Our Company
We’re Hitachi Digital Services (HDS), a global digital solutions and transformation business with a bold vision of our world’s potential. We’re people-centric and here to power good. Every day, we future-proof urban spaces, conserve natural resources, protect rainforests, and save lives. This is a world where innovation, technology, and deep expertise come together to take our company and customers from what’s now to what’s next. We make it happen through the power of acceleration.
Imagine the sheer breadth of talent it takes to bring a better tomorrow closer to today. We don’t expect you to ‘fit’ every requirement – your life experience, character, perspective, and passion for achieving great things in the world are equally as important to us.
The team
Hitachi Digital Services Japan, which is the HDS’s Japan country office, is strengthening its offshore engineering services leveraging development centers in Vietnam and India, building a global delivery structure that combines high quality and cost competitiveness.
The role
The Japanese Speaking Software Engineer will work along with team members and customer, report directly to the project manager. Main responsibilities will include delivering new features, follow software development process, and contribute ideas to improve the project as follows:
- Participate in development activities such as requirement, design, programing, testing.
- Analyze requirements directly throughout Japanese documents.
- Support Japanese communication happening in project.
- Develop and review technical documents.
- Verify system before delivery.
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree (or equivalent) in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- 2+ years of professional experience in software development or related technical roles.
- Strong hands-on experience with Java, Cloud technologies, Python, and SQL.
- Highly motivated professional with the ability to quickly learn new technologies and business domains, and a strong interest in building a long-term career in Japan.
- Strong sense of responsibility, proactive mindset, and excellent teamwork and collaboration skills.
- Experience or domain knowledge in the energy sector is a strong advantage.
Language proficiency:
- Japanese: Business-level proficiency (JLPT N2 or above preferred).
- English: Business-level proficiency (for meetings and documentation with overseas centers).
- Vietnamese: Business-level proficiency (for communication and negotiation with the local SE team).
About us
We’re a global, team of innovators. Together, we harness engineering excellence and passion to co-create meaningful solutions to complex challenges. We turn organizations into data-driven leaders that can make a positive impact on their industries and society. If you believe that innovation can bring a better tomorrow closer to today, this is the place for you.
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Fostering innovation through diverse perspectives
Hitachi is a global company operating across a wide range of industries and regions. One of the things that sets Hitachi apart is the diversity of our business and people, which drives our innovation and growth.
We are committed to building an inclusive culture based on mutual respect and merit-based systems. We believe that when people feel valued, heard, and safe to express themselves, they do their best work.
How we look after you
We help take care of your today and tomorrow with industry-leading benefits, support, and services that look after your holistic health and wellbeing. We’re also champions of life balance and offer flexible arrangements that work for you (role and location dependent). We’re always looking for new ways of working that bring out our best, which leads to unexpected ideas. So here, you’ll experience a sense of belonging, and discover autonomy, freedom, and ownership as you work alongside talented people you enjoy sharing knowledge with.
We’re proud to say we’re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all applicants for employment without attention to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, age, disability status or any other protected characteristic. Should you need reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know so that we can do our best to set you up for success.
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What We Do
Hitachi Digital Services is an independent services business that focuses on delivering a unified operating model for cloud, data, IoT and managed services.
Playing a pivotal role in Hitachi's digital transformation strategy, Hitachi Digital Services places a strong emphasis on Generative AI to deliver an integrated end-to-end digital transformation for enterprises. The company is strategically positioned within the Hitachi Digital portfolio of companies to leverage the synergies between operational technology (OT), information technology (IT), and product and service offerings.
Such positioning allows Hitachi Digital Services to work closely with Hitachi Digital, the new Hitachi Vantara and Hitachi group businesses, including GlobalLogic, to create an integrated end-to-end digital transformation solution for enterprises
