Startbahn

Startbahn's official language is English, so for some positions Japanese is not required. For others (such as HR or Product Management), Japanese skills may be required.

Startbahn offers 10 days of paid leave (please note: this depends on when you join the company) plus public holidays in Japan.

They also have 3 summer vacation days and a year-end holiday of 3 days.

💹 Employee stock option plan

💻 New tech gear

🏠 Remote work allowance

💜 Seminar participation support

📕 Book purchases

🍹 Free drinks

👶 Shorter work hours for employees taking care of children

👶 Parental Leave

💚 Translation support (EN<>JP)

💟 Complete health and social insurance

🚃 Commuter allowance

Startbahn is a remote-first company. They allow full remote work from anywhere in the world.

They also have an office in Tokyo, so you're free to come in and work from there if you wish.

Startbahn uses a "Flex time" schedule.

Currently, they have core time from 11:00AM to 4:00PM and a 1-hour lunch break.

[ Choose Your Own Workplace: Our Office and/or Your Home ]

Our office is located in the incubation facility at The University of Tokyo. You can expect inspiring interactions with students and researchers.

We currently encourage remote work, with more than 90% of our employees working from their homes. Since June 2020, we have updated our benefits package which now includes lending monitors and office chairs to upgrade their home offices, and a new remote work allowance.

We have employees working remotely from rural areas of Japan and some from overseas.

[ Creativity and Diversity ]

Our team is consisted of professionals with diverse experiences and interests. Not only do we have gallerists and art school graduates, our staff enjoys various cultures on the daily basis.

Startbahn is an international workplace as well. As we are building an infrastructure for the global art world, we are actively hiring people from all over the world. Many of our Japanese staff speak English, so communication is not a problem.

[ Open-minded Environment ]

There is always constant, two-way communication between employees regardless of position, age, and/or team.

We also strive to create an open environment where all employees are able to propose new businesses and reform our internal systems.

The progress and decisions of each team and project are always shared in a way that is easily accessible to everyone. Therefore, you can share your opinions and participate in discussions about any teams and projects even if you are not a part of them.