Application Engineer - System Development Department, System Division, Rakuten Bank, Ltd.
Rakuten8 days ago
Tokyo, JapanSenior
Responsibilities
- Lead engineering work spanning application design, development, testing, and service-in activities for new functions and services.
- Understand business requirements and deliver high-quality features quickly.
- Maintain and improve service levels for financial applications.
- Coordinate and negotiate with internal and external stakeholders.
- Review requirements documents, design documents, test cases, and other development products.
- Manage process quality from requirements definition through system release against standard development processes.
- Analyze test quality, defect trends, quality risks, and root causes.
- Analyze post-release faults across applications, infrastructure, and operations and provide countermeasures.
- Communicate issues and improvement recommendations to relevant departments.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of business application design experience in financial systems.
- At least 5 years of Web/open systems design and implementation experience.
- At least 5 years of Java implementation experience.
- At least 3 years of Oracle Database knowledge and experience.
- Experience securing non-functional requirements including performance, security, and productivity.
- At least 1 year of software quality control or QA experience at a system company, or at least 3 years of system test planning and test design experience.
- Quality analysis skills, logical thinking, flexibility, multitasking ability, initiative, communication skills, summarization ability, and Japanese writing skills.
- Preferred: lead engineer or team-leading experience, Web/AP server and infrastructure experience, mission-critical system development, end-user service development, financial institution experience, system development experience, and testing qualifications such as JSTQB.
Benefits
- Location: Shinagawa, Tokyo.
- Employment by Rakuten Group, Inc. with secondment to Rakuten Bank, Ltd.
- Access to Rakuten Group employee benefits.
About Rakuten
Rakuten Group builds e-commerce marketplaces, financial services (credit cards, payments, banking, securities), and digital/communications offerings for consumers and merchants worldwide. It monetizes through transaction fees, financial services income, advertising, and mobile subscriptions; flagship businesses include Rakuten Ichiba, Rakuten Card, and Rakuten Mobile. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Setagaya, Tokyo, the company is publicly listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and operates across many countries and regions.