Sr. Staff Software Engineer

Job Overview:

The TSE - Software Engineering team is responsible Coupangs on-prem and cloud infrastructure for Coupangs internal workload management and microservice ecosystem which scales to thousands of microservices. We are in a process to revolutionize our developer experiences and internal infrastructure by adopting the best technologies available.

We are looking for an architect who has deep understanding of distributed system hands-on experiences in large scale backend services Kubernetes Go-lang and Java based micro services. You will be responsible to design the architecture and lead the team to deliver a modern platform that powers all Coupangs internal services and ML platform.

What You Will Do

As a Senior Staff Software Engineer you will partner with leaders of multiple platform teams. 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 technically guide teams working on full stack development teams using JAVA AWS Kafka Kubernetes Kubeflow Argo CD and gRPC. You will be accountable for hiring and developing technical leaders and top talent raising the bar on engineering and operational excellence.

In this role you will:

• Architect workload and service management infrastructure.

• Hands-on develop critical infrastructure components.
• Decompose complex problems into simple straightforward solutions providing mechanisms for the teams to prioritize ruthlessly and move with urgency.
• Envision roadmaps for the scalable and robust growth of Coupangs growing Application infrastructure.
• Align with stakeholders develop strong developers and provide technical guidance to engineers on critical projects to resolve complex business problems.
• Demonstrate excellence resulting in scalable systems and services with the highest quality architecture and design.
• Dive deep into critical system issues proactively addressing similar root causes and raise the bar on Operational Excellence.
• Collaborate with other Coupang tech leaders to make the service extensible to unlock opportunities for innovations.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in computer science or related technical fields.
• 10 years professional software development experience or 8 years experience with advanced degree.
• 4 years experience of project tech lead.
• Hands-on experience in designing and developing large scale distributed system in the last 4 years.
• Onewho is fluent in one or more among Java Go and Python.
• Proven track record of delivering mission critical systems.
• Experience developing and growing senior individual contributors globally.
• Experience with cloud computing using AWS or Azure or GCP.
• Experienced in Machine learning job deployment infrastructure like Ardo CD workflow.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Kubernetes gRPC.
• Experience in concurrency multi-threading synchronization and non-blocking IO.
• Deep understing of operating system kernel and distributed system such as Kafka Cassandra and Mongo DB.
• Proficient in some of the ML infrastructure and deployment frameworks like: TensorFlow PyTorch TensorRT Triton backend etc.
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment and leading the delivery of large-scale services for complex business offerings.
• Ability to influence cross functional stakeholders prioritize ruthlessly Aim High and Find a Way to deliver results with grit.
• Capable of or is fluent in English communication.
• Master or PhD degree in computer science or other related technical fields.

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 $159000/year in our lowest geographic market to $238000/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/Life AD&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 Public Holidays
• Paid Parental leave
• Pre-tax 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: R0056510

Equal Opportunities for All

Coupang is an equal opportunity employer. Our unprecedented success could not be possible without the valuable inputs of our globally diverse team.