Software Engineer Intern

Rakuten Group, Inc. is a global leader in internet services and has a diverse ecosystem spanning across e-commerce, fintech, communications and more serving approximately 1.8 billion members worldwide. Founded in Tokyo in 1997, the Group operates in over 30 countries and regions with more than 30,000 employees.

Based in Singapore's Central Business District, Rakuten Asia Pte. Ltd. serves as the regional headquarters for Asia, driving value through areas such as advertising product development, product strategy, and data management to support Rakuten Group's global ecosystem.

Learn more at: https://global.rakuten.com/corp/

The Global Ad Technology Department (GATD) manages the whole of the advertising systems that power Rakuten. We are a cross-functional and data-driven organization working together in a diverse team spread across five countries: Japan, Singapore, India, China and UK.

GATD Website: https://corp.rakuten.co.jp/careers/feature/adtech/en/

The Software engineer intern will be part of the Affiliate Team at Rakuten, contributing to the development and optimization of affiliate systems that power various Rakuten Group products, including Rakuten Ichiba, Rakuten Travel. This Service is responsible for handling large number of requests every day handling huge volumes of Data. Once Joined, the Intern will work on productivity and quality improvement tasks gaining hands-on experience with impactful projects.

Your main responsibility will be to understand and complete the tasks assigned.

• Understand the current system (web application)
• Develop new features using Java and React JS following the team's software development life cycle.
• Write unit-tests and integration-tests.
• Create documents to capture the technical design decisions that you and other team members have made.

Qualifications:

• Curiosity and Passion for solving problems
• Basic of JavaScript, ReactJs and Java programming
• Familiarity with SQL or no-SQL technologies is a plus
• Familiarity with Spring Boot
• Positive attitude and excellent team player
• Good written and spoken communication skills.

Additional information:

• Internship duration: 3-6 months
• Internship period: 2026

Rakuten is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications regardless of sex, marital status, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religious belief or age.