株式会社天地人のfixed-term project engagement｜Lead Frontend & UX Architectの求人

[ ABOUT TENCHIJIN ]
Tenchijin Inc. is a Tokyo-headquartered space-tech company and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) certified venture. Through its land-evaluation and analytics platform, Tenchijin COMPASS, the company fuses earth-observation satellite data, geospatial and environmental layers, IoT and ground-sensor feeds, and clients' operational data with proprietary AI to deliver multimodal analytics for utilities and infrastructure enterprises. Tenchijin's flagship water-infrastructure solution, KnoWaterleak, assesses pipeline deterioration and leak risk from space-derived insights and is used by a growing number of water utilities to prioritize inspection and investment, reduce non-revenue water, and extend asset life.

[ ABOUT THE PROJECT ]
The Global South Project is an 18-month initiative (October 2026 – March 2028) to design, build, and deploy a scalable, secure, AI-ready analytics platform tailored to utilities and infrastructure operators across Global South markets. The project adapts Tenchijin's satellite-data and GeoAI capabilities to regions facing aging or rapidly expanding infrastructure, constrained budgets, and limited field-inspection capacity — delivering risk assessment and decision-support tools that improve infrastructure management workflows. All positions are contract-based and fully remote, operating as one distributed, cross-border team with English as the working language.

[ ROLE SUMMARY ]
You will define how utility operators and enterprise infrastructure teams across the Global South experience the platform: interactive map-based analytics, dashboards, and conversational AI interfaces, delivered in multiple languages to users with widely varying connectivity, devices, and technical backgrounds. You will set the frontend architecture, lead the frontend engineering and design team, and own the multi-language UI/UX strategy end to end.

[ Reports To ]
Director of Product Management
[ Project Language ]
English (professional working proficiency or higher required)

[ KEY RESPONSIBILITIES ]

• Define the frontend architecture: framework choices, component library and design system, state management, map-rendering strategy, and performance budgets for low-bandwidth environments.
• Lead the multi-language UI/UX strategy in partnership with the I18N Engineer and Localization Manager — layout flexibility, RTL readiness, locale-aware formatting, and translation workflows built into the development cycle.
• Design and integrate conversational AI user interfaces (chat-based querying of analytics, guided workflows) with graceful degradation and multilingual support.
• Lead and mentor the Frontend Developer(s) and UX/UI Designer; run design reviews and maintain a coherent product experience across modules.
• Architect performant geospatial visualization: vector/raster map layers, large-dataset rendering, and interactive risk-map exploration.
• Establish frontend quality practices: accessibility standards, component testing, visual regression, and performance monitoring.
• Translate product requirements from the Director of Product Management into UX flows, prototypes, and an executable frontend roadmap.
• Champion user research and usability feedback loops with pilot utility clients in target markets.

[ WHAT WE OFFER ]

• A central role in applying satellite data and AI to real infrastructure challenges, with measurable social and environmental impact in Global South markets.
• Fully remote, cross-border collaboration with senior specialists across cloud, GeoAI, product, and design.
• Competitive contractor compensation commensurate with experience and scope.
• Direct exposure to earth-observation technology, including data ecosystems built with Japan's space agency (JAXA).
  Tenchijin Inc. is an equal-opportunity organization. We evaluate all applicants on qualifications and merit, without regard to nationality, race, religion, gender, age, or disability.
  TENCHIJIN INC. · GLOBAL SOUTH PROJECT

• 8+ years of frontend engineering experience, with 3+ years in an architecture or lead role on complex web applications.
• Expert proficiency in modern frontend stacks (React/TypeScript or equivalent) and design-system development.
• Demonstrated UI/UX design sensitivity — able to lead designers, critique flows, and make evidence-based experience decisions.
• Experience building data-rich or map-based interfaces (Mapbox GL, deck.gl, Leaflet, OpenLayers, or similar).
• Experience shipping multi-language/internationalized applications.
• Proven team leadership across distributed engineering and design contributors.
• Professional working proficiency in English.

• Experience integrating LLM/conversational interfaces into production products.
• Experience designing for low-bandwidth, mobile-first, or emerging-market user contexts.
• Familiarity with analytics dashboard products for enterprise or public-sector users.
• Experience working in a cross-functional POD / squad delivery model.