Staff Software Backend Engineer

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 Coupangs developer experiences including 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 developers who has deep understanding of distributed system hands-on experiences in large scale backend services Kubernetes gRPC and service mesh. You will be responsible to design the architecture and lead the team to deliver a modern platform that powers all Coupangs internal services.

What You Will Do

As a Staff Software Engineer in Developer platform 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 lead projects working on full stack development teams using JAVA AWS Kafka Kubernetes gRPC and service mesh. You will be accountable for raising the bar on engineering and operational excellence.

In this role you will:

Shape the future of our Developer Experience and Process strategy

Increase developer productivity by using analyzing designing and implementing innovative development processes

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.

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.

Basic Qualifications

One who has bachelors degree in computer science or related technical fields.

One who has 6 years professional software development experience or 4 years experience with advanced degree.

One who has hands-on experience in designing and developing large scale distributed system in the last 3 years.

One who is fluent in one or more among C Java Go Javascript and Typescript.

Proven track record of delivering mission critical systems.

Experience with cloud computing using AWS or Azure or GCP.

Preferred Qualifications

One who has experience in CI/CD pipelines Jfrog artifactory Yaml and AWS cloud.

One who has experience in Kubernetes gRPC Spring boot.

One who has experience in concurrency multi-threading synchronization and non-blocking IO.

One who has deep understanding of operating system kernel and distributed system such as Kafka Cassandra and Spark.

Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment and leading the delivery of large-scale services for complex business offerings.

One who is capable of or is fluent in English communication.

One who has master or PhD degree in computer science or other related technical fields.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor Master or PhD degree in Computer Science Electronic Engineering Industrial Engineering or related discipline with 5 years of experience with large scale backend distributed systems.

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 $138000/year in our lowest geographic market to $297000/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 Paid Holidays
• XX weeks of Paid Parental leave
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• 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.

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