Software Engineer III (JavaScript)

at  Rekuten Global

Job Description:
Here at Rakuten Kobo Inc. we offer a casual working start-up environment and a group of friendly and talented individuals. Our employees rank us highly in terms of commitment to work/life balance. We realize that for our people to be innovative, creative and passionate they need to feel valued and supported. We believe in rewarding all our employees with competitive salaries, performance based annual bonuses, stock options and training opportunities.
If you’re looking for a company that inspires passion, personal, and professional growth – join Kobo and come help us on our mission of making reading lives better.
The Role:
Rakuten Kobo is looking for a Software Engineer III to join our amazing Web team! You will be joining one of our development teams to deliver awesome new features for our many users to enjoy.
Our engineers are enthusiastic and operate across the development spectrum, from front-end to back-end to CI/CD and infrastructure. We take full responsibility for our work, from requirements gathering and solutioning, to implementation and testing, to deploying and monitoring how our code behaves in front of real customers. Kobo is looking for an Software Engineer III who has a strong JavaScript and react background who shares these passions and is proud of the work they do.
Reporting to the Software Engineering Manager, the Software Engineer III plays a vital role in all aspects of delivery from design, planning and implementation through to releasing and monitoring.

Responsibilities:

• Write, modify, and debug web applications using JavaScript, React, HTML, and CSS
• Self-document development processes, conduct peer reviews, and give actionable feedback
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand product requirements and create comprehensive test plans
• Perform regression testing to validate software stability after changes or updates
• Collaborate with developers to troubleshoot and resolve issues, providing detailed bug reports
• Monitoring the health of the application after release

The Skillset:

Required:

• Proven experience as a JavaScript Engineer
• Knowledge of client-side single-page applications that use a modern framework such as React
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle and agile methodologies
• Experience with Git
• Experienced and knowledgeable in CI/CD and different testing strategies and techniques (Unit, Integration, UI tests)
• Comfortable with and enthusiastic about learning new technologies
• Exceptional communication and organizational skills

Nice to Haves:

• Test Automation using WebDriver
• Working with GitLab, GitHub, AzDo
• Knowledge of Jest, Webpack, yarn
• Writing shell scripts
• Working with Gitlab CI/CD

About Rakuten Kobo Inc.
Owned by Tokyo-based Rakuten and headquartered in Toronto, Rakuten Kobo Inc. is one of the most advanced global ecommerce companies, with the world’s most innovative eReading services offering more than 6 million eBooks and audiobooks to 30 million + customers in 190 countries. Kobo delivers the best digital reading experience through creative innovation, award-winning eReaders, and top-ranking mobile apps. Kobo is a part of the Rakuten group of companies.
Rakuten Kobo Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Accessibility accommodations for candidates with disabilities participating in the selection process are available on request. Any information received related to accommodation needs of applicants will be addressed confidentially.
Rakuten Kobo would like to thank all applicants for their interest in this role however only qualified candidates will be shortlisted.

• Write, modify, and debug web applications using JavaScript, React, HTML, and CSS
• Self-document development processes, conduct peer reviews, and give actionable feedback
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand product requirements and create comprehensive test plans
• Perform regression testing to validate software stability after changes or updates
• Collaborate with developers to troubleshoot and resolve issues, providing detailed bug reports
• Monitoring the health of the application after releas