Software Engineer

Job Description:

Business Overview

Rakuten group has almost 100 million customer base in Japan and 1 billion globally as well, providing more than 70 services in a variety such as e-commerce, payment services, financial services, telecommunication, media, sports, etc.

Department Overview

Following the strategic vision “Rakuten as a data-driven membership company”, we are expanding our data activities across our multiple Rakuten group companies.

Position:

Why We Hire

We are looking for an experienced software engineer who will contribute to the development of Rakuten’s data/AI products which deliver personalized experiences.

Position Details

Overview

This software development role includes involvement in all the aspects of product development, including requirements specification, solution design and architecture, implementation, deployment, and maintenance.

A successful applicant would also drive technical projects, including but not limited to technology management (code reviews, technical decision making, etc.) and would provide leadership in an innovative and fast-paced environment.

Title

Applications Engineer

Job Level

Senior (at least around 7 year+ of professional experience or the equivalent skills)

Work Environment

Our Tech Stack

While we advocate for using the right technology for the right task, we often leverage the following technologies

- Python, Django, Flask, Golang, REST, GraphQL, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Argo Workflow, Argo CD, Gitlab (CI), Sentry, Presto/Trino, Hive, Hadoop, Spark, Postgres, SQL/HQL, etc.

Team

An international and diverse team with highly skilled engineers

Mandatory Qualifications:

- High level of familiarity with the full web stack

- Expert/Senior level in at least one of the major/modern computer languages including but not limited to Python, C/C++, Java, or Go, etc.

Interest and ability to learn other coding language(s) or new technologies(s) as needed.

(Please note that we currently use Python (&Golang) as ones of our main tech stacks and therefore you would be required to reach senior/expert level in Python (&/Golang) as soon as possible once you join the team)

- HTTP and related technologies (E.g. browsers/user agents)

- Experience with a cloud platform (E.g. GCP, AWS, Azure)

- Experience with CI/CD processes

- Experience with containerization (E.g. Docker, Kubernetes)

- Business Level English (Japanese not required)

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or related technical/scientific field) or equivalent practical experience

Desired Qualifications:

- Experience with GraphQL

- Experience with GitLab CI & Argo/ArgoCD

- Experience with Django and/or Flask

- Experience with Typescript and React

- Experience of leading team(s) (E.g., one-on-one, code review) as a senior engineer, tech lead, or principal engineer, etc.

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