Their vision
Rakuten Tech in Europe, as part of the Rakuten Group, shares these values and uses these Principles to achieve its goals.
Meet Fergal Downey, our Vice General Manager, to understand the vision, and the challenges for our organization.
Rakuten Tech in Europe
Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning, Big Data, Blockchain, Cyber Security
Paris, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, London, Tallinn
Past and future
Their story
The Rakuten Group (which means Optimism in Japanese) was founded in 1997 by Hiroshi "Mickey" Mikitani in Japan. The Ichiba platform was launched the same year, with great ambitions for growth. Today, the Rakuten Group is represented by 30,000 employees worldwide, with a wide range of businesses. The group has grown and continues to grow with a strong corporate culture and Five Principles for Success.
Company values
Always Improve, Always Advance
Encourage challenges - Innovate - Create “Get things done” culture
Passionately Professional
Drive accountability - Build an impactful team - Unleash/Develop Talent
Hypothesize → Practice → Validate → Shikumika
Strategy planning - Collaborate - Shikumika (systemize)
Maximizing Customer Satisfaction
Increase Internal/External customers value
Speed!! Speed!! Speed!!
Quick and accurate decision making
Sustainability
As a first ambition since the creation of the group, Rakuten wishes to empowering people and society through innovation and entrepreneurship. In the same way, Rakuten Tech in Europe contributes to the Carbon Neutrality Strategy of the Rakuten Group, by involving all teams in the implementation of actions around Green IT.
Working groups were created to collectively address the issue and reduce our environmental impact:
- work on a consumption measurement tool
- maturity assessment
- work on hardware procurement by implementing good practices within the organization
- cloud resources allocation
- eco-design
- and finally motivating teams through awareness-raising actions (digital mural, organization of Green Days) …
Presentation
Rakuten is a global technology leader in services that empower individuals, communities, businesses and society. Founded in Tokyo in 1997 as an online marketplace, Rakuten has expanded to offer services in e-commerce, fintech, digital content and communications to 1.8 billion members worldwide. The Rakuten Group has more than 30,000 employees, and operations in 30 countries and regions. Our mission is to empower people and society through innovation and entrepreneurship.
Within the Rakuten Group, there is a Global Innovation Hub represented by about 6,000 people, present in Japan, India, China, Singapore, America, and Europe.
Rakuten Tech in Europe is the regional organization for the members of the technology organizations based in Europe. This organization provides global platforms to support the businesses in the Rakuten Ecosystem and enhances these global platforms according to the use cases of the businesses, within Europe and worldwide. Rakuten Tech offers the opportunity to collaborate with all Rakuten's technical teams around the world, and to play a key role in the success and evolution of the group's businesses.
The first global technical team in Europe was created in 2012 and initially had 3 members. Today, Rakuten Tech in Europe represents a multicultural team with members across the continent who collaborate daily with the teams in Japan.
Rakuten Tech in Europe teams work on product/platform development, service delivery/integration and service operations for a range of products/platforms and services covering e-commerce, big data, search, product recommendations, blockchain, data science, business intelligence, information security, user identity management, corporate IT, and data centers and infrastructure. Each team within Rakuten Tech in Europe communicates, collaborates, and creates synergies for the development of the Rakuten Ecosystem.
What they are looking for
Operating in an innovative technology sector, they are looking for new members:
- passionate,
- who like things done well
- who always want to improve
- and, above all, who are looking to collaborate with the whole world to continue innovating
Good to know
If you join them, you will be surrounded by an international multicultural team of passionate experts, who are committed to continue to grow and innovate, thanks to these 5 Principles for Success, called “Shugi”, which are reflected in our practices and ways of working:
- Always Improve, Always Advance
- Passionately Professional
- Maximize Customer Satisfaction
- Hypothesize → Practice → Validate → “Shikumika”
- Speed!! Speed!! Speed!!