Intern Software Engineering, AI User Experience

Bellevue, WA - USA

Hourly Salary: $ 30 - 50

Posted on: 20 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description:

Rakuten International is a division of Rakuten Group Inc. a Japanese global technology leader in services that empower individuals communities businesses and society. Headquartered in San Mateo California with more than 4000 employees worldwide the Rakuten International business portfolio includes market leaders in e-commerce digital marketing advertising communications and entertainment. We create products and services that provide exceptional value by aligning members and the businesses that want to engage them in a shared community.

Summary:

We are seeking innovative and dedicated Software Engineer to join the Rakuten AI User Experience team. Rakuten AI strives to be your Rakuten AI companion providing the best AI user experience generally contextually and personally. Rakuten AI aims to serve as the AI Core of the Rakuten ecosystem enhancing interconnections between Rakuten services and users to delight customers worldwide more than ever before.

This role involves advancing the AI user experience to serve as the foundational core across the Rakuten products ecosystem by developing innovative AI user experience framework. The ideal candidate will have a strong passion for building solid flexible and immersive AI user experiences using state-of-the-art technologies and will contribute to a unified vision that enhances Rakuten AI foundation at scale.

We also welcome exceptional engineers from diverse fields who may not have direct experience in AI. This role is an opportunity to gain critical skills and knowledge needed to transition into the AI space. We are dedicated to supporting career changers who bring unique perspectives and expertise. Our commitment includes offering mentorship and resources to facilitate your growth in cutting-edge AI domains.

The Intern Experience: At Rakuten we pride ourselves on giving interns a genuine immersive experience that has a direct impact on company objectives. You will do meaningful work and with us youll be a true member of the team. We are also invested in your growth as an individual and professional. Thats why you can expect curated events such as professional development workshops interactions with Rakuten leadership and relationship building opportunities with other interns and professionals at the company.

You can visit and our Muse profile to learn more about Rakutens culture and values as well as hear from last years interns.

Key Responsibilties:

Develop and Maintain Web Applications: Design build and maintain front-end and back-end features for web applications ensuring they are scalable and high-performing.
Build AI Front-End User Experience: Use HTML CSS JavaScript and frameworks like React Angular or Vue to create intuitive and responsive user interfaces.
Develop AI Back-End Services: Build server-side logic and APIs using technologies like Python Java or Ruby.
Building highly flexible scalable Agentic AI Framework by leveraging popular AI toolset like LangChain etc.
Data schema design and database management: Design and manage databases such as MySQL MongoDB PostgreSQL or others ensuring efficient data storage and retrieval.
Integrate APIs and Third-Party Services: Integrate external APIs and services such as OpenAI APIs payment gateways social media APIs or analytics tools as needed.
Perform Testing and Debugging: Write unit integration and end-to-end tests troubleshoot issues and resolve bugs across the full stack of the application.
Optimize for Performance: Improve performance by optimizing application code databases and server configurations to reduce latency and increase efficiency.

Qualifications:

Proficiency in front-end technologies like HTML CSS and JavaScript and experience with at least one modern front-end framework (e.g. React Angular or Vue).
Proficiency in Back-End Development knowledgeable of server-side languages such as C# Java Python Ruby or PHP and familiarity with building RESTful APIs and knowledgeable of Web Development Frameworks
Knowledge/familiarity with variety of data schema design and database management e.g. relational databases (e.g. MySQL PostgreSQL) and/or NoSQL databases (e.g. MongoDB Cassandra).
Proficiency in debugging and problem-solving across both front-end and back-end systems.
Ability to write clean maintainable code adherence to coding standards and best practices with a focus on creating well-organized readable and maintainable code.
Adaptability and willingness to learn ability to quickly learn new technologies and adapt to changing project requirements.

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelors Degree or above in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience.
Experience with testing practices and experience with unit testing integration testing and end-to-end testing.
Experience in AI-related projects or products strongly preferred.

At the time of posting Rakuten expects the hourly rate for this role will be between $30 - $50 per hour. Individual compensation will vary based on job-related factors including the skills qualifications and experience of the successful candidate as well as business need and geographic location.

Five Principles for Success
Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviors that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success.

Always improve Always Advance - Only be satisfied with complete success - Kaizen
Passionately Professional - Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best
Hypothesize - Practice - Validate Shikumika - Use the Rakuten Cycle to succeed in unknown territory
Maximize Customer Satisfaction - The greatest satisfaction for our teams is seeing their customers smile
Speed!! Speed!! Speed!! - Always be conscious of time - take charge set clear goals and engage your team

Rakuten provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Rakuten considers applicants for employment without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetic information protected veteran status sexual orientation gender gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state provincial or local laws.

Required Experience:

Intern

Job Description:Rakuten International is a division of Rakuten Group Inc. a Japanese global technology leader in services that empower individuals communities businesses and society. Headquartered in San Mateo California with more than 4000 employees worldwide the Rakuten International business port...