The CJK Dictionary Institute (http://www.cjk.org) specializes in the development of CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) and Arabic dictionary databases. The company is one of the world's prime resources for CJK lexical resources and provides consulting services to the world's leading IT companies. The CJK Dictionary Institute also publishes renowned dictionaries and appreciated mobile applications for language learners. The company provides an international work environment, and most of the staff is multilingual. You will have plenty of opportunities to improve your foreign language skills and will work in a culturally stimulating environment.

We have an immediate opening for a computer programmer who would be responsible for developing and maintaining our iOS and Android applications, and for developing internal tools used for desktop publishing. The ideal candidate should have over three years of experience with Objective-C, and experience with Python. Business-level English is required, and you need to be able to work independently and proactively and capable of managing multiple projects and priorities. You will be responsible for maintaining our currently published iOS and mobile apps, and developing and delivering new mobile apps. You will need to collaborate in the design of new apps, as well as with the data teams in preparing data for the apps. You will also perform QA and supervise testers. In addition to our mobile app projects, you will also be responsible for collaborating in defining data interchange formats and maintaining, expanding and improving our semi-automated bookmaking process. You will also need to collaborate in designing dictionary entry layouts, and create stylesheets from designs. Please note this job is on-site at our offices in Saitama. Required Skills: - 3+ years Objective-C experience on iOS - experience with scripting languages (Python) - experience with established codebases - released apps on app store - business-level English - able to work independently and proactively - capable of managing multiple priorities - positive attitude towards learning new skills Desired skills: - experience with Java on Android - worked with WebView, HTML, and CSS - experience with integrating 3rd party libraries - familiar with the Unicode standard - experience in a UNIX-like environment - networking and API - basic dev-ops abilities (Ansible) - app backend maintenance (Javascript, Node.js) - version control with git