Back-office software suite for small business accounting, payroll, and CRM
Yayoi operates a 45-year-old back-office software business serving over 3.1 million small-business users across accounting, payroll, and transaction management. The company is actively modernizing: adopting Databricks, HubSpot, and Salesforce while migrating on-premise systems to cloud (AWS ECS, Lambda, RDS). Engineering-heavy hiring (74 of 132 active roles) focused on AI and cloud infrastructure, with active projects spanning cloud CRM, AI chatbots, and LLM-based development—indicating a shift from legacy SaaS maintenance toward AI-augmented products.
Notable leadership hires: Tech Lead, Tech Lead Engineer, Engineering Lead
Yayoi develops back-office software and business-support services for small enterprises in Japan. The Yayoi series comprises cloud and desktop applications for accounting, commerce, and payroll processing, plus advisory services covering startup formation and fundraising. Registered users exceed 3.1 million. The company is scaling cloud infrastructure on AWS (ECS, Lambda, RDS, Aurora) and building new CRM and AI-driven products, while addressing internal challenges around legacy-system modernization, data consolidation, and compliance governance. Hiring is concentrated in Japan across engineering and data disciplines.
Java, Spring Boot, Go, MySQL, Oracle, AWS (ECS, Lambda, RDS, Aurora), Jenkins, TypeScript, Python, GitHub, and ML frameworks including TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Databricks. Adopting Salesforce, HubSpot, and GitHub Copilot.
Over 3.1 million registered users of the Yayoi series (cloud and desktop products for accounting, payroll, and transaction management).
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