Software Engineer

Coupang Eats is Coupang's food delivery service and the fastest-growing delivery platform in South Korea.

Having burst onto the domestic delivery scene in 2019, Coupang Eats surprised the world again in 2024 with "unlimited free delivery." This is the result of our relentless efforts to bring the best delivery experience to our customers. The innovations we have introduced so far are just the beginning. We will never stop challenging ourselves to build a better future to make everyone wonder, "How did I ever live without Coupang Eats?"

Coupang Eats gives its employees ample opportunities to grow. If you want to grow along with experts in their respective fields, join us now.

Job Description

The Eats Discovery & Purchase Engineering team handles the end-to-end purchase process of Coupang Eats app from pre-purchase, purchase, to post-purchase. As part of the team in charge of overseeing Coupang Eats app including product display, ordering, and order workflow management, you will encounter plenty of opportunities to acquire a wealth of experience across multiple domains.

We constantly strive to improve our product to give our customers the best experience possible.

Given the nature of a delivery service, we face a challenging mission to efficiently process large volumes of data at peak times. We are looking for talented problem-solvers who cherish such challenges and can thrive.

Key Responsibilities

· Design and optimize back-end systems to handle high traffic loads reliably and efficiently

· Contribute to system design discussions and make architectural decisions that support scalability and growth

· Implement and maintain RESTful APIs to power the Coupang Eats app

· Deliver high-quality, testable, and maintainable code through peer reviews and best practices

· Build sustainable, scalable services with a focus on long-term stability

· Collaborate closely with cross-functional partners including product managers, designers, and QA engineers

· Participate in continuous improvement of development processes, tools, and workflows

Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science or a related field

· 1-3 years of experience in back-end development

· Proficiency in Java/Kotlin and the Spring framework

· Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and software design principles

· Worked with microservices architectures

· Excellent problem-solving skills and a collaborative communication style

Preferred skills

· Experience in e-commerce or O2O (online-to-offline) services

· Familiarity with non-blocking frameworks such as Spring WebFlux or asynchronous programming techniques

· Understanding and practical experience with DDD (Domain-Driven Design) or TDD (Test-Driven Development)

· Ability to refactor and modernize legacy systems

· Passion for delivering high-quality, reliable products to millions of users