100% Remote
Work where you perform best.
More leverage for great recruiters.
Altera Recruiting is building a different kind of recruitment company in Japan. We combine recruitment, consulting and technology to give experienced recruiters the platform, freedom and tools to perform at their best.
- High autonomy.
- Transparent incentives.
- Serious technology.
- Real opportunities from Day 1.
Not actively looking? That's completely fine. Some of our best conversations start long before someone decides to move.
Why Altera?
Up to 45 Days Abroad
Combine work and time overseas.
Uncapped Incentives
No threshold. You place, you earn.
Recruitment + Consulting
More ways to create value with your clients.
Technology-First
Tools designed to make recruiters more effective.
Recruitment. Consulting. Technology.
Altera is an international company operating in Japan, combining Japanese and international perspectives in a deeply local market.
Our roots are in technology and digital transformation consulting.
From there, we expanded into recruitment, contracting and consultant outsourcing—giving our clients access to a much broader range of talent solutions.
Today, these businesses reinforce each other.
Consulting clients become recruitment clients.
Recruitment relationships create consulting opportunities.
And recruiters gain access to conversations and opportunities that a traditional recruitment-only business may never see.
We work with organizations ranging from global enterprises to startups, Japanese companies to international businesses.
International mindset. Built for Japan.
English is our main internal language, but our business is firmly rooted in Japan.
We want the best of both worlds: international ways of working combined with a real understanding of the Japanese market.
More leverage for great recruiters.
We believe strong recruiters don't need more bureaucracy.
They need more leverage.
- More opportunities.
- Better information.
- Better technology.
- Better incentives.
- More freedom to build.
That's what we're trying to provide.
01
More Than Recruitment
Build deeper client relationships.
Most recruitment firms can offer one solution: recruitment.
Altera can have a much broader conversation.
Our services span:
- Permanent recruitment
- Contracting
- Consultant outsourcing
- Technology and transformation consulting
That creates significant commercial opportunities for our recruiters.
Many of our recruitment relationships originate from consulting engagements. And increasingly, the opposite happens too: recruitment clients develop into consulting clients.
That makes the conversation with clients much more interesting.
Instead of simply asking:
“What positions are you hiring for?”
we can ask:
“What are you trying to achieve—and how can Altera help?”
And when opportunities you develop turn into consulting business, you can benefit from the value you helped create.
02
Freedom With Ownership
We care about results, not attendance.
Altera is a fully remote company.
We don't clock people in and out.
We don't manage people by watching when they log on.
We don't believe that more meetings, more reports or more activity targets automatically create better recruiters.
Your ultimate KPI is simple:
Billing.
If you're delivering results, we don't need to tell you how many calls to make.
That doesn't mean you're left alone.
You get onboarding, management support, peer support, systems, data, live opportunities and extensive communication across the team.
But we expect you to own your business.
Freedom works when responsibility comes with it.
We look for people who:
- take initiative
- solve problems
- communicate openly
- follow through
- act with integrity
- don't need constant supervision
- want responsibility rather than avoiding it
For the right person, this creates a very different working environment.
03
You Place. You Earn.
Incentives should be simple.
We are strong believers in incentives.
The way you design an incentive system shapes the behavior it creates.
So ours is deliberately straightforward.
- Attractive base salary.
- Uncapped incentives.
- No billing threshold before you start earning.
You place. You earn.
There are also incentives around the broader value recruiters create—including client development, candidate relationships and opportunities generated for other parts of Altera.
No black box.
No unnecessarily complicated formula.
And you always know where you stand.
Our internal dashboards give you clear visibility into your billing, targets, achievements and upcoming incentive payments.
The detailed compensation model is shared transparently during the hiring process.
04
Technology as Leverage
Recruiters should recruit. Technology should handle the rest.
Technology is fundamental to how we are building Altera.
Recruitment in Japan is highly competitive.
We believe long-term differentiation will increasingly come from two things:
- Exceptional people.
- Exceptional technology.
We invest heavily in both.
Our recruitment platform combines leading market solutions, heavily customized systems, automation, AI and tools developed internally.
But we don't build technology because it sounds impressive.
We build it to remove work.
Less admin. More recruiting.
Wherever repetitive work can reasonably be automated, we try to automate it.
Our systems help with areas such as:
Data enrichment
Keep candidate and company information richer and more useful.
