Engineer, Android
Rakuten VikiCalifornia, United States
Posted February 13, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Rakuten Group, Inc. is the largest ecommerce company in Japan, and third largest ecommerce marketplace company worldwide, with over 1.3 billion registered users worldwide. The Rakuten brand is recognized worldwide for its leadership and innovation, and provides a variety of consumer and business-focused services including e-commerce, e-reading, travel, banking, securities, credit card, e-money, portal and media, online marketing and professional sports. The company is expanding globally and currently has operations throughout Asia, Western Europe, and the Americas. Rakuten Viki is a premier global entertainment streaming platform where millions of people discover and consume primetime shows and movies subtitled in more than 200 languages, by our community of fans. With billions of videos viewed and more than 1 billion words translated, Viki brings global entertainment to fans everywhere! Reaching more than 40 million fans in 190-plus countries, the company also includes K-entertainment community, Soompi (www.soompi.com), an online destination for breaking news, exclusive events, and experiences for fans of K-Pop, fashion, and beauty from around the world. Rakuten Viki’s production arm develops and invests in Viki Originals, such as the award-winning series, Dramaworld, co-productions with studios in Asia and Hollywood, and short-form content generated by the new Rakuten Viki Creator Studio.
Job Description
Join Rakuten Viki as an Engineer, Android and work on improving our apps. As part of the team, you'll collaborate with Android Engineers to create innovative user interfaces and features, optimized for mobile platforms.
Requirements
- B.S. or M.S. Computer Science or equivalent
- 2 - 4 years in building native applications for Android, Android TV and/or Fire TV
- Experience with Kotlin and Android frameworks (XML layouts, Jetpack Compose)
- Deep understanding of Android development, including multithreading and memory management specific to mobile devices
- Ability to find innovative ways to increase application efficiency and connectivity, with an emphasis on improving the core user experience
- Collaborate closely with product and design teams to create innovative user interfaces and features, optimized for mobile platforms
- An interest to explore, investigate and prototype leading-edge concepts
Benefits
- Equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type
