Engineering Manager, Platform Software Engineering Group - Cloud Services Department (CLSD)

Job Description: Business Overview The Technology Platforms Division (TPD) drives the growth of Rakuten's ecosystem by delivering innovative, high-quality technology platforms characterized by integrated control and strategic partnerships. Within TPD, the Cloud Platform Supervisory Department (CPSD) develops and manages Rakuten's state-of-the-art cloud platform, empowering global scalability and accelerating innovation across its diverse business units. Department Overview The Cloud Services Department (CLSD) at Rakuten Group provides high-quality cloud infrastructure and platform services to application developers across Rakuten. Our mission is to enable secure, scalable, and efficient digital innovation. We deliver key domain services, including compute, storage, core infrastructure components, databases, container platform, observability, and gateway solutions, empowering Rakuten application teams to focus on their core business objectives. Position: Why We Hire We are increasing our development capabilities, and we are continuously adding new members to our organization. In order for us to keep growing in the future, we are looking for new engineering management talent to support us achieve our mission as the Cloud Services Department. Position Details As an Engineering Manager you will play a critical role in our organization, providing leadership and strategic direction to one of our software engineering groups as well as taking accountability for the team capacity to deliver and the quality of the deliverables. We are looking for a person who has expertise in managing the career path of engineers through mentorship and guidance, has experience taking responsibility of the quality of the services he or she owns in production, and has a passion for the technical quality of his or her technical products. Mandatory Qualifications: - Coach and guide the Scrum team to successfully deliver high quality products that align with the section’s direction and adhere to the acceptance criteria set forth by the product owner while keeping an eye on high quality software development practices. - Grow and guide your members on their career paths, you will be the one they look up to for guidance and help. - Work along with engineers and leaders to promote collaboration between our various teams. - Keep a solid mid- and long-term engineering vision. Desired Qualifications: - Experience coaching and guiding 5-10 engineers in 1-2 scrum teams. - More than 3 years of management experience. - Experience managing large scale applications/platforms (API Gateway) is a bonus. Other Information: Additional information on English Qualification - Proficiency in English, with a business level of understanding (TOEIC Score 800 above or possess equivalent abilities). - Japanese proficiency is a bonus but not mandatory. #engineer #technologymanagement #technologyplatformdiv Languages: English (Overall - 3 - Advanced), Japanese (Overall - 2 - Intermediate) In Japanese, Rakuten stands for ‘optimism.’ It means we believe in the future. It’s an understanding that, with the right mind-set, we can make the future better by what we do today. So we challenge ourselves to evolve, innovate and experiment, to create a better, brighter future for everyone. Today, our 70+ businesses span e-commerce, digital content, communications and fintech, bringing the joy of discovery to almost 1.3 billion members across the world. If you have any trouble logging in, please contact us here Rakuten Group, Inc.: rakuten-recruiting-info@mail.rakuten.com Please read the Application Requirements(EN) / 募集要項(JP) before applying. Our Diversity & Inclusion Policy and Application Documents Rakuten’s corporate mission is to “contribute to society by creating value through innovation and entrepreneurship.” We foster a culture that provides equal opportunities to those who share this founding philosophy and take on the challenge to transform society, regardless of age, gender, nationality, or any other status. Diversity is one of Rakuten's core strategies and a driving force for innovation. Because of this, you are not required to submit any of the following information in order to apply for our job positions. - Gender - Age - Photo - Nationality - Information not related to business, such as ideological beliefs, family structure, etc. * For legal compliance, we may ask you about your work eligibility. See the details