Rakuten Group, Inc. is the largest e-commerce company in Japan, and third largest e-commerce marketplace company worldwide, with over 1.5 billion registered users worldwide. The Rakuten brand is recognized worldwide for its leadership and innovation, and provides a variety of consumer and business-focused services including e-commerce, e-reading, travel, banking, securities, credit card, e-money, portal and media, online marketing and professional sports. The company is expanding globally and currently has operations throughout Asia, Western Europe, and the Americas.
Rakuten Viki is a premier global entertainment streaming site where millions of people discover and consume primetime shows and movies subtitled in more than 200 languages, by our community of fans. With billions of videos viewed and more than 1 billion words translated, Viki brings global entertainment to fans everywhere!
As an Associate Engineer, QA (Mobile) at Viki, you will be working on testing our apps, with the option of conducting those tests in iOS, Android, FireTV, Roku, Samsung and LG depending on experience. We are currently looking for a passionate and collaborative engineer who’s willing to explore new technologies and excel at existing ones. As part of the team, you will get the chance to work with an amazing team of Engineers whose work is featured in various tech blogs and news sites. Our apps are regularly featured in multiple countries around the world as well. In addition, you get the chance to learn about media streaming across multiple platforms (Mobile Apps, Connected TV Apps, Chromecast, and so forth).
Key Requirements Include:
- Good understanding of software engineering principles and tools (such as SOLID principles git, CI/CD integration)
- Have troubleshooting and debugging skills to quickly identify vulnerabilities and bugs and tracking them to closure
- Understand functional/technical specifications and analyze data
- Identifying and writing test plans and cases based on the given requirements
- Setting up test environment and test data that are essential for test execution
- Providing test results for every test cycle
- Ensuring product quality across platforms
- Maintaining agility without compromising the user experience
- Collaborate closely with engineering, product and design teams to understand new features and changes, ensuring testing efforts align with project goals and timelines
- Fresh graduates are welcome to apply
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or a related field
- Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Fundamental knowledge of Software Engineering concepts and STLC life cycle
- Proactive attitude towards learning and adopting new testing tools and technologies
- Excellent command of spoken and written English
Bonus Qualifications:
- Video streaming experience
- Exposure with testing frameworks and automation tools
- Experiences in working in product companies
- Experiences in working with in-app subscriptions
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.
