Senior Software Development Manager Finance Platform
Job Summary
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 Coupang now to create an epic experience in this always-on high-tech and hyper-connected world.
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced Software Development Manager to lead a team of 8-14 engineers building critical settlement platform capabilities. You will own the technical direction delivery andpeoplegrowth for your team while partnering closely withbusinessstakeholders to deliver a world-classfinance &settlement platform.
The CGFS (Coupang Global Financial Settlement) teamis responsible forthe end-to-end settlement platform from vendor master management and AR/AP registers through netting engines and tax invoicing to payment execution and GL posting. We process billions of dollars in settlements annually across multiple countries and business models.
You will have the opportunity to :
- Build a greenfield settlement platform processing billions in daily volume
- High-impact role your teams work directly affects vendor/seller payment accuracy and speed
- Work with cutting-edgedistributed systems at massive scale
What You Will Do
- Lead hire and grow a team of 8-14 backend engineers building core settlement platform services
- Own technical delivery of key platform capabilities including revenue/inventory accountingAR/AP processing tax invoicing integrationwith fintech & SAP.
- Partner with Product Accounting Treasury and Tax teams to translate complex business requirements into scalable technical solutions
- Drive architecture decisions across Java backend services distributed data stores (MySQL/TiDB DynamoDB Aurora) and streaming infrastructure (Kafka Flink Spark)
- Establish engineering excellence code quality operational readiness on-call practices and incident response
- Manage cross-functional dependencies and delivery timelines across multiple platform capabilities
- Mentor engineers conduct performance reviews and build a high-performing engineering culture
- Drive migration from legacy SAP-based settlement to modern microservices architecture
- Ensure platform reliability correctness and auditability for financial-grade systems processing billions in daily settlements
Basic Qualifications
- 8 years of software engineering experience with 3 years in engineering management
- Strong technical background in Java backend development and distributed systems
- Experience managing teams of 10 engineers through full development lifecycle
- Hands-on experience with relational databases (MySQL Aurora TiDB) and NoSQL (DynamoDB)
- Experience with event-driven architectures and streaming platforms (Kafka Flink or Spark)
- Track recordof delivering large-scale high-reliability platforms on time
- Strong communicationskills ability to translate between business stakeholders and engineering teams
- BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in finance accounting payments or e-commerce settlement domains
- Experience with financial-grade systems (auditability reconciliation idempotency data correctness)
- Experience migrating legacy monolithic systems to microservices
- Experience with OLAP/analytics engines (Hive Pinot) for operational reporting
- Experience operatingat scale in a fast-growing multi-country environment
Type of work model
- Hybrid / Onsite / Remote working
Our Hybrid work model: Coupang hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration that acts a catalyst to enrich the experience of employees. Employees are required to work at least 3 days in the office per week with the flexibility to work from home 2 days a week depending on the role requirement. Some businesses may require more time in office due to nature of work.
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