Software Engineer in Test

Job Description:

Business Overview

Rakuten is one of the biggest marketplace of Japan and is the largest internet ecosystem with a wide range of services ranging from e-Commerce, Travel, Banking, Fintech, Food Delivery, Golf, Insurance, Instant Messaging, Mobile Network etc. Rakuten has over 140 services globally. Our mission is to empower people and society through the internet while aiming at becoming the Global Innovation Company.

Department Overview

Search Department is part of the AI Engineering Supervisory Department under Technology Services Division in Rakuten. Search Department focuses on Search, Discovery, and Navigation experience for users of Rakuten. We in Findability Department help demand meet supply through our services that are engineered for scale, performance, and ease of use. We support 20 plus Rakuten Businesses across three different continents, 50 plus user functions and over a billion active users annually generating over two Billion dollars in revenue directly from us. Search Application Engineering Group is responsible for delivering some of the Mission critical Rakuten Applications used by millions of users.

Position:

Why We Hire

We are responsible for the development of large scale distributed Search platform that empower one of the biggest e-commerce of Japan and enables Rakuten ecosystem services worldwide. Rakuten Search group is constantly striving to challenge what existing search technologies can do and going beyond. We are looking for a highly motivated development engineer with strong test automation experience, with commitment to customer satisfaction, and a strong desire to create highest-quality Search platform for Rakuten Services.

Position Details

Responsibilities (includes but are not limited to):

• End-to-end responsible for software and data quality assurance. Leverage on various testing strategies (be it automated test or manual test) to validate software functionality and performance, data accuracy and reliability.
• Collaborate with product managers, software engineers, and quality assurance teams to identify testing requirements and develop comprehensive test plans.
• Effectively report defects for test failures, and assist peers, and developers in triaging the test failures.
• Drive continuous improvement in our testing processes through innovation and collaboration, leveraging automation and data-driven insights to enhance software quality and reliability.
• Execute manual test scenarios for areas not yet automated, ensuring comprehensive test coverage and accuracy.

Mandatory Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Proficiency in programming languages, with a preference for Java.
• 5+ years of experience in Software Test Automation, with a strong background in designing and implementing test automation for micro-service architecture.
• Experience in test automation frameworks like, JUnit, TestNG, REST Assured, Selenium, Cypress, and tools like JMeter, Gatling,
• Experience in performance testing methodologies and tools like JMeter, Gatling, Locust, or LoadRunner, including the ability to design, execute, and analyze performance tests for scalable and high-performance systems.
• Experience of big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Solr or Elasticsearch, along with experience in testing data processing.

Desired Qualifications:

• Fluent Japanese language skills (written and verbal) for effective communication with stakeholders in a bilingual environment.
• Experience in managing black-box and white-box testing
• Experience in quality assurance in Search/E-commerce domain
• Proven record to improve product test coverage and effectiveness.
• Experience communicating with technical and non-technical stakeholders across all levels of the organization.

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Languages:

English (Overall - 3 - Advanced)