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 (472) , 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 250 reviews)); "Free food and drinks 24/7; very casual attire; mid" ((in 203 reviews)); "Nice people to work with" ((in 182 reviews)); "Good benefits including some paid lunches each week and you cant forget the In" ((in 136 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 289 reviews)); "Management is bad and HRs are not friendly." ((in 193 reviews)); "Sometimes managers have no technical knowledge or hands on experience making technical decisions and those projects are promised to fail or become a nightmare." ((in 134 reviews)); "Leadership is weak and only knows how to emulate their Japanese counterpart which doesn't seem to work in the US." ((in 42 reviews)); "Bad upper management." ((in 33 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

Dec 5, 2021

Awesome Working Environment

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Awesome Working Environment. In some department very good working culture. Free food. Prayer Room

Cons

Low Salary when compared with other companies in the same level. Never mind the quality but they are very concern about the employers salary

3.0

Nov 1, 2021

Good place to grow, but might be exhausting soon

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Lots of scope to do as an Engineer Several types of task and projects to work on, frontend, backend, CI/CD, batch jobs, DB pipelines, mobile apps Depending on teams, can rub of from skilled people surrounding

Cons

Easily be doing overtime to complete all tasks Goals settings and HR targets can be not of your interest Task assignment is not as organized Expected to do anything thrown at even if its new language

3.0

Oct 2, 2021

Good opportunity for non Japanese speakers come to Japan

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

English/foreigners friendly environment. Great work-life balancing.

Cons

Inefficient communication and cross team collaboration. Hiring standards for engineers are not high.

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