Rakuten

IT Architect - System Division, Rakuten Bank, Ltd.

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7 hours ago
Tokyo, JapanStaff+
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Responsibilities

  • Define long-term system strategies and technology roadmaps with stakeholders.
  • Translate business problems and software specifications into high-level technical architectures and solid designs.
  • Improve application performance and scalability while satisfying non-functional requirements.
  • Standardize technical solutions, development processes, and coding rules.
  • Manage technical risks to support stable system operation.
  • Review system designs and source code and contribute to team capability improvement.
  • Communicate with key stakeholders and provide technical leadership.

Requirements

  • 15 or more years of Web-layer and Java architecture design and implementation experience.
  • At least 5 years of advanced application design and development experience involving non-functional requirements.
  • At least 5 years of experience as a senior system design and source-code reviewer.
  • At least 5 years of experience serving as a lead engineer.
  • Strong negotiation, communication, logical-thinking, flexibility, multitasking, initiative, curiosity, self-learning, and motivation skills.
  • Preferred: team-leading or group-management experience.
  • Preferred: development-process design or standardization experience.
  • Preferred: experience selecting, adopting, introducing, and practically applying system architectures.
  • Preferred: experience planning and realizing next-generation system architectures.
  • Preferred: experience creating engineering recruitment plans and branding, recruiting, and training engineers.

Benefits

  • Full-time position hired by Rakuten Group, Inc. and seconded to Rakuten Bank, Ltd.
  • Work location: NBF Shinagawa Tower.
  • Employee benefits are referenced through Rakuten Group’s employment conditions.
  • Japanese language proficiency: fluent overall level.

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About Rakuten

10,000+ employees

Rakuten Group, Inc. (TSE: 4755) is a global technology leader in services that empower individuals, communities, businesses and society. Founded in Tokyo in 1997 as an online marketplace, Rakuten has expanded to offer services in e-commerce, fintech, digital content and communications to 2 billion members around the world. The Rakuten Group has more than 30,000 employees, and operations in 30 countries and regions. For more information visit https://global.rakuten.com/corp/.

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