Senior Javascript Engineer

Meet: Rakuten Rewards

Founded: 1999

Headcount: 4,000 globally & 20 locally

Location / Work Style: Cremorne, Hybrid

Product: e-Commerce Cash-Back Solutions

Tech stack: Typescript, React, Node, REST APIs, AWS

The Story

A global technology company, founded in 1997 as an online marketplace, parent company Rakuten is an industry giant that has expanded offerings to include e-commerce, fin-tech, digital content and communications to 1.9 billion members globally and with presence in over 30 countries!

Then there’s their Rakuten’s Rewards’ cash-back product.

To date, their 17 million members in the U.S. alone have earned over $3.7 billion in cash-back at their favorite stores. How cool is that? It’s a fascinatingly complex system, with millions of users - and that is at the very heart of their business. Rakuten Rewards directly puts money back into the pockets of users, which is pretty damn cool to think about.

A product like this is all about driving greater accuracy within the product pipeline, ensuring users receive the rewards they deserve. And this is where you come in….

The Role

If you want to solve real-world problems that can direct the course of an entire company while having the autonomy to choose the way you solve it then this is the role for you.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll play a key role in shaping the future of the Rakuten Rewards platform. You’ll work across both the app and browser extension environments to track user behavior and transactions, ensuring data accuracy and delivering seamless reward calculations. You will design and build scalable software solutions by understanding user needs, analyzing system workflows, and identifying areas for improvement across data and processes

With millions of users relying on Rakuten’s Rewards cash-back product, you’ll help break down the monolith into microservices, bringing your experience and insights to guide this transformation. Your impact won’t just be in the code—you’ll lead conversations, make autonomous technical decisions, and proactively identify and solve problems. You’ve been through a migration like this before and are excited about greenfield opportunities, AWS innovation, and building with purpose.

What you bring to the role

• Strong experience developing, deploying, and maintaining web libraries and frameworks with a special focus on web security.
• Strong experience writing client-side technologies (JavaScript, CSS, HTML)
• Proven skills with either TypeScript/JavaScript programming languages
• Strong understanding of modern frameworks like ReactJS, Redux, Node
• Demonstrated experience with SOA concepts, principles, and patterns required. You have opinions on these from lessons learned
• Designed event driven architecture for multiple services to consume
• Proficient in writing scalable REST APIs
• Show good understanding of when and why you would want to use Events vs REST
• Excellent understanding of OOP design principles (loose coupling, encapsulation, etc.)
• Experience with internationalization or localization
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent training, fellowship, or work experience

What’s in it for You?

📍Hybrid, with a mix of remote & 3 days a week in person collaboration at their Cremorne based office. You’ll find engineers, designers, sales and company directors all working tightly together and having a bit of fun while they’re at it. Expect regular team lunches and outings, and lots of cake (yum)!

❤️ Families (and life) come first. Flexible working is at the very heart of their ways of working, and you’ll find folks who work a variety of ways (part time, flex start & finish times + more) that suit their unique needs.

🧠 Lots of opportunities for career growth -- with a training/conference budget, the space + support to actually do your L&D within business hours, and supportive mentors who want to you see you shine. Think: Yow, DevOps Days, Udemy courses + more!

🎨 They have an open culture of sharing knowledge, ideas and laughs from all parts of the business. Everyone is encouraged to share their creativity on all aspects of the business, including product, and they ensure all ideas are treated equally.

🚀 Some great perks and benefits on top of your salary compensation - just ask us!

Next steps

Hi we’re affix, proud talent acquisition partners of Rakuten. If this resonates with you, then apply! We can’t wait to meet you.

Beth Wales

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Breanna Skeen

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