Senior Backend Lead — Scalable Coupon Platform

Rakuten; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Rakuten Asia Pte. Ltd. based in Singapore’s CBD leads the Loyalty Platform and Coupon initiatives. This senior backend role focuses on designing, implementing and operating scalable services for Rakuten Coupon, translating product needs into robust technical solutions.

You'll mentor juniors, collaborate with global teams in an agile setup, and drive architectural trade-offs to deliver reliable, high‑quality platforms for Rakuten's loyalty ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (BS) in Computer Science, Engineering or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 8 years of experience with Java, SQL for MySQL
• Solid knowledge of service oriented architecture
• Ability to articulate Architecture choices trade-offs
• Strong understanding of Unix/Linux operating systems
• Large scale B2C app development and maintenance experience.
• Experience designing API: REST, etc
• Experience using framework: Spring
• Proficiency in: Docker, Kubernetes
• Can work in globally distributed Agile development teams

Responsibilities

• You will be in charge to design, implement and operate scalable Backend Services for the Rakuten Coupon platform.
• For that you will have to translate product requirements into elegant technical solutions.
• You will have at heart to share your knowledge by mentoring junior team members and helping them to reach their full potential.
• As a senior engineer, you should strive to be our next technical leader and demonstrate your motivation in collaborating with all necessary organizations in our company.
• And most importantly, you will have at heart to maintain a high quality and reliable service level to provide high satisfaction to our clients.

Skills

Java

SQL

SOA

Unix/Linux

Architecture trade-offs

Mentoring

Agile teams

REST API design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Spring

Docker

Kubernetes

MySQL

Job description

Rakuten Asia Pte. Ltd. based in Singapore’s CBD leads the Loyalty Platform and Coupon initiatives. This senior backend role focuses on designing, implementing and operating scalable services for Rakuten Coupon, translating product needs into robust technical solutions.

You'll mentor juniors, collaborate with global teams in an agile setup, and drive architectural trade-offs to deliver reliable, high‑quality platforms for Rakuten's loyalty ecosystem.