[Job] PureScript and Haskell, Tokyo or remote

Cross Compass in Tokyo is hiring programmers to build a data science IDE on top of JupyterLab , with a Haskell backend and a PureScript/React frontend. The JupyterLab stack is new and we're building new technology. This is a small team and we want to add generalists to work full-time.

We are looking for candidates with these areas of interest and experience.

  • Browser-based GUI applications, especially React and PureScript

  • Functional programming, especially Haskell

  • Devops, especially Docker and Nix

  • Python and the Jupyter ecosystem

  • Machine learning and data science

About Cross Compass

Cross Compass is a Japanese AI consultancy founded in 2015 in Tokyo. It is a leader in AI for manufacturing and industrial robotics with 80~100 projects per year. There are 66 employees (43 engineers), and the office conversation is about half Japanese, half English, with 15 nationalities represented among our staff.

The number of self-described Haskellers at Cross Compass currently stands at 4 in Tokyo and 2 remote. github.com/xc-jp

Application

We would like to see examples of how you work, so if you have any work published on the internet, please tell us where to look for it, and explain what is interesting about it.

Please apply by email to recruit@cross-compass.com and include the following:

  • Highlights of work history

  • Highlights of education history

  • Open source software links

  • Papers, articles, social media, anything which reflects well on you

  • Request to work in Tokyo office or remote

If you want to talk about this position or anything else, please email me at james.brock@cross-compass.com.

Salary will be based on experience and shall be determined by market pay rates for programming positions in Tokyo. The application process will include a one month trial period. Remote work is possible but we prefer candidates who live, or want to live, in Tokyo, for a larger interaction with our teams. We provide visa sponsorship.