Coupang

Staff, Back-end Engineer (Advertiser Platform)

Coupang
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5 months ago
Seoul, