Senior Java Developer – Japanese speaking

Summary

You will join Guidewire Professional Services, a collaborative team that helps property and casualty insurers modernize their businesses through cloud-based technology. The team focuses on AI-enabled delivery, automation, cloud adoption, repeatable services, and measurable customer value while partnering closely with customers and systems integrators.

You will work in an inclusive, learning-oriented environment shaped by curiosity, innovation, determination, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

This role contributes to Guidewire’s mission of transforming how the world’s property and casualty insurers do business. As a Senior Java Developer, you will design and deliver dependable backend solutions that support customer implementations, accelerate cloud adoption, and improve delivery efficiency.

You will bring strong Java expertise, modern engineering practices, and Japanese-language capability to support effective collaboration with customers and partners in Japan-related engagements.

Job Description

Job Description

What you’ll do

• Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices patterns.
• Translate functional and technical requirements into maintainable, secure, and production-ready solutions.
• Collaborate with Guidewire consultants, architects, product teams, customers, and systems-integrator partners to deliver successful implementations.
• Contribute to cloud adoption and services-led innovation by improving automation, reusable components, delivery methods, and implementation efficiency.
• Investigate complex technical issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement durable solutions that improve system reliability and customer outcomes.
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, technical documentation, testing, deployment, and production-support activities.
• Communicate clearly in English and Japanese with relevant stakeholders, using your valid JLPT certification and language skills to support effective delivery.
• At Guidewire, we foster a culture of curiosity, innovation, and responsible use of AI—empowering our teams to continuously leverage emerging technologies and data-driven insights to enhance productivity and outcomes.

What you’ll bring

Required

• 5–8 years of professional experience developing Java backend applications.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java, Spring Boot, RESTful services, and microservices architecture.
• Experience with software engineering fundamentals, object-oriented design, design patterns, automated testing, debugging, and performance optimization.
• Experience working with relational or NoSQL databases, version control, build tools, and continuous integration practices.
• Ability to understand complex requirements, solve problems systematically, and deliver high-quality outcomes in a customer-focused environment.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across distributed, cross-functional teams.
• Valid Japanese-Language Proficiency Test certification, preferably JLPT N2 or above, and the ability to communicate professionally in Japanese.
• Demonstrated ability to embrace AI and apply it to your current role as well as data-driven insights to drive innovation, productivity, and continuous improvement.

Preferred

• Degree preferred in computer science, engineering, information technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience with cloud platforms, containerization, orchestration, observability, or cloud-native application development.
• Experience in insurance technology, enterprise software, system integration, or customer implementation projects.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery, DevOps practices, event-driven architecture, or messaging technologies.
• Experience working with Japanese customers, delivery teams, or business stakeholders.

Your Impact

We believe in clarity and setting you up for success. During your first six months, you will learn Guidewire’s products, delivery practices, engineering standards, and customer context; build relationships with Professional Services and partner teams; contribute to production-quality Java services; and identify opportunities to automate or standardize delivery. Your impact will be measured through reliable and maintainable software, successful delivery milestones, effective Japanese-language collaboration, reduced rework, improved implementation efficiency, and contributions to AI-enabled and repeatable services. Over time, your work will help customers realize value from Guidewire’s cloud platform, support Professional Services’ goals for faster and more efficient delivery, and strengthen the team’s ability to deliver consistent outcomes at scale.

What’s in it for you

The people we employ give their all, and in return, we offer flexibility wherever we can, such as:

• Flexible work environment
• Health and wellness benefits
• Paid time off programs, including volunteer time off
• Market-competitive pay and incentive programs
• Continual development and internal career growth opportunities
• Opportunities to work on innovative cloud, AI, data, and insurance technology initiatives with global teams
• A collaborative and inclusive culture that values every perspective, encourages learning, and supports meaningful career growth

Guidewire’s culture is centered on determination, collaboration, continuous improvement, and bravery, with opportunities to work on complex problems and cutting-edge technology. All roles include in-person interviews, and new hires participate in Guidewire’s onsite orientation process.

Guidewire is committed to providing an inclusive and accessible hiring process. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, skills, experience, and business needs, without regard to legally protected characteristics.

About Guidewire

Guidewire is the platform P&C insurers trust to engage, innovate, and grow efficiently. We combine digital, core, analytics, and AI to deliver our platform as a cloud service. More than 540+ insurers in 40 countries, from new ventures to the largest and most complex in the world, run on Guidewire.

As a partner to our customers, we continually evolve to enable their success. We are proud of our unparalleled implementation track record with 1600+ successful projects, supported by the largest R&D team and partner ecosystem in the industry. Our Marketplace provides hundreds of applications that accelerate integration, localization, and innovation.

For more information, please visit www.guidewire.com and follow us on Twitter: @Guidewire_PandC.

Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability. All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.

Guidewire is proud to be a disability inclusive employer. We are committed to providing individualized accommodations and support to candidates for any part of our hiring process. If you think you may need disability-related accommodations, please email EmployAbility at accommodations-gw@employ-ability.org.uk, our disability partner, or schedule a call with an EmployAbility expert (calendar booking slot) for a confidential conversation.