Job Title:

Junior IT Engineer

Department:

Core Insurance System

Report Line:

Head of department and Mentor

Cardif Japan

Cardif Japan is a key subsidiary of BNP Paribas Cardif, specializing in life and non-life insurance products tailored to the Japanese market. Established in 2000, it focuses on innovative bancassurance solutions through partnerships with banks and financial institutions

There are 2 distinct Japanese entities: Cardif Assurance Vie Japan and BNP Paribas Cardif Japan Non Life (カーディフ損害保険株式会社) but the IT systems are common.

Cardif partners with over 50 banks and 20 non-bank financial firms, offering credit life insurance with cancer riders, mortgage loan protections, credit card coverage, and savings account guarantees. Innovations cover heart attacks, strokes, cancers, …

Headquartered at Shibuya in the heart of Tokyo, Cardif Japan employs around 180 internal staff (around 35 internal IT staff.). Additionally to these 35 internal staff, we work with external vendors located in our office or offshore, and other BNPP teams located in Singapore , Hong Kong , France and India. 

The IT department is split into 4 teams : service delivery (production, run, infrastructure), SOR (CIO office and security/continuity), digital systems (partner and client facing applications) and CIS (core systems like underwriting, claims and policy management systems).  The IT department is in charge of providing solutions for other departments of Cardif Japan , for partners and for clients.

Position Purpose

BNP Paribas Cardif Japan is looking for a talented engineer to fill its 6 months internship position, starting from June 2026. 

The position is under Core Insurance System(CIS) , CIS has been managing the applications related core operation area(Policy management, Claim, Underwriting and Finance) and our mission is to contribute operation efficiency, high quality operation and drive improving the application align with all strategy of Group, Company, IT and Business side.

The candidate will have to opportunity to work on various tasks, including not only IT Technical skills but also Japanese insurance knowledge, operation process and so on. 

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

Contributing Responsibilities

Business Knowledge

Technical Experience / Competencies

Behavioral Competencies

Specific Qualifications (if required)

 English proficiency is mandatory, certificate is a plus (TOEIC, TOFEL or CEFR).

 Japanese proficiency equivalent to JLPT N3 is mandatory, N2, N1 is a plus

(At least needs to write and read e-mail in Japanese)

Skills Referential

Behavioral Skills:

Ability to collaborate/Teamwork

Ability to deliver/Results driven

Proactivity

Attention to details

Adaptability

Transversal Skills:

Analytical Ability

Ability to understand, explain and support change

Ability to anticipate business/strategic evolution

Education Level:

Bachelor or equivalent level

Others:(if any)

• Hourly wage: 1,400 JPY

• This position is open to students only. If an internship agreement between the school and Cardif is required, we are able to accommodate it.

• A successful internship could lead to a permanent contract.