Senior Frontend Engineer, Dream Product - Leisure Product Department (LPD)

Job Description: Department Overview The Leisure Product Department (LPD) is handling a lineup of lifestyle and leisure related services, some of them being category leaders in the Japanese market. We aim at growing globally and becoming world leaders through innovation and technology. In order to achieve this, we are now looking for globally minded engineers to contribute to the development of our services. Here are some of the services we are handling: Rakuten GORA : Golf course reservation service Rakuten Beauty : Salon reservation service Rakuten Keiba : Horse racing online betting service Rakuten Kdreams : Cycle racing online betting service Rakuten toto/lottery : toto/lottery online sales service Rakuten Auto : Car related service Position: Why We Hire Services in LPD are growing rapidly hence to support the business growth we need to have a robust and scalable system. Additionally, we are committed to give the best user experience on our services. For this reason, a bigger team and a high level of engineering skills are required. With this goal, we are planning to increase the number of employees. Position Details We are looking for an experienced frontend engineer who has a passion for working on complex/large systems and understands the importance of maintaining and supporting one as you will be working on developing user-facing web applications and components to support continuous improvement and growth our systems.  You will be joining one of our teams of diversely skilled engineers who actively support the maintenance of existing Rakuten system related to lifestyle and leisure related services. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to: - Design & Develop frontend features on small to large scale systems. - Learn about robust, secure, modular and maintainable code of frontend. - Learn about and perform load/performance tests on high access systems. - Interact and work with members from other development teams, Product Managers, UX/UI designers and QA engineers. A commitment to team collaboration, good communication and delivering quality product is important. Work Environment Young members in their late 20s to early 30s, from various countries and different cultural backgrounds. In addition, there is no barrier between job titles and services in charge, and the entire department has an open and flat atmosphere, and we are very active in exchange meetings with other groups such as information sharing meetings and problem solving. In short, it is a very lively cross-cultural environment where we can work, learn and have fun with each other and grow together. Mandatory Qualifications: - Over 5 years of experience of web application development with any of the following languages: Javascript or Typescript. - Proficient in HTML, CSS, JS. - Over 4 years of experience with JS frameworks (Vue.js, React, etc.). - Experience with Frontend Architecture Design. - Experience with version control system. - Experience in web application development with SPA and server-side rendering concepts. Desired Qualifications: - Experience of leading project/team as a Tech/Team Lead. - Experience with Web Application Frameworks. - Experience with Unix/Linux (shell scripting, web administration, troubleshooting, etc.). - Experience working on e-commerce system. - Familiar with testing principles for application, Unit/Integration/Functional Testing. Other Information: Additional information on English Qualification Proficient in English, native level or TOEIC (or equivalent) Score 800+. #engineer #frontendengineer #webdeveloper #commerce #RakutenGORA #JavaScript 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. 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