Rakuten

E-commerce · Fintech · Mobile telecommunications · Digital services · Setagaya, Tokyo

Rakuten Group operates an ecosystem of internet, fintech and mobile services linked by a common membership and loyalty program. Its offerings include the Rakuten Ichiba marketplace, travel booking, advertising, Kobo e-books, Viber messaging, credit cards, banking, securities, insurance, payments and mobile carrier services for consumers, merchants and other businesses.

The group earns revenue through commerce and advertising fees, sales of digital content and devices, financial-service income and fees, and mobile subscriptions and telecom platform services. Rakuten reports Internet Services, FinTech and Mobile as its three business segments.

Salary range
¥4.3M – ¥4.6M
Median
¥4.3M – ¥4.6M
Can be worked in English
24%
Visa-sponsorship signal
6%
Most requested
Common areas
  • Security 11
  • Consulting & strategy 9
  • Operations 6
  • Project management 5

Measured from the 62 listings Ranked has live for Rakuten. Japanese level, visa signal and skills are AI-graded from each posting and can be wrong — confirm against the employer's original posting before applying.

62

11

Full-time

EN preferred

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Marketing

Digital Mkt

Responsible for sales budget formulation, progress management, and marketing strategy for internet products.

Full-time

JP preferred

Visa maybe

Strategy

Biz Dev

Mentorship

Lead new-business strategy from opportunity discovery through launch, combining market and competitive analysis, financial modeling, partnership development, executive communication, and cross-functional delivery.

Full-time

JP required

EN required

Visa maybe

Network

Enterprise

Maintain and expand backhaul satellite lines, coordinate with carriers and vendors, support VSAT training, validate satellite communications, and help build and license LEO satellite earth stations.

Full-time

EN required

Japanese (N5)

Visa maybe

Cybersec

Compliance

Supports information security governance, risk and compliance across Digital Trust pillars, translating regulatory and security requirements into controls, policies, evidence and assurance.

Full-time

JP required

EN preferred

Visa maybe

QA

Project Mgr

Responsible for quality assurance management in the IT department, including process formulation, reviews, and bug management.

Full-time

JP required

EN required

Visa maybe

Strategy

Network

Responsible for planning mid- to long-term strategies for Rakuten Mobile's network based on the latest technology trends.

Full-time

JP required

EN required

Visa maybe

Security

Linux

Test web, mobile, API, cloud, telecom, and AI/ML systems through manual and automated penetration testing. Identify vulnerabilities, document findings, and validate remediation.

Full-time

EN preferred

JP Native

Visa maybe

Tech Lead

Backend

Responsible for system development and application support, leading multiple development projects and guiding team members.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Sales

Fintech

Account Mgr

Agency Sales Representative in Rakuten Life's Sales Promotion Headquarters, responsible for the agency sales function.

Full-time

EN required

Japanese (N1)

Visa maybe

Biz Dev

Enterprise

The role involves negotiating with stakeholders such as government agencies and legislators to develop policies aligned with Rakuten Mobile's business strategy.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Management

Fintech

Cybersec

Responsible for enhancing and promoting business continuity plans in the insurance group, focusing on risk assessment and training.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Finance

Accounting

Enterprise

The role involves planning and executing internal audits, assessing risks, and communicating findings to management to enhance company value.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Biz Dev

Enterprise

Large co

Plans and proposes insurance solutions linking Rakuten services with insurance, coordinates product creation and enrollment requirements, and sets post-release operations across group businesses.

Full-time

EN preferred

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Strategy

Finance

Supports corporate strategy, budgeting and variance management, executive meeting operations, cross-functional project coordination, and AI-enabled process improvement within Rakuten's insurance business.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Fintech

Account Mgr

Enterprise

Responsible for insurance payment agreements and claims processing for fire and new type insurance, utilizing advanced technology and the Rakuten ecosystem.

