
Business Overview
The Rakuten Insurance Group continues to grow steadily, aiming to become the next pillar of Rakuten's FinTech business, following Rakuten Card, Rakuten Bank, and Rakuten Securities.
Rakuten Life Insurance is one of the core businesses within the Rakuten Insurance Group.
It offers a variety of insurance products, including simple term and whole life insurance, medical insurance, cancer insurance, dementia insurance, comprehensive insurance for younger generations, and group credit life insurance for housing loans.
The company provides multiple proposal channels, such as face-to-face agency channels operating nationwide and internet channels that leverage the extensive Rakuten membership base.
As a familiar and approachable life insurance company, and as an innovative life insurance provider utilizing the technological expertise of the Rakuten Group, Rakuten Life Insurance aims to deliver groundbreaking insurance solutions.
Examples of Initiatives:
- Launch of Rakuten Points rewards for policyholders
- Digital transformation of insurance underwriting operations using AI
Department Overview
We are engaged in the development of infrastructure to support Rakuten Life Insurance's services.
By leveraging new technologies, we prepare the necessary environments for applications to operate, create efficient and user-friendly environments for business departments, and enhance Rakuten Life Insurance's services. This is a vital position that supports the foundation of Rakuten Life Insurance.
We will support the Infrastructure of Rakuten Life Insurance.
Prepare the environment for the application.
Prepare the environment for the business department.
You can do all the work from upstream to downstream in a position close to the user.
Position:
Why We Hire
Lead the Database project & Database team with leadership
Position Details
You will primarily be responsible for the following two tasks.
Database Engineer:
- Definition of requirements and design and implementation and maintenance of Life Insurance database. (new database for upcoming the Rakuten Life infra)
Project management:
- Organize project team and lead your project (e.g. manage the schedules, budget, each task)
Work Environment
Division:50
Employee:15
Subcontracting:35
Mid-career recruitment
Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL
Mandatory Qualifications:
- Over 5 years of experience in database requirements definition, design, and construction
- Over 2 years of experience as an in-house IT engineer (SE)
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience as a project leader for entire system projects.
- Work experience in the financial industry.
- Self-Starter: Someone who is proactive, takes ownership, and has a forward-thinking attitude rather than being passive.
- Strong Communication Skills: The ability to influence and collaborate with others, including coordination with other departments, to drive tasks forward through effective communication.
- Hands-On Approach: Not only capable of management but also able to perform tasks such as system construction and troubleshooting independently.
Others Information:
Additional information on Location
Kudanshita
Additional information on Secondment
This position is a seconded position from Rakuten Group, Inc. to Rakuten Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
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Languages:
Japanese (Overall - 3 - Advanced)

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