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Based on proven modern infrastructure practices, its open interface platforms make it possible to launch and operate advanced mobile services in a fraction of the time and cost of conventional approaches, with no compromise to network quality or security.\n\nRakuten Symphony has operations in Japan, the United States, Singapore, India, South Korea, Europe, and the Middle East Africa region. For more information, visit: https://symphony.rakuten.com.\nBuilding on the technology Rakuten used to launch Japan's newest mobile network, we are taking our mobile offering global.\n\nTo support our ambitions to provide an innovative cloud-native telco platform for our customers, Rakuten Symphony is looking to recruit and develop top talent from around the globe. We are looking for individuals to join our team across all functional areas of our business – from sales to engineering, support functions to product development.\n\nLet's build the future of mobile telecommunications together!\n\nAbout Rakuten Group, Inc. (TSE: 4755) is a global leader in internet services that empower individuals, communities, businesses and society. Founded in Tokyo in 1997 as an online marketplace, Rakuten has expanded to offer services in e-commerce, fintech, digital content and communications to 2 billion members around the world. The Rakuten Group has over 30,000 employees, and operations in 30 countries and regions. For more information visit https://global.rakuten.com/corp/.\n\nWhat Do We Expect From You\nOur Data Platform team is building a world-class autonomous data service platform to cater services such as data lake as a service, database as a service, data transformation as a service and AI services.\n\nWe are looking for a Data Engineer to help us build functional systems for our data platform services.\n\nFor our autonomous data platform services as a Data Engineer you will be responsible for the end-to-end research and development of relevant features for the platform following the product lifecycle of the offerings.\n\nIf you have in-depth knowledge in Spark, NiFi and other distributed systems, we'd like to meet you.\nUltimately, you will develop various self-managed and scalable services of the data platform which will be offered as cloud services to the end users.\n\nResponsibilities \nResearch and comparative analysis\nSystem architecture design\nImplement integrations\nDeploy updates and fixes\nPerform root cause analysis for production errors\nInvestigate and resolve technical issues\nArchitecture and support documentation\n\nQualifications\nWork experience as a Data Engineer role with 5-8 years of experience.\nGood knowledge of NiFi, Spark and distributed eco systems, knowledge of Kubernetes application development, how to make K8 centric applications is a plus\nExperience in exploratory data analysis and data visualization.\nExpertise in development using Java/Scala\nMust be able to quickly design and implement tolerant and highly available pipelines using distributed eco systems and should have hands-on experience with any NoSQL DB, Presto/Trino, ClickHouse, NiFi, Airflow and Casandra \nSound knowledge of Data Quality, Governance, Data modelling, CDM and popular data architecture patterns.\nExperience in developing API using FastAPI.\nProblem-solving attitude, tinkering approach, and creative thinking\nMust be a strong team player\n\nAdditional Qualifications (Helpful): \nBachelor's degree in Computer Science Engineering, IT, or a related field.\nFamiliarity with the telecom industry and its key players.\n\nRakuten Shugi Principles: \n\nOur worldwide practices describe specific behaviours that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. 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