Taichi — Frontend engineer at a Vancouver healthtech company (Japan FE experience)
Japan frontend experience (manufacturer + contract) then CICCC; hired into healthtech frontend before Co-op with ~12 months to offer.
フロントエンドエンジニア · Vancouver
Profile
Taichi is a frontend engineer in Vancouver in his 20s. Attribute background is 経験者 (prior engineering experience).
Current role
Frontend engineer at a healthtech company in Vancouver (employer name not stated). Agile environment; reports no overtime; technical input welcomed despite junior standing.
Japan experience
At an electrical manufacturer: ~1 year in a C-language team, then ~1 year as frontend (HTML/CSS/JavaScript/jQuery) on an education-related web app (calculations/graphs). After leaving, COVID delayed Canada travel; ~6 months contract/dispatch work maintaining websites with Vue and PHP. Motivations included heavy overtime/tight deadlines, limited voice as a junior, and desire to stay hands-on as an engineer rather than move into management-only tracks common in Japan.
Path to Canada / North America
Chose Vancouver via Frog stories (also considered Australia and Berlin). Language exchange in Japan (Conversation Exchange); still found Vancouver accents/workplace English hard. Entered CICCC WMAD without ESL. Parallel freelance React work with a Toronto friend; team-lead style work in college projects. Job search started ~4 months before Co-op; ~40–50 applications, ~10 progressed, 2 offers (one withdrawn over Co-op/visa process concerns at a government-supported firm).
Outcome
Attribute monthsToOffer=12. Accepted healthtech frontend offer before Co-op and started full-time when Co-op began. Goals include employer work visa support and PR; open to further career moves.
Based on Frog’s Japanese-language interview. English summary for scanning (partners / employers). Original interview (Japanese)
Distinct from slug taichi. company attribute null; healthtech unnamed.