Bridge Software Engineer

Our Company

We're Hitachi Digital Services, 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 Vietnam is part of a 300 strong global delivery network, supporting Hitachi Digital Services around the globe. Our employees collaborate with teams in Japan, India, Portugal, and the US, servicing customers worldwide and working on a huge variety of projects. From cloud migration to digital modernization and advanced analytics, offering operational excellence, agile delivery, and plenty of energy to work on huge transformation projects for our customers.

The role

The Bridge Software Engineer (BrSE) will report directly to the project manager and play a crucial role in ensuring seamless communication between Japanese clients and the development team. This role will be responsible for gathering and managing project requirements, facilitating meetings, ensuring quality assurance, and supporting internal communication to drive project success.

• Manage requirements: Gather and clarify client requirements, track updates, and ensure the team has clear, accessible documentation.
• Facilitate Meetings: Organize and lead client–team meetings, align on key points, and share meeting summaries.
• Quality Assurance: Review deliverables to ensure they meet the client's requirements and standards, conduct verification and provide feedback to the development team.
• Internal Communication and Support: Provide real-time clarifications, stay aligned through team meetings, bridge cultural differences or communication gaps to strengthen client collaboration.

What you'll bring

• B.S., M.S. or equivalent degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or relevant major.
• Have at least 3 years of working experience as a BrSE or an equivalent position required.
• Japanese language proficiency equivalent to JLPT N2 or JLPT N1 is required.
• Have knowledge about Software Development Process, Object Orient Programming, etc.
• Experience in business analysis, system analysis, or bridging role between customer and development team.
• Self-motivated and eager to learn (in business domain, software engineering, language).
• High responsibility and teamwork spirit.
• Willing to go onsite in Japan.
• Proficiency in English is a plus.
• Knowledge and experience with Energy domain is a plus.

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.