Coupang is hiring a

Backend Software Engineer

Seattle, United States

Company Introduction

Coupang is reimagining the shopping experience with the goal of wowing each customer from the instant they open the Coupang app to the moment an order is delivered to their door. Powered by an outstanding end-to-end e-commerce and logistics network and a fanatical culture of customer centricity, Coupang has broken tradeoffs around speed, selection, and price. Today, we provide exceedingly fast shipping speeds on millions of items including fresh groceries, delivered within hours nationwide, 365 days a year. We are doing this for millions of consumers in Korea. Korea is home to one of the largest and fastest growing e-commerce opportunities anywhere in the world.   

We have been named as one of the ‘50 Smartest Companies in the World’ by MIT Technology Review, and as one of Forbes magazine’s ‘30 Global Game Changers.’ In 2020, we placed second on CNBC’s ‘Disruptor 50’ list.   

Job Overview:

The Coupang Corner Stone team in application infrastructure organization, takes charge of company-wide transaction data storage and common data service layer to materialize e-commerce data for a low latency reading. The team owns the common data service which is at the core of e-commerce business to connect vertical business data and front-end data consumers. It ingests data from various data storages, processes within minutes in parallel and saves in persistent storage for customer facing front-end to consume.

We are looking for software development engineers with large data processing and data materialization experience. As a Senior Engineer, you are the tech leader in the team taking charge of system design, implementation, service optimization and daily operation.

Key responsibilities:

  • Hand on the system and new feature design, implementation, testing and release of Common data service and Storage system.
  • Dive deep into the system and fix complex technical problems.
  • Participate in the daily system operation to address system issues and answer the customer questions.
  • Identify the system reliability and performance issue and propose solutions applying best industry practice.
  • Collaborate with other Coupang tech teams to make the service extensible to support business growth
  • Advocate engineer excellence and operation excellence with the team

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field
  • Master Object Oriented system design and Java coding.
  • Solid system and code debugging skills
  • Familiar with one of Spark, AWS EMR, Kafka, Cassandra, Elasticsearch
  • Deep understanding in service availability, scalability, and latency.
  • Excellent communication skills in English including verbal and written

Preferred Qualifications:

  • At least 4+ years working experience on software design & development experience on distributed system and experience developing large scale enterprise

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 $132,000/year in our lowest geographic market to $197,000/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 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.

 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 [email protected].

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.

 

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