Rakuten Associate Software Engineer reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(50 total reviews)
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Hiroshi Mikitani

98% approve of CEO

58% positive business outlook

Associate Software Engineer employees have rated Rakuten with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 50 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Associate Software Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Rakuten is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Associate Software Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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50 reviews
4.0
Jan 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Opportunities are vast and there is lot of internal opportunities as well

Cons

Pays depend on the project you are working

1.0
Jan 12, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

depending on the kind of work/product you get to work on. some teams have extreme politics where even the VP holds no power if the engineering manager has contacts in Japan.

Cons

hike cycle is bad. politics at its peaks.

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