Senior Software Engineer
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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 I 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
As a Senior Backend Engineer you will work on distributed systems and building next generation platform and products. You will help the team to bring industry best practices in software development and operations while improving their engineering skills to build pioneering e-commerce experience in new global markets. Working closely with a group of engineers in multiple geographic locations youll solve challenge problems at scale with high reliability. Your efforts will directly have an impact on tens of millions of users every single day!
What You Will Do
We exist to wow our customers. We know were doing the right thing when we hear our customers say How did I 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
As a Senior Backend Engineer you will work on distributed systems and building next generation platform and products. You will help the team to bring industry best practices in software development and operations while improving their engineering skills to build pioneering e-commerce experience in new global markets. Working closely with a group of engineers in multiple geographic locations youll solve challenge problems at scale with high reliability. Your efforts will directly have an impact on tens of millions of users every single day!
What You Will Do
- Participate in design for scalable extensible and reliable systems
- Align technology roadmaps with leadership and stakeholders
- Build productivity tools using Claude and Windsurf
- Remove technical blockers and simplify complex problems into actionable solutions
- Write code when needed to guide teams and support high-priority initiatives
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelors degree and/or masters degree in computer science or equivalent
- 5 years building and operating backend services and web applications
- Deep expertise in distributed systems storage data processing and server technologies
- Strong coding skills in Java and Spring Framework; object-oriented design
- Experience with AWS-based service development and operations
- Experience with NoSQL and relational/columnar databases
Preferred Qualifications
- Git CI/CD automation and Agile methodologies
- Experience driving improvements in code quality
- Familiarity with observability tools (e.g. Grafana Prometheus)
- Passion and inclination towards Reliability and observability
Type of work model
- Hybrid
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