Software Engineer (Fresh Grad)

5G-Starlink Pte.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Rakuten is seeking a Software Engineer (Fresh Grad) to join a global technology team in Singapore. You will develop platforms used across multiple products, with a focus on RESTful services and scalable design.

Embrace TDD, CI/CD, cloud computing, and modern web service development to improve engineering practices. You will contribute to innovative problem-solving and build reliable, data-driven software that performs under pressure and scales with user demand.

Qualifications

• Any related degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Strong CS fundamentals in object-oriented design, problem solving and complexity analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver software platforms used across multiple products and organizational units.
• Understand RESTful services and design scalable, quality services.
• Utilize TDD practices to ensure high-quality code with low production defects.
• Leverage CI/CD, cloud computing and web service development to refine development practices.
• Engage in innovative problem-solving with prototypes and pilots.
• Instrument services to ensure scalable and reliable deployed software.

Skills

CS fundamentals

Distributed systems

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Operational excellence

English proficiency

Education

Computer Science degree

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud computing

Web services development

Job description

About the job Software Engineer (Fresh Grad)

Rakuten is a global Internet and e-commerce company with over 1.3billion registered users worldwide. Our e-commerce platform is thelargest of its kind in Japan and among the world's largest by sales.Rakuten has many subsidiaries as well, including well-known brands likeRakuten VIKI, ShopStyle, Curbside, Rakuten TV, Kobo (e-Reading) andViber (messaging).

Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver software platforms used across multiple products and organizational units.
• Asound understanding of RESTful services, together with the ability todesign and implement such services with good scalability and quality
• Utilize TDD practices to ensure delivery of high-quality code with low rates of production defects.
• Bringto bear your experience leveraging best in class tools and technologies(CI/CD, cloud computing, web service development) to refine and improvesoftware development practices for your team.
• Engage ininnovative problem-solving activities, requiring conceptual thinkingcreating 'out of the box' solutions with prototypes and pilots.
• Instrument services and solutions to ensure deployed software is scalable and reliable.

Skills and Experiences:

• Any related degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Strong CS fundamentals in object-oriented design, problem solving, and complexity analysis.
• Experience with distributed systems, caching and persistence solutions would be a plus.
• Ability to troubleshoot and identify the root cause of issues under the pressure of time.
• Ability to effectively articulate technical challenges and solutions.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, with strong command of verbal and written English.
• Demonstrated skill and passion for operational excellence.
• Customerfocused mind-set, taking pride in creating an informative data-driven journey.

Experience in the following tech programs: