Japanese Speaking Technical Lead

Hitachi

Japanese Speaking Technical Lead leading a team at Hitachi Digital Services in Yokohama. Bridging technical expertise with Japanese communication and driving maintenance development.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeYokohama • 🇯🇵 JapanSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSJavaJavaScriptNGINXSpring

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a small team of 5+ engineers and bridge technical expertise with Japanese communication.
Communicate effectively in Japanese on technical topics, including writing strong technical documents and inquiry responses.
Drive maintenance development, including issue investigation and OSS version upgrades, to deepen product knowledge.
Respond to client inquiries, clarifying specifications and business processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor/Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Technology or related technical discipline.
At least 5 years of experience in Java Full-Stack development and have experience as a technical lead.
Experience working onsite in Japan or with Japanese enterprise customers.
Have good experience in Java web application frameworks (Struts2, Spring, Tomcat, Nginx), JavaScript and AWS.
Japanese: Native or business level.
English: Business level (for meetings and documentation with overseas centers).
Vietnamese: Business level (for communication and negotiation with local SE team).

Benefits

Comp & perks

industry-leading benefits
support for holistic health and wellbeing
flexible arrangements
champions of life balance

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaFull-Stack developmentStruts2SpringTomcatNginxJavaScriptAWStechnical documentationissue investigation

Soft Skills

communicationleadershipteam managementclient inquiry responsespecification clarification

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeMaster's degree