Rakuten | QA Engineer

QA Engineer

Department Overview
Media and Data Solutions Development Department (MDSD) is a Tech Organization that develops and operates more than 20 services of various sizes within Rakuten Group. Our mission is to attract users from inside and outside of Rakuten Group by providing attractive services to users while taking on new technological challenges.

Why We Hire
As MDSD has been launched as a new development organization, the QA organization is also being rebuilt. By welcoming a senior level expert, we aim to setup a stronger team.

Position Details
- Develop, execute, and maintain automation test scripts, utilities, data sets leveraging commercial and/or open-source tools
- Work with software engineers and architects to implement product APIs for test automation as necessary (e.g. test stubs)
- Partner with other automation engineers to create a unified approach to automation across the team
- Architect maintainable and extendable automated test frameworks and tools using scripting language(s) to test various product APIs as well as GUI elements
- Troubleshoot defects in existing code
- Work with support, stakeholders and developers to aid in replication of software defects
- Automate testing of defects and assist with the maintenance of Regression Test suite
- Collaborate as part of a development team by providing a customer viewpoint
- Make suggestions/contributions for the improvement of software testing/quality
- Process from the standpoint of the stakeholder, internal user or end user
- Contribute in meetings, Scrums, and other inter-team interaction
- Provide software and hardware capability assessments to outside departments
- Research and make recommendations to the group regarding new technology available and its proper application

- Minimum 5 year’s software QA testing experience
- Experience of batch process and API integration testing
- An understanding of HTML and XML technologies
- Understanding of cross-browser development using core web development tools and technologies (such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, JSON, Browser-stack)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills. Must demonstrate ability to communicate effectively with Senior Management, supervisor peers, and end users. Audiences will include technical and non-technical individuals.
- Strong prioritization skills, candidate must be able to prioritize projects based on market demands
- Strong multi-tasking skills are a must for this exciting, fast paced environment
- Experience working with end users or Product Management to ensure requirements are represented within test plans
- TOEIC score 800 or equivalent English language ability

- 2-3 years of direct experience in Software Automation (Selenium, Cucumber)
- Knowledge of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), Agile SCRUM and test-driven development experience
- Java/PHP web development skills (MVC)
- Strong working knowledge of MySQL, Oracle, KVS
- Excellent analytical troubleshooting skills
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Programming, Mathematics/Analytics or related field or equivalent experience.
- Japanese language skill