Software Engineer - Intern

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Business Unit Introduction:
Rakuten Advertising, headquartered in San Mateo, California provides digital marketing and advertising services with rich consumer insights that help brands reach new customers globally via direct media and publisher partners.
We are a globally distributed team of 100+ engineers striving to deliver delightful customer experiences for our Affiliate and Media platforms. Our Affiliate marketing platform has been judged as the best in market for 11 years in a row. Join us at Rakuten and you can take ownership of new product features that support our Fortune 500 clients and small content publishers alike. Our tools power various e-commerce and social media experiences and are constantly evolving to meet the next trend in Advertising. Given our wide breadth services, it is highly likely that you have used our technology while making purchases online or even researching your next purchase!
At Rakuten we place a large premium on developing everyone. This is achieved by incorporating time into our schedules to make sure we're learning and growing. To aid this we provide all team members access to various learning platforms paid for by Rakuten. We also have intra team trainings that allow you to learn more about the services that managed within the team and in cases where there are services that may be more generic, there are avenues to share this knowledge with the broader team. We prefer to promote from within so if you're interested in working towards a more a senior individual contributor or people manager role, we'll plan for that and work with you so you can succeed with your career plans.
SUMMARY:
We're looking for a newly graduated engineers who would like to join our development teams to help create solutions for Rakuten Advertising. You will report to an Engineering Manager at Rakuten Advertising and be a part of a team of engineers.
Key Responsibilities

• Understand how to break down work into concise deliverables with a focus on iterative product delivery
• Responsible for hands-on development of solutions in a fast paced and highly scalable environment
• Debug and resolve issues across multiple technology stacks and services
• Collaborate across multiple disciplines and teams
• Operate independently to help develop and iterate on the next generation of services

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities)
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Knowledge of programming paradigms (multithreading, caching, performance tuning).
• Development experience using Java, Golang, Python or React, Vue, JS ES5, HTML/CSS
• Knowledge of data and data driven solutions
• Excellent understanding of OOP design principles (loose coupling, encapsulation, etc.)

Qualification Requirements

• Experience with working on and/or building microservices is preferred
• Experience with SQL and data-analysis
• B.S. or M.S in Computer Science or equivalent experience

At the time of posting, Rakuten expects the hourly rate for this role will be between $30 - $35 per hour. Individual compensation will vary based on job-related factors, including the skills, qualifications, and experience of the successful candidate as well as business need and geographic location.
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