Full-time

EN required

Japanese (N1)

Visa maybe

Management

Strategy

Manage negotiations with stakeholders including government agencies and telecom operators, focusing on policy proposals and lobbying activities.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Accounting

Management

Finance

Leads IFRS and Japanese GAAP closing, regulatory disclosures, tax and audit coordination, data analysis, accounting-system renewal, and AI-enabled process improvement for insurers.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Operations

Enterprise

Large co

Reviews vehicle accident photos and images, assesses causes and damage, negotiates repair costs with repair shops, and investigates liability to support fair claim resolution.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Management

Operations

Project Mgr

Manager position in Rakuten General Insurance’s Business Process Reform Department, with the supplied posting identifying the role but no further responsibilities.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Sales

Biz Dev

Account Mgr

Responsible for sales of extended warranty services to Rakuten marketplace customers, improving service quality and developing new sales strategies.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Accounting

Management

Finance

Manage accounting operations, including budget management, cash management, and financial analysis. Lead automation and efficiency improvements in accounting processes.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Data Science

ML

Python

Analyze data and create predictive models for insurance products, including pricing and revenue management.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Legal

Compliance

Fintech

Support legal compliance and risk management through legal advice and checks on contracts, intellectual property, and regulations.

Full-time

EN required

Japanese (N1)

Visa maybe

Strategy

Management

The role involves negotiating with stakeholders such as government agencies and telecommunications companies to support Rakuten Mobile's business strategy.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Sales

Account Mgr

Biz Dev

The role sells group credit life insurance and related services to banks, builds financial-institution relationships, and resolves partner issues after implementation.

Full-time

EN preferred

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Finance

Compliance

Manage short-term government and corporate bond portfolios for a non-life insurer, executing trades, monitoring cash flows and risks, analyzing markets, and preparing reports.

Full-time

EN required

Japanese (N1)

Visa maybe

Management

Project Mgr

The role involves negotiating with external stakeholders and managing interconnection agreements and projects.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Fin Analyst

Management

Fintech

The role involves analyzing financial statements and improving governance in the actuarial department.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Strategy

Enterprise

Large co

Plan new life insurance products, prepare regulatory documents, submit Financial Services Agency approval applications, and coordinate development projects with group companies.

Full-time

JP required

EN required

Visa maybe

Support

Consulting

Supports customer-support transformation by defining future-state operating models, optimizing processes, implementing technology, improving CX, and evaluating AI, automation, and agent-assist solutions.

Full-time

JP required

EN required

Visa maybe

Electrical

Enterprise

RF Satellite Communication Engineers plan and build low-orbit satellite Earth stations, manage radio licensing and inspections, and lead verification tests for satellite services.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Linux

Network

Project Mgr

Design, build, and maintain servers for life insurance services, ensuring operational environments for applications.

Full-time

EN required

Japanese (N2)

Visa maybe

Data Center

Senior

Rakuten is hiring a Senior Data Center Engineer for the Data Center Operation Section of the RMI Cloud Platform Department in Tokyo, Japan.

Full-time

EN required

Japanese (N1)

Visa maybe

Network

Construction

Design, coordinate, and build physical network infrastructure for enterprise services, including NTT dark-fiber work, GC construction, optical-fiber systems, SFPs, and WDM.

Full-time

EN preferred

JP Native

Visa maybe

Management

Eng Manager

Leads multiple application development teams for Rakuten Life’s information systems, coordinating projects, mentoring members, managing vendors, handling incidents, and improving systems.

Full-time

JP required

EN preferred

Visa maybe

Security

Linux

Manages IT risk and security for Rakuten Life, including risk assessments, incident processes, security policies, vulnerability response, audits, privacy controls, and data governance.

Full-time

Japanese (N1)

Visa maybe

Project Mgr

Management

Large co

Manage and promote development projects for insurance business systems, ensuring smooth execution and communication with stakeholders.

Full-time

EN required

Visa maybe

K8s

Linux

Cybersec

Leads detection engineering for cyber defense operations, building Detection-as-Code pipelines, AI/LLM-driven analytics, eBPF runtime security, threat hunting, and SOAR integrations.

Full-time

English?

