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How Rakuten hires

Truth index
A 88/100
Median time to fill
74 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
27%
Reposted roles
0%

Rakuten scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 66 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 27% have gone stale and 0% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 74 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

Overview

Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, Rakuten is a major global technology conglomerate that operates a diverse ecosystem of internet and digital services. The company is widely known for its massive e-commerce platforms, alongside a robust portfolio spanning financial technology and digital content. Furthermore, it has established itself as an innovative force in the telecommunications industry through the development of cloud-native mobile network infrastructure.

News

News noteノート 1 month ago
The History and Current State of Rakuten Mobile Base Station Expansion - How Far Has Area Improvement Progressed?まめ研究員
When the topic of Rakuten Mobile comes up, the first question people ask, even before the pricing, is, "So, how is the coverage actually?" While the price list is the same for everyone to see on the official website, the actual experience of signal streng
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News noteノート 1 month ago
⑮ Concerns about Rakuten Mobile after 6 years of use壱岐雄介@楽天社員
PR This article includes information provided by a Rakuten Group employee.I have written about the positive aspects of Rakuten Mobile, but this time I will also write about the concerns. These are my honest feelings based on my 6 years of
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News Deadline 1 month ago
K-Drama Day Returns For Fourth Time One Rakuten Viki
Rakuten Viki's annual K-Drama Day is coming back for a fourth time, with stars such as Park Ji Hoon and Bae In Hyuk involved.
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News TheFastMode 1 month ago
Rakuten Symphony, TAWAL Launch Saudi Arabia's First Cloud RAN Shared Indoor Network
Rakuten Symphony, TAWAL Launch Saudi Arabia's First Cloud RAN Shared Indoor Network
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News PublishersWeekly.com 2 months ago
Rakuten Kobo Returns to U.S. Retail as Sales Double
Best Buy is now stocking Kobo's e-readers, which have been absent from U.S. retail since its partnership with Walmart ended in 2024. CEO Michael Tamblyn identifies several factors that have
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News AdExchanger 6 months ago
Rakuten And Impact.com Forge A New Alliance That Resets The Affiliate Industry
The two longest-standing names in the affiliate and partnership marketing category, Rakuten and Impact.com, have decided to stop fighting each other and will instead fight together. Rakuten is best-known for its consumer retail and rewards apps, but its c
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Rakuten over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
295
Postings analysed
317
Stack modernity
79/100AI adopter
Languages
SQL29%
Python26%
Java17%
JavaScript15%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js5%
Spring Boot4%
JUnit3%
Spring Framework2%
Databases
MySQL9%
Redis6%
Google BigQuery5%
Oracle5%
Cloud & platforms
GCP19%
AWS16%
Azure15%
Kubernetes14%
AI & ML
LLM8%
ChatGPT2%
Claude2%
LoRA<1%
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Full Rakuten tech stack 295 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$46k
Typical range
$46k
Open positions
1
1 Jobs
Middle 100%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Middle 1 $46k $46k
Highest paying role IT Infrastructure Management Division: Operations Manager (In-house IT Maintenance Manager) $46k
Normalized to USD per year

Growth

Hiring Momentum
64/100
Growing
Open positions
562
67 opened / 67 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
64 days
faster than 20% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~21 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Marketing
10% ▼
Operations
10%
Management
9% ▼
Sales
9%
Product
8% ▲
HR
6% ▲
Actively hiring for Sales (+10 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
+8 jobs in a week Oct 2026
New location: Matsuyama Oct 2026
Added Physical AI to stack Oct 2026
Added API Gateway to stack Oct 2026
Added SPSS to stack Oct 2026
Added Scala to stack Oct 2026
Added Blue-Green Deployment to stack Oct 2026
Added Ubuntu to stack Oct 2026
Added Keras to stack Oct 2026
Added Least Privilege to stack Oct 2026
Added Hypothesis to stack Oct 2026
Added HubSpot to stack Oct 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
17
Hiring now
17
Countries
1
Busiest office
Tokyo
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Tokyo Japan
HQ
Rakuten Crimson House Aoyama
541 open roles 432 posted in 90 days 23% engineering 1% remote 1000-5000 est. staff $46k Avg Salary
hires for Operations, Marketing, Management
seen since Oct 2025 job postings
Osaka Japan
Regional office
Sumitomo Nakanoshima Building
9 open roles 6 posted in 90 days 11% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Marketing, Leadership, Backend
seen since May 2026 job postings
Fukuoka Japan
Support & operations
T-Building HAKATA EAST
4 open roles 5 posted in 90 days 50% engineering 10-50 est. staff
hires for Data Science, Backend, Management
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Chūō Japan
Shinkin Chuo Kinko Building
2 open roles 2 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for HR, Marketing
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Sendai Japan
Milene T Sendai Building
2 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for HR, Sales
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Fuji Japan
Fuji Film Nagoya Building
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Ishikawa Japan
Visage
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Sep 2026 job postings
Chiba Japan
Plant / site
Rakuten Fulfillment Center Narashino
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Sales
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Kyoto Japan
JRE Shijo Karasuma Center Building
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Yokohama Japan
Yokohama Minato Daiichi Seimei Building
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Hiroshima Japan
GRANODE Hiroshima
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Matsumoto Japan
Asahi Seimei Matsumoto Building
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Nagaoka Japan
Nagaoka Office
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Apr 2026 job postings
Naha Japan
JR Kyushu Naha Building
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Shizuoka Japan
Mizunomori Building
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Ichikawa Japan
Plant / site
Rakuten Fulfillment Center Ichikawa 2
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Matsuyama Japan
GRANDIA SANBANCHO BLDG
1 open roles 1-10 est. staff
hires for Operations
seen since Jul 2026 job postings
Earlier presence
Kobe, Japan 1 open roles · last posting Jul 2026
Niigata, Japan 1 open roles · last posting Jul 2026
Kagoshima, Japan 1 open roles · last posting Jul 2026

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