This role manages and improves cloud database platforms supporting Rakuten Payment services. Responsibilities are likely to include database design, deployment, monitoring, performance tuning, backup and recovery, security, availability, incident response, and automation across cloud environments. Candidates should have practical experience administering databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or similar systems, together with knowledge of AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Experience with Linux, scripting, infrastructure automation, high-availability architectures, and troubleshooting large-scale production systems is valuable. The candidate is expected to work closely with developers, infrastructure engineers, and security teams, communicate effectively in a secondment environment, and help build reliable, scalable, and secure payment platforms.
Rakuten is a major Japanese technology and internet services group founded in 1997 and headquartered in Tokyo. Its businesses cover e-commerce, fintech, mobile communications, digital content, advertising, travel, and professional sports. Rakuten Payment, Inc. operates payment-related services within the group, supporting digital transactions and merchant solutions in Japan. The company handles systems where reliability, security, scalability, and regulatory compliance are essential. Rakuten has a large, internationally diverse workforce and commonly uses English alongside Japanese in many technology and corporate environments. Employees may work with modern cloud platforms, large-scale data systems, distributed services, and products used by millions of customers. The group is known for its broad technology ecosystem, internal mobility, and focus on innovation, although roles can involve fast delivery cycles and coordination across multiple business units.
Japan offers strong opportunities in cloud computing, software engineering, cybersecurity, data, fintech, manufacturing technology, and infrastructure operations, especially in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka. Work culture values reliability, preparation, teamwork, and respect for hierarchy, though international technology companies may have more flexible practices. Japan provides excellent public transport, healthcare, safety, food, and urban convenience. Tokyo is energetic and diverse but expensive; regional cities offer lower living costs and a slower pace. Foreign professionals usually need an appropriate work visa, commonly an Engineer/Specialist in Humanities/International Services visa, with the employer often supporting sponsorship. Highly skilled professionals may qualify for a points-based visa and faster permanent residency. Relocating requires arranging housing, registration, banking, health insurance, and sometimes Japanese-language assistance. Learning basic Japanese greatly improves daily life, even when English is used at work.
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