Communication in Japanese
A dedicated bridge SE, not an interpreter. The discussion stays close to the intent behind the requirement, while the engineering team receives clear, actionable context.
日本向けODCサービス
Dedicated Offshore Development Support for Japan-Focused Businesses.
Secure the engineers you cannot hire — in three weeks.
A Japanese-speaking bridge SE, embedded. A senior engineering team, located in Bangalore. A four-week trial before you commit. You post the role. Nobody applies. You raise the salary. The candidate accepts, then disappears. We give you a team instead of a search: dedicated engineers, structured communication, and accountable delivery for Japan-focused businesses.
Key Points
Dedicated-team offshore development, delivered from Bangalore and structured around your roadmap.
A dedicated Japanese-speaking bridge SE is embedded in the engagement, not added as an afterthought.
Teams start work in as little as three weeks from first conversation.
Monthly rate bands are published; specific estimates follow your roles and team plan.
ISO 27001 certified; we sign an NDA before issuing a proposal.
Benefits
We answer the objection before you raise it.
The companies that value our setup most are usually the ones who have already tried offshore delivery once and know where the risk hides.
Offshore projects very rarely fail on engineering alone. They fail when communication, continuity, security, time-zone coverage, or commitment risk is left vague.
Each of the five is preventable before a line of code is written. That is what the ODC setup is designed to make visible.
Live in as little as three weeks
Recruiting a senior engineer in Japan can take six months or more. A pilot team lets you start work while your long-term capacity plan is still taking shape.
ISO 27001 certified. NDA before proposal.
We operate an information security management system with access control, documented delivery practices, and a clear security conversation before any proposal.
Support during Japanese business hours
Our coverage is built around JST, not around convenient hours for the delivery team.
A four-week trial
You should not have to commit to a year of anything before the working model is proven. Start with real backlog work and decide from evidence.
サービス
One team, every discipline you need.
Split the work across vendors and you split the accountability. AI to one supplier, cloud infrastructure to another, testing somewhere else. We deliver across all of these from a single delivery partner.
AI & Generative AI Development
LLM application design through to evaluation pipelines, retrieval, automation, and production delivery.
Dedicated Development Team (ODC)
A team that is continuously yours, with a bridge SE, engineering ownership, and capacity that can grow with your roadmap.
Staff Augmentation
Fill only the roles you are missing. We take the brief, match the capability, and integrate the people into your delivery rhythm.
Enterprise Software Development
Core and business systems built or modernised on a delivery model that respects your existing architecture and controls.
Cloud Engineering
AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud migration design, platform engineering, cost control, and operational readiness.
DevOps & SRE
CI/CD pipelines, observability, reliability engineering, incident routines, and infrastructure that can be operated with confidence.
QA & Test Automation
The one area where the saving can be calculated before release: repeatable coverage, regression automation, and release confidence.
Mobile Application Development
Native iOS and Android plus cross-platform delivery, from the first user flow through to a dependable release cycle.
Web System Development
Internal tooling, business applications, custom portals, and customer-facing products that remain maintainable as they grow.
Our Location
Why Bangalore.
“India’s Silicon Valley” is a cliché. The depth of engineering capability behind the cliché is not.
The research and development centres of most of the world’s major technology companies are here. In AI and cloud specifically, this gives access to a deep, continuously refreshed talent pool.
- A research and development hub for the world’s major technology companies.
- High density of senior AI, machine learning, cloud, and data engineers.
- English as the default working language, with Japanese communication at the bridge layer.
- Three and a half hours from Japan, giving four to five hours of daily overlap.
Working hoursDaily overlap: 4–5 hours
JST (Japan)09:00 → 18:00 JST
9:00 — 18:00
IST (India)09:30 → 18:30 IST
9:30 — 18:30
Overlap zoneWorking hours
3.5hTime difference
4–5hDaily overlap
JSTSupport baseline
Why India
Not because it is cheap. Because the capability is deeper.
Compare total cost per delivered feature, not the cost of a single seat.
A rate that is twenty per cent lower means very little if the work needs to be redone. India’s software industry has spent several decades building and operating large-scale systems, and the ecosystem supports both breadth and depth.
- Hands-on experience building and operating large-scale systems.
- Design discussion and technical documentation in English.
- Genuine depth in AI, cloud, and data platform engineering.
- Mature commercial, intellectual property, and information security practices.
India vs. alternatives
Senior engineer ratioIndia 85%
Other offshore: 45%English tech documentationIndia 95%
Other offshore: 60%AI & cloud specialisationIndia 90%
Other offshore: 55%InfoSec maturityIndia 88%
Other offshore: 62%* Illustrative figures. Contact us to discuss your team profile.
Why Choose Us
What we commit to before you sign.
Not “a commitment to quality” — operating rules, written into the way the engagement runs.
A dedicated bridge SE
Assigned to your account, not shared across three unrelated projects. The bridge SE owns context, clarity, and follow-through.
Weekly progress reporting in Japanese
Structured as progress, then issues, then risks, so stakeholders can review the delivery picture without translating a project dashboard.
A four-week trial period
Move to a full engagement once you are satisfied with communication, quality, pace, and the team’s fit with your operating model.
A named account manager
Your point of contact does not change between projects. Ownership stays visible from the first enquiry through the ramp-up.
A secured development environment
Access control, device management, log retention, and documented working practices are part of the setup conversation.
Technology Stack
Technologies we work in.
We work with your existing stack. We will not push a rewrite because a different framework is more convenient for us.
A vendor who opens by recommending you rewrite everything is usually optimising for the vendor. We start with the system you have, the outcome you need, and the smallest responsible change.
