Front-End Engineer - Cloud Management Department (CMD)

Job DescriptionBusiness OverviewThe Technology Platforms Division (TPD) drives the growth of Rakuten's ecosystem by delivering innovative, high-quality technology platforms characterized by integrated control and strategic partnerships.Within TPD, the Cloud Platform Supervisory Department (CPSD) develops and manages Rakuten's state-of-the-art cloud platform, empowering global scalability and accelerating innovation across its diverse business units.Department OverviewThe Cloud Management Department (CMD) leads Rakuten’s unified cloud infrastructure strategy by providing governance and essential tools to ensure seamless operation and high satisfaction among service providers and users. As the central point for strategy, planning, and process governance, we manage the cloud product portfolio, budgeting, quality, and security. Furthermore, we empower cross-departmental success through robust cloud foundation and management solutions.PositionWhy We HireWe are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Front-End Engineer to join our team, focusing on the development of critical internal front-end development tooling and robust cloud portals. This role is pivotal in creating both internal and external-facing applications that seamlessly integrate various Rakuten services utilized worldwide. Through leveraging a strategic blend of open-source technologies and custom development, you will contribute to our mission of aggregating Rakuten platforms. Your work will be instrumental in delivering a unified user experience and enabling seamless cross-service functionality, ultimately accelerating Rakuten's time-to-market for new services and innovations.Position Details Develop and maintain design systems Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines Develop user interfaces for internal and external cloud portals Developing APIs Integrate services and products into the cloud portals Optimize application for maximum speed and scalability Work with UI/UX designers to ensure technical feasibility of the designs and making them a reality Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders in an empathetic manner Participate in code and design reviews to maintain high development standards Providing user support Mentor and grow other developersMandatory Qualifications Knowledge of React, and front-end infrastructure - bundlers (e.g. webpack), storybook, jest, etc. Knowledge of asynchronous request handling Experience with performance optimizations Experience setting up and configuring CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, CircleCI)Desired Qualifications Experience with TypeScript Experience with state management libraries (e.g. Zustand, Jotai, Redux) Experience with e2e testing (e.g. Playwright or Cypress) Experience with developing APIs Understand cross-browser compatibility issues Experience with containerization (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes) Interest in UX design Interest in operational tasks (e.g. devops, SRE) Experience working with micro-frontends Experience working with monorepos (e.g. NX, Lerna) and micro-frontends Backend development experience#engineer #frontendengineer #webdeveloper #technologyplatformdiv #JavaScriptLanguagesEnglish (Overall - 2 - Intermediate)