivering tools to visualize and improve both individuals'​ and companies'​ financial health.

Key benefits

  • Small but diverse team
  • Great support for OSS
  • Relocation support

About the position

We are a startup team partnering with Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation to establish a new digital bank. This initiative aims to deliver more user-friendly, cost-effective, and timely financial services, providing an innovative back-office experience and creating financial flows that contribute to the growth of the Japanese economy.

This position leverages knowledge and experience in coding, infrastructure, etc., to collaborate with developers and information systems personnel to maintain and enhance the security of the digital bank.

Responsibilities

  • Establishing security guardrails for cloud environments
  • In-house security consulting: Providing technical advice on security to in-house developers, architecture reviews, etc.
  • Development of security-related tools and scripts
  • Implementation and deployment of frameworks such as NIST CSF, CIS Controls
  • Implementation of DevSecOps, including K8s, Docker, CI/CD

Requirements

  • Basic understanding of computer science, including networks, OS, data structures, cryptographic theory
  • Development experience in any programming language or practical experience in security-by-design
  • Knowledge or experience in any of the following
    • Vulnerability assessment
    • Cloud security
    • Experience in building and operating DevSecOps
    • Experience in building and operating security solutions such as WAF, IDS/IPS, SIEM

Nice to haves

While not specifically required, tell us if you have any of the following.

  • Experience in CTF
  • Experience in bug hunting, obtaining CVEs
  • Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, OSCP, GCIH
  • Deep understanding of authentication and authorization, OIDC, OAuth
  • Experience in security-related work in the financial or Fintech industry, such as FISC
  • Experience in AI development and/or experience in using AI tools to improve development processes.
    • Money Forward recently announced our AI Strategy roadmap which focuses on improving AI-driven operational efficiencies, as well as integrating AI agents into our products to deliver better value to our users.

Compensation

¥8,000,000 ~ ¥17,004,000 annually.

Hiring Process

  1. 1

    CV Screening

  2. 2

    First interview

    Depending on the position, there may be a technical assignment before the interview

  3. 3

    Several interviews

    The number of interviews depends on the position.

  4. 4

    Final interview

    We may ask for a reference check before or after the interview.

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Meet Money Forward's Developers

Kostas Mavrikis left the Netherlands to join Money Forward in October 2023. As the first non-Japanese speaker in the Fukuoka office, he's been taking the initiative on Money Forward's Englishnization program, as well as introducing Kotlin, Scrumban, and European-style coffee meetings to his team.

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