Director, Compute Platform
Director, Compute Platform
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Job Description
Company Introduction
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 Born out of an obsession to make shopping eating and living easier than ever were collectively disrupting the multi-billion-dollar e-commerce industry from the ground up. We are one of the fastest-growing e-commerce 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 since our inception. We are all entrepreneurs surrounded by opportunities to drive new initiatives and innovations. At our core we are bold and ambitious people that like to get our hands dirty and make a hands-on 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 always-on high-tech and hyper-connected world.
Role Overview
The Developer platform team is responsible for Coupangs developer experiences including Coupangs internal workload management and microservice ecosystem which scales to thousands of microservices. We are in a process of revolutionizing our developer experiences and infrastructure by adopting the best technologies available.
Within Developer Platform this role is for Compute Platform which manages compute for all application workloads across Coupang and is expanding its focus to manage and scale all workloads across Coupang. We are looking for a leader who has a deep understanding of distributed systems hands-on experiences in large scale backend infrastructure especially Kubernetes based compute infra. You will be responsible to lead the team and scale the architecture to deliver a modern platform that powers all of Coupangs compute needs across the spectrum of workloads.
What You Will Do
As an Engineering Director in Developer platform you will partner with leaders of multiple platform teams to deliver scaled infrastructure for Coupang. You will work closely with the product team to define and implement simple solutions of complex infrastructure problems while ensuring to build a highly scalable reliable and efficient platform for our customers. You will be accountable for raising the bar on engineering and operational excellence.
In this role you will:
Operationalize our Kubernetes platform so that it continues to scale run efficiently be reliable and automated and address all compute use cases including developing net-new Kubernetes-based capabilities for service and infrastructure owners at Coupang.
Plan: define and execute technical roadmaps that advance Coupangs capability to manage large-scale general and specialized compute infrastructure efficiently.
Decompose complex problems into simple straightforward solutions providing mechanisms for the teams to prioritize ruthlessly and move with urgency.
Build and grow the organization: attract hire mentor and retain top-tier engineers; foster a culture of innovation automation simplicity rapid learning and operational excellence.
Demonstrate excellence resulting in scalable systems and services with the highest quality architecture and design.
Collaborate with other Coupang tech leaders to make the service extensible to unlock opportunities for innovations.
Basic Qualifications
10 years in large-scale infrastructure engineering including 5 years leading teams that run business-critical globally distributed fleets.
Strong AWS and/or GCP infrastructure knowledge
Demonstrated excellence in communication planning negotiation and interpersonal interactions across executives cross-functional stakeholders and team members with a strong ability to influence and drive organizational change.
Ability to balance business needs with technical solutions
Strong problem solving skills and ability to identify problems determine their root cause and see them through to solution
Bachelors degree in computer science or related technical fields.
Preferred Qualifications
Strong experience managing large scale Kubernetes-based compute infrastructure.
- Past hands-on compute infrastructure experience: you once built or operated clusters (writing Golang operators CRDs and CLI tools) graduated into org leadership and continue to dive deep as needed.
Experience operating a tier zero/one production system to a high degree of operational excellence.
Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment and leading the delivery of large-scale services for complex business offerings.
Pay & Benefits
Our compensation reflects the cost of living 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 $159000/year in our lowest geographic market to $324000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge skills and experience.
General Description of All Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision/LifeAD&D insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) program
- 401K Plan with Company Match
- 18-21 days of the Paid Time Off (PTO) a year based on the tenure
- 12 Paid Holidays
- Paid Parental leave
- Pre-tax commuterbenefits
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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 race color religion sex or gender (including pregnancy gender identity gender expression sexual orientation transgender status) national origin age disability medical condition HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis C status marital status military or veteran status use of a trained dog guide or service animal political activities or affiliations citizenship or any other characteristic or class protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation in the recruiting process due to a disability please contact us at
Job Requisition ID: R0060057
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
