Data Scientist

About Rakuten Institute of Technology (RIT)

Rakuten Institute of Technology (RIT) is a think-tank and technology incubator for Rakuten Group – focusing on data R&D and strategic technology development.

With offices in Tokyo, Boston, Paris, and Singapore, RIT contributions cover a broad range of topics, including Data Mining, Natural Language Processing, High-performance computing, UI/UX, and multimedia processing.

Scope

Rakuten Institute of Technology (RIT) is looking for Researchers who are passionate about data and technology.

 As part of RIT, you will have an exciting opportunity to accelerate growth of existing Rakuten businesses, and to drive innovation with long-term benefits for the company; while collaborating closely with research, engineering, and business teams globally.

Responsibilities

Be an expert and drive research results in one or more of the below areas:

• Machine Learning, Statistics, Information Retrieval, Recommender Systems, Natural Language Processing, Machine Translation, Sentiment Analysis, Graph Analysis, Computer Vision, Augmented/Virtual Reality, Other emerging technologies
• Deliver results: Develop new technologies, improve business performance
• Demonstrate long-term vision, while effectively supporting short-term goals
• Be a thought-leader, keeping up with the academic and industry trends

Interested candidates are encourged to send their latest resume to roy.lim@rakuten.com and we will be contacting you should your profile be shortlisted.