[ricosroughnecks]

Fellow Rails developer in Japan here. I gotta say, if you're looking for a native Japanese speaker, then you are looking for a Japanese developer. This seems the wrong site to advertise on :-P. Maybe try posting on daijob.com or something. As nandemo pointed out, and also from my experience, very few devs are fluent in both languages. You'll have to relax one, if not both, of those restrictions.

[harisenbon]

I was also curious about posting a position for a Japanese developer on a mainly western site (HackerNews).

I am fluent in English (native level) and work entirely in Japanese at a Japanese company. I however have a job, live in Nagoya and am not ethnically Japanese.

I was also curious about the requirements saying that the applicant needs to be a developer, have large-scale data experience and be good with customers.

So you (the OP) need a native level english speaking Japanese person with design and programming abilities who can also manage large amounts of data and can also sell the product.

I wish I knew where that person lived!

[rgrieselhuber]

I actually know a fair number of Japanese people who read this site so was assuming there are more. I also know quite a few westerners living in Tokyo who speak excellent Japanese with the ability to communicate well in business.

But I agree with your overall point - native level in either language is not necessary but we are looking for someone who can deal with Japanese customers, code and communicate well with the rest of us. I'll update the docs.

[rhizome]

Agreed. I left out a comment about the number of people who actually satisfy those reqs. :)