Database quality
Automatically clean, structure and maintain information.
Candidate matching
Surface relevant people faster.
Sourcing
Expand the recruiter's ability to identify talent.
Research & intelligence
Provide better information for candidate and client conversations.
Workflow automation
Reduce unnecessary manual updates and repetitive tasks.
AI assistance
Help recruiters work faster without replacing their judgment.
And we're constantly building.
New ideas are tested quickly.
Useful feedback gets implemented.
If a process creates unnecessary friction, we look for a way to remove it.
If a new tool could make recruiters meaningfully more effective, we investigate it.
We operate more like a technology studio than a traditional recruitment company.
Our ambition is straightforward:
Build the most technology-forward recruitment company in Japan.
We won't publish every detail of our internal tools and technology—they're a competitive advantage.
But if you join the hiring process, we'll be happy to show you more.
Build the desk around your strengths.
We don't park recruiters in boxes.
One of the common frustrations we hear from experienced recruiters is that, as agencies grow, desks become increasingly narrow.
A recruiter who once worked across a broad market eventually finds themselves responsible for one tiny segment.
That isn't how we want Altera to operate.
Our strongest recruitment network today is across:
Technology & IT
Software engineering, infrastructure, enterprise technology and related roles.
Data & AI
Data engineering, analytics, data science, AI and emerging disciplines.
Digital
CRM, e-commerce, digital transformation and digital marketing.
Product, Project & Consulting
Product managers, project managers, transformation professionals and consultants.
Sales & Marketing
Selected commercial and marketing positions.
Leadership
Selected executive and senior appointments.
Technology, IT, digital and data remain our core.
That's where we have the strongest candidate ecosystem, relationships and market knowledge.
But recruiters are not permanently assigned to narrow desks.
If you see an opportunity and have the capability to develop it, we want you to have room to explore it.
That could mean growing within technology—or helping Altera expand into areas such as semiconductors, robotics or other emerging markets in Japan.
Collaboration Should Pay.
The system should encourage sharing—not information hoarding.
Recruitment companies often say they want collaboration.
Then they create incentives that encourage the opposite.
We try to align the economics with the behavior we actually want.
Altera has both client ownership and candidate ownership frameworks.
If another recruiter creates a placement using a relationship or asset you've developed, you can participate in the value created.
That means there's less reason to hide a strong candidate. Less reason to protect information unnecessarily. Less reason to view another recruiter succeeding as your loss.
When the team wins because of something you built, you should win too.
Client and candidate information is shared transparently across our systems, making collaboration easier and ownership clear.
We believe good incentives create good behavior.
So we design ours accordingly.
Your Platform From Day 1
You don't join Altera to start from zero.
When you arrive, we'll get you productive quickly.
You'll have access to:
- Live jobs
- Existing client relationships
- A Japan-focused candidate database
- LinkedIn Recruiter
- Sourcing platforms
- Recruitment CRM
- Internal AI tools
- Automation tools
- Phone and communication systems
- Email infrastructure
- Job advertising
- Marketing support
- Modern laptop and equipment
- Management support
- Peer support
Our systems are designed to be intuitive.
You shouldn't need a technical background to use them.
In fact, our philosophy is that a good tool shouldn't require a manual.
We automate much of the maintenance and data management behind the scenes so you can focus on the work that actually requires a recruiter:
Building relationships. Understanding people. Selling. Advising. Closing.
We Use Data. We Don't Worship KPIs.
We track a lot.
- Candidates registered.
- Candidates submitted.
- Interviews.
- Conversion rates.
- Offers.
- Placements.
- Billing.
- And more.
But the purpose of that information isn't to tell everyone that they need to make exactly the same number of calls or submissions.
Recruitment doesn't work that way.
Conversion rates vary by market.
By seniority.
By role.
By client.
And by recruiter.
Data is there to help us understand—not to micromanage.
If something isn't working, we can look deeper into the funnel together and understand where the problem may be.
If things are working, we don't invent problems because an arbitrary activity metric hasn't been reached.
Ultimately:
Results matter.
What We Bring. What You Bring.
Altera brings
Opportunity
Existing clients, jobs and relationships.
Technology
Tools designed to multiply your effectiveness.
Infrastructure
Everything you need to operate professionally from Day 1.
Freedom
Remote work and genuine autonomy.
Flexibility
Including up to 45 working days abroad.
