Job Description:
Rakuten International oversees 7 businesses with over 4,000 employees globally. The brand is recognized for its leadership and innovation in e-commerce, digital content, advertising, entertainment, and communications, bringing the joy of discovery and access to more than 1 billion members across the world. Our teams deliver on the company’s mission to delight merchants and customers through innovation, optimism, and teamwork.
SUMMARY:
BDD (Big Data Department) is a global team, with offices in Tokyo, Paris, and Boston, focusing on deploying large scale search and recommendations technologies to Rakuten Business Units worldwide. We operate with open source technologies and analyze data to innovate and build new cutting-edge machine learning/statistical modeling platform and applications.
We are looking for a talented Associate Software Engineer to come join the Boston team in developing large scale big data platform and solutions.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Be part of the implementation/deployment team in creating experiments and deploying to production.
- Build new algorithms or models to improve our big data solutions.
- Analyze, develop & recommend metrics to drive business decisions.
- Create business solutions through a combination of data science and software development.
- Collaborate with project managers, developers, and business units to develop products & services.
- Participate in managing and maintaining the applications on an ongoing basis.
- Work with a global team across several locations and time zones.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities):
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Solid understanding of algorithms and data structures.
- Strong software development skills in either Java, Javascript, Python, Node JS, or similar languages.
- Effective communication and collaboration skills.
- Knowledge of Information retrieval and NoSQL databases such as Cassandra.
- Experience with full text search engines like Lucene/Solr/ElasticSearch.
- Experience with distributed systems and data processing frameworks such as Hadoop/SparkSQL.
- Deep understanding of mathematics and its business applications.
- Experience with Linux Administration and scripting languages.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:
- B.S. in Applied Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, or other quantitative science.
- 0-3 years of software development experience.
Rakuten provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Rakuten considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.
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