Bilingual Technical Architect – Medical Software Development (Cloud & AI)

Position: One full-time, permanent position

Experience: 10–14 years

Role summary

We are seeking a bilingual technical architect to work at client sites in Japan on healthcare digital transformation initiatives. You will work closely with Japanese stakeholders to design, develop, and integrate cloud-based, AI-driven digital healthcare solutions.

Responsibilities

You will be based at the client’s site and collaborate with the client’s engineering and product teams to develop digital medical solutions.

• Design, implement, and optimize cloud-native architectures, APIs, and microservices.
• Develop and integrate AI/ML models for medical imaging, diagnostic support, workflow automation, and patient data analysis.
• Participate in requirements definition, solution proposals, and architecture reviews with Japanese stakeholders.
• Support system implementation, testing, defect analysis, troubleshooting, and documentation.
• Help ensure compliance with medical software standards, data security, and personal data protection regulations.
• Bridge communication between clients and offshore or global teams.

Work location

Katsuta, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan

Team

The on-site team includes several Quest Global employees with several years of work experience.

Requirements

Required

• More than 10 years of experience in software engineering or digital solutions development.
• Practical experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience designing or integrating AI/ML-based solutions.
• Experience with a front-end technology such as React.js (preferred).
• Experience with a back-end technology such as Java (preferred).
• Business-level English proficiency.
• Native-level Japanese proficiency or Japanese language proficiency at N1 or N2 level.

Preferred

• Experience in medical device software development; knowledge of IEC 62304 is a plus.
• Experience in digital transformation projects in the medical or healthcare sectors.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity in medical and healthcare systems.
• Experience working in the Japanese medical device OEM environment.
• Understanding of DICOM, HL7, and FHIR standards.
• Experience with AWS services such as AWS HealthLake.
• Experience with data infrastructure such as AWS S3, Azure Blob, Kafka, and Kinesis.
• Experience with MLOps and orchestration services such as SageMaker, Vertex AI, Kubeflow, Airflow, Pinecone, and Milvus.
• Database administration experience, preferably with NoSQL databases.
• Experience with software architecture, design patterns, and web frameworks.

Compensation and benefits

• Annual salary increase. For contract employees, salary is reviewed at contract renewal.
• Commuting allowance of up to ¥20,000 per month.
• Annual salary paid in 12 monthly installments.
• Overtime pay.
• Comprehensive social insurance coverage, including Employees’ Pension Insurance, health insurance (TJK: Tokyo Information Service Industry Health Insurance Association), employment insurance, and workers’ accident compensation insurance.
• Health checkups, including checkups for dependents, comprehensive medical checkups, and gynecological examinations.
• Mandatory retirement age of 65; no mandatory retirement age for managerial positions.
• In-house online training program.
• Three-month trial period, with no changes to duties or benefits.
• Smoking prevention measures: no smoking indoors.

Holidays and leave

• More than 120 days of annual leave.
• Two-day weekends (Saturday and Sunday).
• Year-end and New Year holidays.
• Paid leave.
• Maternity, childcare, nursing care, and mourning leave.

Holidays and leave may vary depending on the client site. The client sites are major manufacturers, and annual leave and other benefits are generally generous.