Software Engineer, Rakuten Kobo

• Computer Science or Computer Engineering degree, or equivalent experience
• Ability to clearly communicate and collaborate with team members and cross-functional stakeholders. Comfortable presenting to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Passionate about fostering a culture of learning and technical excellence through knowledge sharing, mentorship, meticulous code reviews, and constructive feedback
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, with a focus on iterating quickly and improving continuously. Familiar with Agile methodologies, such as Kanban and Scrum
• Experience with ASP.NET MVC, WebAPIs, RESTful Services, .NET 8 Microservices
• High level of proficiency with object-oriented languages (C#), TypeScript, and SQL
• Familiar with message brokers (RabbitMQ) and service bus technology (NServiceBus)
• Familiar with architectural patterns, such as API gateways and back-end for front-end
• Experience with relational (MSSQL) and non-relational (RavenDB) databases
• Experience with implementing observability solutions (such as metrics, logs, traces)
• Knowledgeable about testing strategies and techniques (unit, integration, end-to-end)
• Experience with trunk-based development and version control systems, preferably Git

Desirable

• Rakuten Kobo is looking for a Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack, to join our awesome development team that owns personalization and discovery
• The team is responsible for ensuring that users enjoy a customized and curated experience whenever they visit our webstore, mobile apps, and e-readers
• This is a remote position based in Toronto, Canada
• As a Senior Software Engineer, you'll drive the delivery of impactful initiatives and provide invaluable mentorship to the team
• You’ll work closely with cross-functional stakeholders, including the data department, to ensure alignment
• Our engineers are enthusiastic and operate across the development spectrum, including front-end user interfaces, design system, back-end services, infrastructure, and deployment pipelines
• We take full responsibility for our work, from driving requirements gathering and solutioning, to implementation and testing, through to releasing and monitoring
• Rakuten Kobo is looking for an engineer who shares these passions, takes pride in delivering high-quality solutions, and is eager to champion creativity
• Reporting to the Senior Software Engineering Manager, the Senior Software Engineer will play a pivotal role in shaping the technical direction and execution across all aspects of delivery
• This includes leading architectural discussions, establishing best practices, navigating complex challenges, and ensuring the reliability and observability of our systems in production
• Lead the development of front-end user experiences and back-end services to enable impactful features and functionality related to personalization and discovery
• Work closely with data engineers and data scientists to integrate engineering systems with data infrastructure and state-of-the-art machine learning models
• Enhance the performance of critical subsystems and event-driven architectures, pushing the boundaries of near real-time processing of complex computations
• Actively participate in the design system process to identify, implement, and document reusable components for our own in-house component library
• Take ownership of technical decisions and guide the team through complex challenges, ensuring best practices are followed and scalable solutions are implemented