Is Rakuten a good company to work for as a Senior Software Engineer?

Senior Software Engineer professionals working at Rakuten have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 185 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Rakuten employees being 3.6 out of 5 stars. Search open Senior Software Engineer Jobs at Rakuten now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Software Engineer interview questions at Rakuten .

Does Rakuten pay Senior Software Engineer employees well?

Senior Software Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Rakuten with 3.4 out of 5 stars based on 185 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 3% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Software Engineer salaries at Rakuten.

How happy are Senior Software Engineer professionals working at Rakuten?

60% of Senior Software Engineer employees at Rakuten would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 14% in the past 12 months. Senior Software Engineer professionals have also rated Rakuten with a 4.1 rating for work-life-balance, 4.1 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.9 rating for culture and values and 3.6 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Rakuten?

Software Engineer (471) , Senior Software Engineer (176) , Applications Engineer (128) , Product Manager (94) , Project Manager (80) , Data Scientist (62) , Manager (59) , Associate Software Engineer (51) , Account Manager (45) , Software Developer (39) , Technical Intern (33) , Intern (29) , Systems Engineer (29) , Devops Engineer (27) , Internship (26)

What are the pros of working at Rakuten according to real employee reviews?

"Also good work life balance because products are not profitable which leads to no major development work." ((in 251 reviews)); "Nothing much great to mention here apart from free food and few free biscuits in pantry." ((in 201 reviews)); "Nice people to work with" ((in 187 reviews)); "Good benefits including some paid lunches each week and you cant forget the In" ((in 127 reviews)); "Free meals and snacks" ((in 107 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Rakuten according to real employee reviews?

"1. Salary is low for fresh graduate (I heard that the salary of mid" ((in 288 reviews)); "Management is bad and HRs are not friendly." ((in 189 reviews)); "Some groups have very high attrition for senior managers due to lack of clarity of role." ((in 137 reviews)); "Leadership is weak and only knows how to emulate their Japanese counterpart which doesn't seem to work in the US." ((in 43 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 35 reviews))

Rakuten Senior Software Engineer reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(185 total reviews)

Hiroshi Mikitani

76% approve of CEO

59% positive business outlook

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Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer employees have rated Rakuten with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 185 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Rakuten is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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185 reviews

3.0

Jan 30, 2025

Bazinga

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Payment can be good if negotiated well - Colleagues - English speaking

Cons

- Work like a startup in a enterprise setup - Micromanagement - No WFH anymore

4.0

Dec 28, 2024

it was good

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

all good here except office politics which is bad

Cons

office politics is not good here else good to join

3.0

Dec 20, 2024

It's Okayish

Senior software engineer i

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

If you want an MNC tag, please come. Also, as being said it's an MNC, benefits are cool.

Cons

When it comes to work, it's not that clean and exciting in many teams, some are nice as well. At one point, you might get stuck in bad office politics. Lastly, please don't understand it as a Product based company. That is Rakuten, not Rakuten India. Here it's a service-based structure that provides resources and services to Rakuten Japan. All decision making and ordering is by them except for one or two projects which are India owned and created.

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