Languages
Python · Go · Java · C# (.NET) · TypeScript · JavaScript
Frontend
React · Next.js · Vue.js · Nuxt · Flutter
Backend
Node.js · Django · FastAPI · Spring Boot · ASP.NET
クラウド
Amazon Web Services · Microsoft Azure · Google Cloud
Infrastructure & DevOps
Kubernetes · Docker · Terraform · GitHub Actions · Jenkins
AI & Data
PyTorch · TensorFlow · LangChain · Snowflake · Databricks
QA & Testing
Playwright · Selenium · Cypress · JUnit · pytest
Databases
PostgreSQL · MySQL · MongoDB · Redis · Oracle · SQL Server
Case Study
Release cycle cut from six weeks to two.
6 wks → 2 wksRelease cycle
3 weeksTime to team live
Substantially reducedRegression effort
Feature development was not the problem. Regression was. Three people covered the entire test function. Adding a new release meant choosing between delaying the roadmap and accepting risk.
We assembled a five-person pod including two engineers, two QA automation specialists, and a bridge SE. That sorting exercise took three weeks and was the first measurable win.
The core regression scenarios were automated within the first engagement cycle. The manufacturer moved from a six-week release rhythm to two weeks with a clearer view of what was ready to ship.
Client Testimonials
The working model should feel clear to the people using it.
What clients said, unedited. We have not tidied these up.
“The first three months were, honestly, anxious ones. By month four, the bridge SE had become the person our team called first.”
“The weekly report comes in Japanese, and issues are visible before they become a surprise. That changed the internal conversation.”
“We had been burned by another vendor before, so we started with the trial. The decision to scale was easy after the team delivered against real work.”
Industries
We arrive already understanding your sector.
A bank and a manufacturer need different documents, different controls, and different delivery language.
SaaS & Software
Clearing roadmap slippage, continuous development, and product engineering capacity.
製造
Production and core system modernisation, IoT, data, and quality workflows.
Financial Services & Insurance
Vendor audit readiness, security documentation, reporting, and dependable change control.
Retail & E-commerce
Flexible capacity sized around peak season, customer experience, and operational continuity.
System Integrators
Subcontracted delivery capacity that can work behind your brand and inside your delivery standards.
Foreign-Affiliate Subsidiaries
English-language delivery flow with documentation and reporting that works across headquarters and India.
エンゲージメントモデル
From first conversation to working team: as little as three weeks.
Nothing is chargeable before step six.Steps one to five cost nothing. You see the proposed team, the working model, and the first delivery evidence before a full commitment.
- 01
お問い合わせ
Form or telephone, handled in Japanese. Same day.
- 02
NDA
Signed before you share anything specific about your product or systems.
- 03
Requirements conversation
Sixty minutes online, in JST. Your current setup, team gap, and delivery goal.
- 04
Team proposal & estimate
Structure diagram, rates by role, indicative schedule, and the working model.
- 05
Meet the engineers
A technical interview with the people who would actually work on your backlog.
- 06
Four-week trial
Real tasks from your backlog, real output. If it is not right, you can stop.
- 07
Full contract & team ramp-up
Move to a full engagement with confidence, having already seen the team work.
Pricing
Our rate bands are published.
“Contact us for pricing” gives you nothing to take to a budget holder. We publish the shape of the answer first.
Without an indicative number you cannot draft the business case. Offshore development costs vary by role, seniority, and team design, so we give you rate bands and then price the actual team you need.
| Role | Monthly rate (per engineer) |
|---|---|
| Software engineer, mid-level (3–5 years) | Contact for rate |
| Software engineer, senior (6+ years) | Contact for rate |
| AI and machine learning engineer, senior | Contact for rate |
| Cloud and SRE engineer, senior | Contact for rate |
| QA and test automation engineer | Contact for rate |
| Bridge SE | Contact for rate |
| Tech lead / architect | Contact for rate |
Contract typeQuasi-mandate (準委任)
Included in the rateDevelopment devices, environment, base licences, working setup, and delivery governance.
Charged separatelyPaid third-party SaaS licences and client-specified travel or equipment.
CurrencyJapanese yen; exchange-rate cap clause available.
よくあるご質問
よくあるご質問
Clear answers before the first call. If your question is not here, ask it directly in the enquiry form.
Your Japanese stakeholders work with a named, Japanese-speaking bridge SE. The bridge SE captures intent, clarifies requirements, and keeps weekly progress reporting in Japanese while the wider engineering team works in English.
お問い合わせ
Start with thirty minutes, in your time zone.
This is not a sales call. If offshore is the wrong fit, we will tell you.
We will ask about your current setup — team size, technology, hiring timeline, and what has already been tried. You will hear from a named person, in Japanese, within one business day.
NDA signed before we propose Reply in Japanese within 1 business day Steps 1–5 are free of charge
About offshore and dedicated-team development
A delivery model designed around the work, not the label.
Offshore development means contracting software work to a team in another country. A dedicated-team model goes further: the people, delivery rhythm, and working agreements are shaped around your roadmap rather than a one-off project handoff.
Japan’s gap between demand for software engineers and available local capacity makes this model useful when you need to move faster without lowering the bar for technical ownership.
Offshore engagements usually fail on structure rather than skill. That is why the bridge SE, reporting cadence, trial, security setup, and handover expectations are part of the service itself.
We operate from Bangalore, India, and provide dedicated development teams for Japan-focused businesses. The Japan ODC service targets Japan only; Datacore’s other services and products are delivered for India.