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.
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 Ireland is seeking a Software Engineer for a contract role extending until the end of the year to join our amazing Web team! You will be joining one of our development strike 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 engineer who shares these passions and is proud of the work they do.
Reporting to the Software Engineering Manager, the Software Engineer plays a vital role in all aspects of delivery from design, planning and implementation through to releasing.
Skillset:
- Highly technical with strong communication skills.
- Proven previous experience as a .Net Engineer
- Strong knowledge of C#, ASP.NET MVC, WebAPI, RESTful services, .Net 8 Microservices
- Ability to troubleshoot production issues.
- Experience with JavaScript
- MS SQL and Raven DB
- Experience with OAuth
Nice to Haves:
- Working in an Agile environment and team
- Past Scrum Master or Team Lead experience
- Docker, Solr, Kubernetes
- Test automation using Selenium Webdriver or Playwright
- Working with GitHub or Azure DevOps
- Knowledge of Ruby or other scripting languages
- Experience or knowledge of Github Copilot
- Experience with Helm and Argo for deploying applications
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 e-reading 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 e-readers, 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.
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