Visa maybe

Security

K8s

Cybersec

Hunt cyber threats across enterprise, mobile telecommunications, Kubernetes, and cloud environments using MITRE ATT&CK, network analysis, cloud security, and AI-driven methods.

Full-time

EN required

Visa maybe

Security

K8s

Cybersec

Design and operate network and Kubernetes security across Rakuten Mobile, covering F5 traffic controls, Cisco perimeter products, cloud security, incident response, and automation.

Full-time

Japanese (N1)

Visa maybe

Backend

Java

C#

Seeking a System Engineer to support insurance business through development projects, collaborating on design, development, testing, and launch.

Full-time

EN required

Visa maybe

ML

GenAI

Architect

Designs cloud-native telecom solutions and builds LLM/RAG pipelines, Tech SLM capabilities, and AI governance for Rakuten Mobile’s network.

Full-time

EN required

Visa maybe

Management

Docker

K8s

Leads a 24/7 SOC, directing AI-assisted detection and response, L3 incident escalation, telco and Kubernetes security, DFIR, governance, and security-team development.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Security

Cybersec

Fintech

The role involves enhancing cybersecurity measures, analyzing threat trends, and improving incident response systems.

Full-time

JP required

EN preferred

Visa maybe

Management

Strategy

Leads Rakuten Life’s IT planning function, directing IT strategy, governance, investment, risk management and major security and cloud initiatives while managing teams and vendors.

Full-time

EN required

Visa maybe

Security

K8s

Linux

Senior network security engineer designing and operating Linux and Kubernetes security infrastructure, IAM, secrets management, hardening, automation, and incident response.

Full-time

EN preferred

Japanese?

Visa maybe

HR

Management

Supports HR across Rakuten Insurance Group companies, taking on HR planning, HR business partnering, recruiting, operations or payroll according to experience.

Full-time

EN preferred

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Digital Mkt

Marketing

Responsible for planning, executing, analyzing, and improving marketing strategies for internet-based automobile insurance.

Full-time

JP required

EN required

Visa maybe

Operations

Compliance

Supports radio-station licensing and spectrum policy through regulatory research, stakeholder coordination, application and inspection work, fee management, and annual licensing plans.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Management

Operations

Senior

Leads an auto-claims team while handling bodily-injury and property-damage investigations, settlement negotiations and insurance payments. The role also supports decisions on complex or high-value cases and coordinates with lawyers and medical providers.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Operations

Fintech

Fin Analyst

Responsible for underwriting and reinsurance operations, including rule revisions and new product development.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Management

HR

Senior

Leads multiple HR teams across an insurance group, addressing labor and HR-system issues, advising senior management, and overseeing team development, evaluation, and work allocation.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Facilities

Operations

Events

Coordinates cross-company general affairs for an insurance group, covering office facilities, document controls, business continuity, cost tracking, regional-office support and internal events.

Full-time

JP required

EN required

Visa maybe

Hardware

Linux

Designs and evaluates server hardware for Rakuten Mobile’s cloud infrastructure, supporting deployment, handover and operation. Investigates hardware failures and works with vendors and related engineering teams.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa maybe

Project Mgr

Senior

Enterprise

Drives project governance and PMO standardization across Rakuten Life’s IT organization, improving development processes, approval gates, reporting, budget monitoring, and adoption of project controls.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa likely

Civil Eng

Construction

Stock Opts

Join Rakuten Mobile's graduate-entry base-station construction project engineer course. The posting requires basic civil or architectural knowledge and assigns successful candidates to this role initially.

Full-time

Japanese (N1)

Visa likely

Cloud

Data Science

Network

An open 2028 graduate engineering track, with placement based on skills, aptitude and staffing needs across software, network, cloud, data science, security and related roles.

Full-time

EN required

Japanese?

Visa likely

Security

Cybersec

New graduates enter a security engineering track with initial placement guaranteed as a security engineer. The listing requires foundational cybersecurity knowledge.

Full-time

Japanese?

Visa likely

Network

Bonus

Stock Opts

A new-graduate network engineering role at Rakuten Mobile, with initial placement as a network engineer. Applicants need foundational knowledge of networks or wireless communications.