CAREERS

At our Campaign Science Team,  we are conducting cutting-edge research in the areas of reinforcement learning and bandit algorithms, with the goal of enhancing user experience and marketing efficiency for businesses within the Rakuten group.

We are looking for talented research scientists with a robust strong research background and a strong motivation to join an exciting team that is constantly evolving and pushing the envelope on AI and its applications.

Fintech AI is one of the research topics in the Customer Program and is positioned as an important research topic in the Rakuten Group (especially fintech businesses). The research members develop algorithms related to financial market.

Research members are working on the development of new trading algorithms and the improvement of the existing algorithms through the analysis of various data such as market data and transaction data, and discussions with business personnel. When ideas for a new algorithm is obtained, the research members implement a simulator to conduct back-tests and evaluate the validity of the ideas.
Research members are required to have the ability to analyze a vast amount of past transaction data, mathematical thinking to obtain ideas for new algorithms based on the insights gained from the analysis, programming skills to simulate the algorithms they designed quickly without bugs, and the ability to propose the verified algorithms to the business.