Test Automation Engineer

Company Description

Rakuten's philosophy is to empower people and society through innovation, and as a global innovation company, our goal is to create innovative services that can be used in the global market. The FinTech Group at Rakuten develops and provides a wide variety of financial services, including credit cards, banking, securities, insurance, e money, mobile payments, and cryptocurrency transactions. These services play a crucial role in the Rakuten Ecosystem, which encompasses over 70 services worldwide.

Rakuten FinTech Vietnam Co., Ltd., established in 2021, is a subsidiary of Rakuten Card, one of Japan's largest credit card companies. Our mission is to develop internal and mission-critical systems for Rakuten Card and other FinTech group companies, contributing to FinTech business growth. We are also dedicated to providing an attractive environment for talented engineers in both Vietnam and Japan. 

Role Description

As a Test Automation Engineer, you will help improve product quality and release speed by designing, implementing, and continuously improving automated tests. You will work closely with engineering teams to shift the left verification and make testing more repeatable and reliable through automation and better operational practices. 

Responsibilities

Test automation design & implementation (E2E / regression / integration, etc.)

• Work with engineers to create comprehensive test scenarios and implement them as automated tests.
• Own core testing activities from test planning/design through execution, and promote automation from multiple testing perspectives (e.g., regression and progression testing).

CI/CD collaboration (continuous testing enablement)

• Contribute to embedding tests into CI workflows and continuously improving integration.
• Analyze test results and feedback patterns to strengthen quality and accelerate delivery decisions.

Test environment & operations improvement (TestOps-oriented work)

• Improve test environments and the operational aspects of test execution (stability, troubleshooting, re-runs, and maintainability).
• Contribute to selecting/introducing tools and solving testing issues using engineering skills.

Defect reporting & collaboration with development teams

• Provide clear, actionable defect reports and collaborate with engineers to drive fixes efficiently.

Requirement

Must have

• 5+ years of experience in a similar role.
• Ability to communicate in English is essential.
• Hands-on experience in at least part of the test lifecycle (test planning, test design, execution).
• Experience in test automation or strong motivation to build and operate automated testing in real projects.
• Strong collaboration skills to work with engineering teams and resolve quality/testing issues together.
• Required Technical Stack: Playwright; TypeScript/JavaScript; GitHub Actions

Nice to have

• API testing experience; understanding of automation test frameworks (mobile or full stack).
• Experience improving test environments (setup, stability, execution reliability).
• DevOps-related experience, especially test automation and CI/CD improvement.
• Performance/load testing experience; familiarity with Docker and/or Kubernetes. 

Benefits:

• Commuting Allowances
• Meal Allowances • Vietnamese compulsory insurances
• Tet Bonus (13 month)
• Salary review (Once a year)
• Health checkup (Once a year)
• Annual Leave
• .....