Mid career

Application Engineer Musa: Working with cutting-edge technology and large-scale software service operations

Musa, who is from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, joined Rakuten Group in March 2024. Currently, he works not only as a backend developer, but also as a Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for the Rakuten Travel service. This time, we interv…

Product Manager Liza: Work environment that fosters both growth and work-life balance

Liza, who is from Moscow, came to Japan to learn Japanese. She fell in love with Japan, and after working in another IT company for five years, she decided to join Rakuten Group mid-career in October 2022 as a partner staff, later changing…

Hai, Application Engineer: Working in a global company that encourages employee’s growth

Hai is from Hanoi, Vietnam. He applied for a full-time position at Rakuten Group but was not selected, so he worked as a temporary staff for a year and a half before becoming a full-time employee. What does Hai, who also has experience wor…

QA engineer Rina: Changing jobs to Rakuten Group seeking an environment to utilize her abilities

Rakuten Group is a global company where English is the official language within the company. Rina, who is fluent in three languages, Korean, English, and Japanese, joined Rakuten Group wanting to put her language skills to use. We asked Ri…

Different countries, different languages, but culture to learn and share is the same – Puncoz from Nepal【Mid-career member】

Puncoz joined Rakuten Group to fulfill his dream to work on large-scale system development. He hopes to utilize his seven years of SE experience gained in his home country, Nepal, to create exciting products and have a positive impact on s…

My Attraction to the Unknown Possibilities of Data Made Me a Data Engineer: Interview with Spencer from Guangzhou, China [Mid-Career]

Hi, this is R-Hack editorial office. Today, let me introduce to you Spencer from China, who newly joined Rakuten Group in February 2023!

The Perfect Work-Life Balance and Great Passion for Work: Interview with Tufi from Pakistan [Work Style]

Hi, this is R-Hack Editorial office.There are a variety of people working here at Rakuten Commerce & Marketing Company Development Department.Today, we interviewed Tufi from Pakistan, who newly joined Rakuten Group in November 2022.

My Challenges in Pursuit of Becoming a Great Engineer: Interview with Chris from the Philippines

Hi, this is R-Hack editorial office. There are a variety of people working here at Rakuten Commerce& Marketing Company Development Department. Today, let me introduce to you Chris from the Philippines, who newly joined Rakuten Group in Dec…

Empathy with Rakuten Group’s Company Philosophy: Interview with Junli from Taiwan [Work Style]

Hi, this is R-Hack editorial office. In this “Work Style” series, we will highlight and introduce the variety of people working here at Rakuten Commerce & Marketing Company Development Department(C&M Company TECH). Junli studied in the int…

Working in One of Japan’s Largest Global Company: Interview with Enzo from Scotland [Work Style]

Hi, this is R-Hack editorial office. In this “Work Style” series, we will highlight and introduce the variety of people working here at Rakuten Commerce Tech.

Becoming a Hiring Manager

Hello. This is Idel from Osaka Branch.I joined Rakuten in late 2015 as an Engineer. One year later I switched to Project Management and then got an additional role as Vice-Group Manager the following year.In this article I would like to sh…

A new member joined the Rakuten Ichiba Product Manager Section!

Hi, this is R-Hack editorial office. In this “Work Style” series, we will highlight and introduce the variety of people working here at Rakuten Commerce Tech. *The mask was taken off only for the picture. Introducing: Segawa-san, Product M…

From A Patissier to A Tech Producer!What’s the reason for the job change?

We have a number of new joiners every month; now we would like to introduce those successful new hires in this series. Surprisingly, some people come from completely different industries- the first story is about Masao, who was hired as a …