Coupang

Senior Staff / Staff Back-End Engineer

Coupang
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21 days ago
Singapore, SingaporeStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a hands-on engineering leader with deep expertise in open-source technologies and distributed systems.
  • Design layered applications and drive high-quality architecture for pricing and commerce systems.
  • Partner with product owners and business stakeholders to develop solutions for complex business challenges.
  • Lead engineers on mission-critical projects and define the technical vision and roadmap for the pricing platform.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams across geographic locations to build scalable and extensible services.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of professional experience in software design and development.
  • Strong experience with distributed systems and extensive experience building large-scale enterprise platforms.
  • Exceptional analytical and deep-dive skills with a focus on engineering excellence.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
  • Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with shifting priorities and tight deadlines.
  • Preferred: proficiency in Java or similar JVM-based languages and experience with Spring Boot or equivalent frameworks.
  • Preferred: hands-on experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker.
  • Preferred: experience with event-driven architectures, Kafka, Flink, and real-time data pipelines.
  • Preferred: familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, DevOps best practices, and e-commerce or high-traffic consumer platforms.

Benefits

  • Work on systems serving hundreds of millions of daily requests and impacting tens of millions of users.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams across global offices in a culture emphasizing ownership and innovation.
  • Help shape the future of e-commerce in a dynamic technology market.
  • Recruitment may include application review, phone interview, and onsite or virtual onsite interview; the process may vary.

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About Coupang

5,001-10,000 employees

Coupang builds and operates a South Korea–focused e-commerce marketplace with an end-to-end logistics network (Rocket Delivery), plus food delivery, video streaming, and fintech under brands such as Coupang, Eats, and Play. Revenue comes from first-party retail, third-party marketplace services, advertising, and memberships (Rocket WOW). Founded in 2010, the company is headquartered in Seattle and is publicly listed on the NYSE (CPNG).

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