Transparency
Clear information, clear data and clear incentives.
Collaboration
An economic model designed so people can win together.
Broader business opportunities
Recruitment, contracting and consulting under one platform.
You bring
Ownership
You take responsibility for your business.
Drive
You don't wait to be pushed.
Judgment
You know when to act and when to ask.
Commercial instinct
You want to develop relationships and create opportunities.
Integrity
People can trust you.
Curiosity
You want to keep learning.
Technology mindset
You don't need to be an engineer—but technology should interest you.
Execution
Ideas matter. Results matter more.
Who Thrives at Altera?
Our sweet spot today is typically an agency recruiter with around 3–5 years of experience in Japan.
Technology recruitment experience is valuable—but it isn't mandatory.
A strong recruiter can learn a new market.
What matters more is that you have genuine curiosity about technology and want to operate in a company where technology is part of the DNA.
You'll probably enjoy Altera if you:
- like autonomy
- are commercially ambitious
- enjoy building something
- naturally take initiative
- dislike unnecessary bureaucracy
- want to understand your numbers
- enjoy experimenting with better ways of working
- are comfortable sharing information
- want your contribution to influence the company
- can operate professionally in English
Altera probably isn't for you if...
- You need someone to tell you exactly what to do every day.
- You wait for problems to solve themselves.
- You prefer rigid processes simply because they've always existed.
- You see information as something to protect from your colleagues.
- Or you want freedom without taking responsibility for the outcome.
That's fine.
There are environments where those working styles make sense.
Altera is built differently.
Join Early. Help Shape What Comes Next.
We're still building.
And we consider that an advantage.
People joining Altera today aren't entering a finished organization where every rule was written ten years ago.
You'll have the opportunity to influence:
- recruitment processes
- internal systems
- technology
- policies
- new markets
- team culture
- marketing
- business development
- how Altera grows
Strong contributors can also become involved beyond permanent recruitment—including our consulting and contracting businesses and other company initiatives.
As the team grows, so will the opportunities to take on broader responsibility.
If you want everything already decided for you, a larger company may make more sense.
If you want to help build the company you work for, we should probably talk.
Joining Altera
Start with a conversation.
We're continuously interested in meeting good recruiters.
That means you don't need to wait until you're actively job hunting.
We regularly start conversations with people who may not be ready to move for months—or even years.
There's no pressure.
- 01
Casual Conversation
We start by getting to know each other.
Your background.
What you're doing today.
What you want next.
And whether Altera might make sense for you.
- 02
Two Interviews
If there's mutual interest, we go deeper into experience, working style, ambitions and fit.
- 03
Lunch
Before either side commits, we prefer to meet properly in person.
No unnecessarily long hiring process.
No ten rounds of interviews.
We want both sides to understand what they're getting into.
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes.
Our recruiters work remotely in Japan. We focus on communication, ownership and results rather than mandatory office attendance.
Yes.
Team members can work from abroad for up to 45 days per year, subject to sensible coordination with the team and business needs.
Our recruiters receive an attractive base salary combined with uncapped incentives.
There is no billing threshold before incentives begin.
You place, you earn.
We also have incentives around client ownership, candidate ownership and business created across other Altera services.
We'll explain the exact numbers during the hiring process.
No.
You'll have live opportunities and existing relationships from Day 1.
But we absolutely encourage recruiters to develop their own clients—and our incentive system rewards people who create value.
No.
Technology, IT, digital and data are our strongest markets and remain our primary focus.
But we believe recruiters should have room to develop areas where they see opportunity and have genuine expertise.
Not necessarily.
Agency recruitment experience in Japan matters more.
However, you should have a genuine interest in technology, because technology is central both to the markets we serve and to how Altera itself operates.
English is our primary internal language.
We are an international team operating in Japan, and language requirements can vary depending on the clients, candidates and markets you work with.
Ultimately, the KPI that matters is billing.
We track detailed recruitment data so that recruiters and management can understand performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
We don't believe in imposing arbitrary activity targets simply for the sake of having them.
You Don't Need to Be Looking.
Maybe you're ready for your next move.
Maybe you're just curious.
Maybe the timing won't be right for another year.
That's fine.
We're building Altera for the long term, and we're always interested in getting to know strong recruiters in Japan.
If this sounds like the kind of environment where you could do your best work, let's talk.
Start a conversation
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