Rakuten is hiring. 620 roles open right now.
Scoutify monitors Rakuten's career page directly and notifies you within minutes when a new role goes live, hours before it hits LinkedIn or Indeed.
INTERVIEW PREP
13 interview questions for Rakuten (3 from real candidates)
[01] HIRING NOW
Live from their career page.
Numbers refresh daily. Every role tracked here was pulled straight from Rakuten's ATS, not an aggregator.
Open roles
620
Posted (30d)
56
-23.3% vs prior
Posted (7d)
13
Posted range
—
Most-hired roles · last 90 days
[02] HIRING PULSE
Rakuten's hiring pulse.
We re-scan Rakuten's career page every few minutes and keep the full posting history, so these counts come from the board itself, not an aggregator.
Posted (7d)
13
Posted (30d)
52
Posted (90d)
203
Scanned every few minutes · newest tracked posting May 22, 2026
[03] COMPENSATION
What Rakuten pays.
Varies widely. Top consumer tech pays competitively with big tech. Smaller consumer companies pay less.
[05] VISA SPONSORSHIP
Hiring international candidates.
Rakuten has a documented USCIS H-1B petition history.
Sponsors H1B · USCIS-confirmed petitioner
Source: USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub. Classifications: yes (5+ approvals), conditional (1-4), no (0).
[06] WHERE THEY'RE HIRING
The cities Rakuten is hiring in.
Every active role mapped to its posted city. Use this to gauge whether Rakutenis actually hiring where you live, or skewed somewhere you'd need to relocate.
Top cities by open roles
Remote: 3 positions
+2 more locations
[07] OFFICES
Where Rakuten works.
Headquartered at Higashi-Shinagawa. So you know where you'd report before you apply.
Office data © OpenStreetMap contributors
[08] LAYOFF HISTORY
What past rounds looked like.
Rakuten has had 1 reported layoff round on public record since 2020. We list these because candidates routinely tell us they wish they had known before applying. Context, not a verdict.
Source: Layoffs.fyi, public record
[09] POSTING PATTERNS
How Rakuten actually posts.
We re-scan Rakuten's career page every few minutes and keep the full history. That lets us spot reposts and timing patterns most candidates never see.
Sunday is hiring day at Rakuten (44% of new postings).
[00] M&A HISTORY
Rakuten has acquired 5 notable companies on public record. Acquisitions tell you about a company's appetite, scale, and direction.
Source: Wikidata
[10] IN THE NEWS
Rakuten in the headlines.
Recent press coverage, pulled from Google News. Worth a scan before an interview or a cold email: funding rounds, launches, and leadership changes are the fastest way to sound current.
Source: Google News. Last 12 months.
[11] ABOUT
What Rakuten does, and who fits.
Rakuten connects people and items through innovative e-commerce solutions.
Rakuten offers a wide range of services, including e-commerce platforms, payment solutions, and logistics management. Our technology platforms drive the growth of the Rakuten Ecosystem, enabling seamless transactions and enhancing customer experiences across various sectors.
Founded
1997
HQ
Higashi-Shinagawa
Founder
Hiroshi Mikitani
Employees
9.9K
2024
Source: Wikidata · QID Q973054
[12] USER-FACING APP
What users say about Rakuten's app.
Aggregate ratings from the iOS App Store and Google Play. A consumer-facing app is the most direct signal of what Rakuten ships to the world.
[13] TECH STACK
What Rakuten actually builds with.
Pulled from the technologies, languages, frameworks, and tools mentioned across Rakuten's recent job descriptions. AI shows up most often. A reflection of the actual day-to-day stack, not just whatever's on GitHub.
Counts = distinct job postings mentioning each tech in a 20-job sample.
[14] RESEARCH OUTPUT
What Rakuten publishes.
Peer-reviewed papers, preprints, and citations attributed to Rakuten on OpenAlex, the open scholarly-graph index. The volume and citation count of recent work is a strong prestige signal for research-heavy roles.
LLDiffusion: Learning degradation representations in diffusion models for low-light image enhancement
Digital Twin for O-RAN Toward 6G
Safety and Efficacy Findings From a Phase Ib/ <scp>II</scp> Study of <scp>ASP</scp> ‐1929 Photoimmunotherapy With Pembrolizumab in Recurrent and/or Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Emotional Instability and Financial Decisions: How Neuroticism Fuels Panic Selling
Optimal resource allocation for rapid convergence to stable healthy state in epidemic spreading models
[15] AT RAKUTEN
The honest take.
The working environment emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement, fostering a culture of psychological safety.
[16] CAREER GROWTH
Where Rakuten takes you next.
Consumer experience is valued broadly. You'll learn to ship fast, measure impact, and respond to users.
[17] INTERVIEW PREP
Going through their loop?
We collect real questions reported by candidates plus likely questions inferred from Rakuten's open roles. Skim the process, prep the questions, save the timing for actually applying.
[18] HOW TO APPLY
Your resume lands in Workday.
Rakuten uses Workday as their applicant tracking system. When you apply, your resume drops directly into their Workday pipeline where recruiters review candidates in arrival order.
Scoutify watches Rakuten's career page continuously. New openings show up here within minutes of posting. Early applicants get more attention because most recruiters review applications in the order they arrive.
One-tap coverage: Workday is one of the portals Scoutify's auto-apply fills end to end. On an Auto-Apply plan, your saved profile and resume are submitted to Rakuten the moment a matching role goes live.
ATS identified from the application URLs on Rakuten's recent postings
[20] SIMILAR COMPANIES
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[21] FAQ
Questions people ask about Rakuten.
Not covered here? Email support@scoutify.com.
Yes, Rakuten does sponsor H1B visas for international candidates seeking employment with the company. This allows skilled professionals from around the world to join their diverse workforce, particularly in key roles such as Software Engineers and Data Engineers. If you're considering applying from outside Japan, it's beneficial to highlight your relevant skills and experience in your application.
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