Coupang

Staff Backend Engineer(Infrastructure)

Coupang
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2 months ago
Singapore, SingaporeStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Define the architecture and implementation of a next-generation durable execution platform from scratch
  • Design for 5–6 nines availability by addressing tail latency and distributed state-management edge cases
  • Integrate AI/ML models for predictive scaling, bottleneck detection, intelligent error recovery, and self-healing
  • Solve distributed locking, timer, and deterministic execution problems using data-driven architectural decisions
  • Build reliable workflow infrastructure that supports hundreds of domain teams and large-scale traffic
  • Work cross-functionally with product teams to provide infrastructure aligned with business needs

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, Math, or a closely related field
  • At least 8 years of backend software development experience
  • Proficiency in Java and the Spring Framework
  • Experience working in cloud environments, particularly AWS
  • Demonstrated experience building and maintaining highly available distributed systems
  • Preferred: 12+ years of professional software development experience supporting global-scale traffic
  • Preferred: experience managing systems with 5–6 nines of availability
  • Preferred: deep expertise designing and deploying mission-critical databases, messaging queues, or orchestration engines
  • Preferred: expert-level Java and Python skills with an understanding of concurrency and memory management
  • Preferred: experience or architectural vision for using AI/ML for system functionality and operational tasks
  • Preferred: familiarity with Temporal or Cadence programming models and architecture
  • Preferred: experience with Kubernetes and containerization
  • Preferred: experience with Cassandra and TiDB
  • Preferred: expertise in distributed tracing and advanced telemetry

Benefits

  • Open to Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents only
  • Recruitment may be conducted onsite or virtually onsite
  • Job posting may close early once openings are filled

Tech Stack

Apache CassandraAWSJavaKubernetesPython

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Coupang

About Coupang

10,000+ employees

Coupang is a technology and Fortune 150 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CPNG) that provides retail, restaurant delivery, video streaming, and fintech services to customers around the world under brands that include Coupang, Eats, Play, Rocket Now, and Farfetch.