Senior Web Engineer

About the role

Rakuten Viki, a global entertainment streaming platform specializing in Asian content, is looking for a Senior Web Engineer within its Web Team. The team owns the user-facing web properties such as viki.com and soompi.com, using a stack including React, Svelte, NextJS, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS. The engineer reports to the Engineering Manager and works closely with product, design, operations and data analytics teams.

Key responsibilities

• Create beautiful, responsive and performant user interfaces
• Develop and maintain fast, bug-free, reusable components for the internal React component library
• Work with design, product and engineering teams to build mobile-optimized web applications and new features
• Translate product specifications into fully functional interfaces with UX designers
• Ensure cross-browser and multi-platform compatibility
• Build and integrate tools that increase developer speed and efficiency

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science
• 5-8 years of relevant work experience
• Passion for technology, tools, environments, languages and systems

Required skills

• Semantic HTML, CSS and core web and browser concepts
• JavaScript and TypeScript fundamentals
• ReactJS, Svelte or another modern JavaScript framework; NextJS and SvelteKit knowledge is a plus
• End-to-end automated testing and API integration
• Performance optimization and troubleshooting