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JOB TITLE: Full Stack Software Engineer, EUTD, Blockchain Lab, Belfast LOCATION: This position is located at the Rakuten Blockchain Lab in Belfast city centre. This is an exciting opportunity to be at the core of delivering blockchain based solutions and integration services that will enable the transformation of Rakuten businesses. Teamwork oriented, interested in "full stack" and enthusiastic about "getting your hands dirty" in all of it, you will work in small agile teams learning and creating solutions for individual Rakuten companies as well as common platforms and services to be used across the organization. We are looking for a talented and dynamic Full Stack Software Engineer to join our Blockchain Lab in Belfast . Here is your chance to work in a multicultural and experienced team, with high visibility and significant customer impact. The Rakuten Blockchain Lab team in Belfast build secure, high availability enterprise platforms that allow the many Rakuten Business/Developers to create solutions that take advantage of the benefits of distributed ledger or blockchain technologies without having to be concerned about the complexities of implementation. Our platforms follow a microservice architecture where services are developed in Node.js and deployed as docker containers into a cloud based Kubernetes environment. There are integrations with relational databases, 3rd party APIs as well as specialised cryptographic services and of course blockchain networks. If you want to read about some of the exciting blockchain related Rakuten initiatives, check out these articles: ABOUT THE TEAM & ROLE This position is located at the Rakuten Blockchain Lab in Belfast city centre. We currently have an engineering team of 13 who are working on a number of very exciting Rakuten HQ projects to be delivered in 2019. The existing team collectively has many years of experience in building secure, high availability enterprise platforms for financial services, health and consumer electronics sectors. We will be growing the team to 20 over the next 12 months and as a result are now actively seeking a passionate and motivated Software Engineer. The projects are both interesting and challenging, providing an environment that should satisfy any engineer's career aspirations and growth opportunities. You will work in small agile teams creating solutions for individual Rakuten companies as well as common platforms and services to be used across the organisation We need software engineers who are interested in the "full stack". That is, you need to be comfortable working with all the technologies required to bring an idea to production. We don't expect you to be an expert in everything and believe that everyone brings their own specializations and competencies to the team, but we want you to be enthusiastic about "getting your hands dirty" in all of it. You will have the opportunity to work on emerging blockchain frameworks and learn from the experienced blockchain engineers in the team. TECHNICAL STACK We take ownership for the full end-to-end solution from inception through to production and beyond. Our services are built in Node.js with various relational databases and follow a micro-services architecture. We work with multiple public and private blockchain protocols & frameworks depending on the requirements. We package our services with Docker and use Google Kubernetes for automating deployment, scaling and management of these containers in both public and private cloud environments. We value short feedback loops and have implemented a CI/CD pipeline as well as automated unit, integration and acceptance tests. ABOUT YOU We are looking for an experienced software engineer who is passionate about using technology to solve real world problems. You need to have an interest in new and emerging technology and be eager to take on new challenges outside of your comfort zone. You will understand that delivering great software requires a high degree of collaboration both internally and with other stakeholders. You will be need to be comfortable with an approach to delivery that encourages experimentation as well as taking ownership. You will be motivated to improve the overall process of software delivery from coding best practices and continuous integration/delivery to performance engineering and analytics. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES * Play a full and active role in release and sprint planning * Contribute to the design and estimation of sprint backlog items * Implementation of backlog items of increasing complexity * Write and verify code which adheres to the acceptance criteria * Write unit, integration & acceptance tests * Build, release and configuration ...