Principal DBA
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Job Description
At Coupang we are building the future of ecommerce. Born out of an obsession to make shopping eating and living easier than ever were collectively disrupting the multibilliondollar ecommerce industry from the ground up. We exist to wow our customers. We know were doing the right thing when we hear our customers say How did we ever live without Coupang We are one of the fastestgrowing ecommerce companies that established an unparalleled reputation for being a dominant and reliable force in South Korean commerce.
We are proud to have the best of both worlds a startup culture with the resources of a large global public company. This fuels us to continue our growth and launch new services at the speed we have been at since our inception. We are all entrepreneurial surrounded by opportunities to drive new initiatives and innovations. At our core we are bold and ambitious people who like to get our hands dirty and make a handson impact. At Coupang you will see yourself your colleagues your team and the company grow every day.
Our mission to build the future of commerce is real. We push the boundaries of whats possible to solve problems and break traditional tradeoffs. Join Coupang now to create an epic experience in this alwayson hightech and hyperconnected world.
About the Role:
We are looking for passionate engineers with deep experience in MySQL as well as AWS DMS RDS Aurora and other SQL and NoSQL data stores to help us optimize and automate our infrastructure and deployment processes around our databases. We are currently involved in several types of systems rearchitectures. As a Senior Staff DBA/Principal DBA you will be involved in designing and implementing how we optimize perform those migrations testing those migrations and then performing them. In addition you will have a major role in evolving the infrastructure as code and configuration management. This is a businessfacing role and as such significant leadership and communication experience is required.
What Youll Do
Infrastructure Automation: Design implement and maintain automated infrastructure to ensure consistency and scalability. Strong programming skills in these areas is a must have.
Monitoring and Alerting: Set up monitoring and logging systems to proactively detect and address potential issues ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
Database Management: Manage tens of Aurora/MySQL databases including performance tuning backups disaster recovery strategies and their active/passive counterparts in AWS.
Collaboration: Work closely with crossfunctional teams including application team developers infrastructure teams TPMs to improve the overall development and deployment processes and keep everyone in sync as to deliverables and timelines.
Troubleshooting and Incident Management: Assist in identifying and resolving operational issues and participating in oncall rotations.
Skills & Experience
At least 10 years of expertise in database operations with a focus on building and maintaining scalable infrastructures around data.
At least 10 years of working directly with MySQL at a Senior level.
At least 5 years of experience working on NoSQL data stores such as Dynamo DB etc.
At least 5 years of experience in leadership and communicating with the business.
Strong problemsolving skills and the ability to work in a fastpaced agile environment.
Solid understanding of AWSbased data management technologies.
Experience with infrastructure as code using Terraform.
Understanding of CI/CD tools.
Understanding of networking concepts such as load balancing and DNS is also a plus.
Knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and container orchestration tools such as Kubernetes is a plus.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field (or equivalent experience).
Pay & Benefits:
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. At Coupang your base pay is one part of your total compensation.
The base pay for this position ranges from $184000/year in our lowest geographic market to $376000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on jobrelated knowledge skills and experience.
General Description of All Benefits:
Medical/Dental/Vision/Life AD&D insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA)
Longterm/Shortterm Disability
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) program
401K Plan with Company Match
1821 days of the Paid Time Off (PTO) a year based on the tenure
12 Public Holidays
Paid Parental leave
Pretax commuterbenefits
MTV Free Electric Car Charging Station
General Description of Other Compensation:
Other Compensation includes but is not limited to bonuses equity or other forms of compensation that would be offered to the hired applicant in addition to their established salary range or wage scale.
Coupang is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race (including traits historically associated with race including but not limited to hair texture and protective hair styles) color religion religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices) sex or gender (including pregnancy childbirth breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy childbirth or breastfeeding) gender identity gender expression sexual orientation ancestry national origin (including language use restrictions) age 40 and over) physical or mental disability medical condition genetic information HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis C status family status (including but not limited to marital or domestic partnership status) military or veteran status use of a trained dog guide or service animal political activities or affiliations ancestry citizenship family and medical leave status status as a victim of any violent crime or any other characteristic or class protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.Coupang is also committed to providing a safe work environment for its employees and its consumers.As a condition of employment Coupang requires employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid19 subject to legally required accommodations. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application of recruiting process due to a disability please contact us
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Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
