Job Description:Business OverviewRakuten is one of the leading e-commerce companies in the world. Our mission is to empower people and society through the internet while aiming at becoming the Global Innovation Company. Department OverviewThis QA team is responsible of the Quality Assurance of the Rakuten Ichiba service. You can be involved in leading e-commerce services, and develop your skills in a global environment.Why We HireRakuten Group, Inc provides services to millions of users and is expanding rapidly, but we don’t believe in growth without quality. Therefore, we are looking for a very talented and enthusiastic Test Automation Engineer, capable of building up our test automation architecture so we can assure the reliability and scalability of our services. Position Details- Work closely with test engineers and development teams to define and improve the test automation architecture- Test automation architecture design/operation- Design and operate original test automation framework- Design and operate CI/CD environment- Assign and review tasks to team members (including outsourced members)- Design test automation scripts for UI, API, and web applications- Implementation of test automation scripts- Operation of test automation tools- Verification and Analysis of test results- Test result reporting Work EnvironmentOur QA team, formed by 5 to 10 members, has a global working environment were both English and Japanese are used. The QA knowledge of the team is constantly improved through Overseas Conferences and weekly certification study sessions like ISTQB, and we maintain a healthy work-life balance (average overtime of 20-30 hours monthly, depending of the team). Also, we conduct regular 1on1 meetings to create a safe, comfortable working environment.Mandatory Qualifications:- Over 3 years of experience in test automation development / implementation- Any language is fine, but having experience of using some testing middleware or framework is required (ex; Junit / Test::Unit / unittest / Selenium / Cypress)- Backend knowledge + application testing experience- Experience in developing / designing / implementing UI & API tests- Can read Japanese documents and communicate in Japanese Desired Qualifications:- Test planning / design / implementation experience- Internet Service Industry knowledge and experience- ISTQB foundation level knowledge- e-Commerce domain knowledge- Service-OrientedSoft Skills- Proactively involves others in order to solve problems or improve the situation.- Having inquiring mind for various issues/items.- Having passion to learn continuously in a fast-moving environment.- Must be able to communicate effectively with various stakeholders as well as other QA team members.- Willing to tackle new challenges and drive improvements, NOT satisfied with the status quo and routine work.- A good team-worker who promotes team-working culture within and outside of the team.Additional information on LocationRakuten Crimson House Additional information on QualificationTOEIC Score 800 or above (or similar level of English ability or a University Degree earned in an English-speaking country)In this case, it is necessary to achieve a TOEIC Score exceeding 800 after joining Rakuten in order to be eligible to become a regular employee.If no evidence is available to prove the qualifications denoted above, taking an IP test, organized by Rakuten, during selection process is required.Japanese Business Level (JLPT N3 and can communicate in Japanese)#engineer #applicationsengineer #commerce #RakutenichibaLanguages:English (Overall - 3 - Advanced), Japanese (Overall - 3 - Advanced)