Sr. Staff Back-end Engineer, Data

Data & AI is at the center of everything we do at Coupang. It helps power all aspects of Coupang including search ranking & relevance price products and services streamline logistics and delivery optimize content for streaming and much more. Coupang AIData Platform team is a dynamic and innovative group whose mission is to deliver data platform services securely reliably and efficiently to all the data stakeholders including the Csuite executives ML engineers Business Analysts and Data Engineers.

The AI and Data Platform team develops and manages services to ingest raw data structured and unstructured into the data lake cleanse/transform the data and make it available to MLEs BA and data engineers across all our Coupang. It is also responsible for the core data sets that serve the key businesses. Finally the experimentation platform enables engineers within Coupang to rapidly do A/B testing to make product decisions. Join a worldclass operations team and utilize your programming and operations talents to apply the latest patterns in continuous delivery cloud operations containerization and serverless technology and help us build the next generation Data platform and delight millions of customers.

Qualifications:

BS MS or PhD degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent practical experience

10 years of experience

Deep understanding of Data infrastructure and how enterprises use data.

Data modeling skills and understanding of the eCommerce domain highly desirable.

Knowledge of data query and data processing tools (i.e. SQL)

Knowledgeable with Data Science tools and frameworks. Understand machine learning principles (training validation etc.)

Knowledge of experimentation methodologies such as A/B testing multivariate testing and statistical analysis

Computer science fundamentals: data structures algorithms performance complexity and implications of computer architecture on software performance (e.g. I/O and memory tuning)

Software engineering fundamentals: version control systems (i.e Git Github) and workflows and ability to write productionready code

Experience deploying highly scalable software supporting millions or more users

Experience with integrating applications and platforms with cloud technologies (i.e AWS and GCP)

Strong oral and written communication skills

Ability to conduct meetings and make professional presentations and to explain complex concepts and technical material to nontechnical users

Responsibilities:

Lead thought process and architectural design with good understanding of industry products and positioning to be able to influence right technology stack recommendations

Evolve Coupangs analytical data ecosystems to enable worldclass data capabilities through data and analytics platforms Generative AI

Drive various levels of technical decisions from systems services algorithms to operations and processes

Work closely with multiple engineering teams on detailed designs and implementations to deliver end products

Communicate effectively with client teams inside Coupang to collect requirements and drive adoption of new technologies

Drive operational and engineering excellence into all facets of data engineering and software development

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 base pay for this position ranges from $191000/year in our lowest geographic market to $246000/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 wouldbe offered to the hired applicant in addition to their established salary range orwage 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.If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application of recruiting process due to a disability please contact us at

Requisition: R0059216

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