Job Description:
Business Overview
We are the development department that supports Rakuten's founding business, Rakuten Ichiba.
Rakuten Group, Inc. is founded in 1997 and continuing to this day, embodies Rakuten's mission of empowering people and society through innovation, and has created a system that allows people to easily open stores beyond the limits of the business sphere, delivering the joy of shopping to users throughout Japan. We are now one of the largest EC companies in Japan.
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Department Overview
Rakuten Ichiba is a place where various merchants gather, and its diversity is what makes Rakuten Ichiba attractive. Our department is responsible for developing and providing tools and services necessary for the operation of each merchant, regardless of their genre, industry, or size, in order to enable the diverse merchants on Rakuten Ichiba to thrive in e-commerce and provide customers with the experience of "Shopping is Entertainment".
Position:
Why We Hire
Our department is responsible for developing new features for more than 10 different services and delivering them to customers on a regular basis. These services are required to meet the high-quality standards provided by Rakuten while being released quickly. Platforms such as CI/CD pipelines, which form the foundation of software delivery, play a critical role in this process. We are looking for a DevOps engineer who can lead platform engineering and contribute to the rapid release of high-quality systems.
Position Details
You will be responsible for Platform Engineering, which supports the software development lifecycle, and will work closely with PDMs and development teams to contribute to the delivery of high-quality services.
Responsibilities:
- Identify bottlenecks in the software delivery process (from business analysis to system monitoring in production environments), propose solutions to issues, and work with various stakeholders to implement those solutions.
- Manage infrastructure such as operating systems and databases.
- Provide and maintain platforms, such as CI/CD pipelines and system monitoring dashboards, to improve the quality and speed of software delivery for development teams within the department.
- Coach junior members.
- Share your knowledge through discussions and study sessions.
Work Environment
You will join a group consisting of QA engineers and DevOps engineers,and work collaboratively with PDMs and development teams within the department to contribute to the rapid release of high-quality solutions to customers. The group is composed of members from various nationalities, and communication is conducted in English.
In the DevOps team, engineers with various backgrounds (DevOps engineers, development engineers, infrastructure engineers, database administrators, technical support, etc.) are working together.
Windows server, Linux, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Maria DB, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kubernetes, Docker, Kafka, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Java, Python, C#, Sentry, Rundeck,Google Cloud Platform,In-house Cloud Environment etc.
Mandatory Qualifications:
- 5+ years of experience as a DevOps engineer
- 3+ years of development experience
- Strong analytical skills to identify bottlenecks in the software delivery process
- Basic knowledge of the infrastructure and tools listed in the development environment
- At least 1 year of experience working collaboratively with members from diverse cultural backgrounds and actively contributing to the team
- Experience with CI/CD configuration and deployment using tools such as - TeamCity & Octopus, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.
- A bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent knowledge
- Ability to contribute to achieving team goals as a team player
- Excellent communication skills and mindset to collaborate with various stakeholders to improve the organization's software delivery process
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience in developing CI/CD pipelines, including various test automation
- Experience in developing microservices
- Experience with NoSQL databases such as Cassandra
- Hands-on experience with Kafka (both usage and server maintenance)
- Experience working in multicultural and multigenerational teams
- Experience managing systems on public cloud environments such as GCP or Azure
Others Information:
Additional information on Location
Rakuten Crimson House,Tokyo
Additional information on English Qualification
The applicants must have business level English skill.Interviews will be conducted in English.
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