Frontend Web Developer

Job Description:

Rakuten International is a division of Rakuten Group, Inc., a Japanese global technology leader in services that empower individuals, communities, businesses and society. Headquartered in San Mateo, California with more than 4,000 employees worldwide, the Rakuten International business portfolio includes market leaders in e-commerce, digital marketing, advertising, communications and entertainment. We create products and services that provide exceptional value by aligning members and the businesses that want to engage them in a shared community.

Job Summary:
We are seeking a freelance frontend developer experienced in Webflow to support a short-term project with the potential for ongoing work. The immediate priority is to design and build a new Sustainability Compliance page within our existing site. The page should align with Rakuten’s brand design system, meet accessibility standards, and be responsive across all devices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Page creation: Build a new Sustainability page (copy + images provided).
• Design implementation: Match Rakuten’s brand style and layout consistency with existing pages.
• Quality assurance: Test for accessibility, browser compatibility, and page performance.
• Delivery: Publish draft for internal review; implement final revisions upon approval.
• (Potential Ongoing Project) - Blog management: Uploading new blog posts, formatting copy and images within Webflow.
• (Potential Ongoing Project) - Webflow technical expertise: Advising on bandwidth and storage capabilities, site scalability, and best practices for maintaining performance on Webflow
• (Potential Ongoing Project) - Troubleshooting: Helping our team identify and resolve technical gaps related to CMS functionality, integrations, or site limitations.

Qualifications:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Proven experience with Webflow (CMS structure, responsive design, interactions).
• Familiarity with corporate site standards: accessibility, SEO, and performance optimization.
• Ability to work independently and communicate clearly about timelines and blockers.
• Availability to start immediately.
• Available to accommodate for communications on PST

Minimum Requirements:

• Preference for US-based contractors
• 1099-compliant

Five Principles for Success
Our worldwide practices describe specific behaviors that make Rakuten unique and united across the world. We expect Rakuten employees to model these 5 Shugi Principles of Success.

Always improve, Always Advance - Only be satisfied with complete success - Kaizen
Passionately Professional - Take an uncompromising approach to your work and be determined to be the best
Hypothesize - Practice - Validate – Shikumika - Use the Rakuten Cycle to succeed in unknown territory
Maximize Customer Satisfaction - The greatest satisfaction for our teams is seeing their customers smile
Speed!! Speed!! Speed!! - Always be conscious of time - take charge, set clear goals, and engage your team

Rakuten provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Rakuten considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, provincial or local laws.