Software Engineer

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Job Description:
Rakuten International oversees 7 businesses with over 4,000 employees globally. The brand is recognized for its leadership and innovation in e-commerce, digital content, advertising, entertainment and communications, bringing the joy of discovery and access to more than 1 billion members across the world. Our teams deliver on the company’s mission to delight merchants and customers through innovation, optimism, and teamwork.

Rakuten Rewards is a leading e-commerce company that enhances the way people shop by offering Cash Back, deals and rewards from more than 3,500 merchants. Founded in 1+++, Rakuten has grown to become the go-to shopping destination for consumers, having paid out nearly $2 billion in Cash Back to its 15 million members. The company also operates ShopStyle, a leading fashion discovery destination, and Cartera Commerce, a top rewards platform for airlines and banks. For more information, visit
www.rakuten.com
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Job Summary:
Rakuten is seeking a talented Full Stack Engineer with a focus on front end development to build scalable and testable services. Leverage your expertise in Node.js, Typescript, Vue and event-driven architectures to design solutions, collaborate with stakeholders, and contribute to a high-impact team. You will join the international tribe, driving the expansion of Rakuten’s cutting-edge Rewards platform into new markets. You’ll build innovative features that shape the future of rewards and deliver unique value tailored to each market’s needs
Key Responsibilities:
Develop and Maintain: Build and maintain front-end features and service-side logic. This includes developing the logic for database interactions, server-side applications, and data storage solutions.
Write High-Quality Code: Deliver clean, maintainable, and efficient code while adhering to company coding standards and best practices.
Collaborate: Work closely with senior engineers, front-end developers, and product managers to understand requirements and deliver robust backend solutions.
Participate in Code Reviews: Provide constructive feedback to peers and learn from senior team members to continuously improve code quality and team collaboration.
Optimize for Performance: Ensure applications are optimized for performance and scalability to handle growing user demands effectively.
Stay Ahead: Keep up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies, contributing fresh ideas and insights to team discussions.
Qualifications:
Strong skills in TypeScript and JavaScript
Experience with Frontend JavaScript frameworks – React and Vue preferred
Experience with service-oriented architecture concepts, principles, and patterns
Experience with AWS platform architecture: EC2, CloudFront, Lambda, API Gateway, Apache Kafka, and S3
Experience with database technologies and a strong understanding of database schema design
Experience with event driven architectures
Familiarity and troubleshooting experience with observability tools like Datadog
Production-level application development experience using Node.js
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience with browser plug-in development for Chrome, Firefox and Safari
Production-level development using Java, Python, or Golang
Worked with automated CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
Minimum Requirements:
B.S. in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
2+ years of experience working on production-level backend services
Five Principles for Success
Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviors that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success.

Always improve, Always Advance - Only be satisfied with complete success - Kaizen
Passionately Professional - Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best
Hypothesize - Practice - Validate – Shikumika - Use the Rakuten Cycle to succeed in unknown territory
Maximize Customer Satisfaction - The greatest satisfaction for our teams is seeing their customers smile
Speed!! Speed!! Speed!! - Always be conscious of time - take charge, set clear goals, and engage your team
Rakuten provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Rakuten considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws. Read more