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Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Rakuten for 2 years
August 16, 2016
Bengaluru, Karnataka
4.0
RecommendsPositive Outlook
Pros

(1) Strong Business and Technology Vision. Throttle is on all the time! (2) Supreme Quality Focus. (3) Passionate people. (4) Good sharing of information across teams. (5) Attention to detail at engineering, documentation, and processes. (6) Great work culture driving individuality, responsibility, and accountability.

Cons

(1) Highly cost-conscious. (2) Employee benefits can get better. (3) Not quite global compared to other product companies in Bangalore. All other centers try and emulate Tokyo, which is not possible.

Advice to Management
  1. Strengthen global centers by embracing local businesses, which help kick-start synergy.
  2. Fuel self-drive and synergy across teams, rather than trying to drive.
  3. Dispel hierarchy as per the geo.

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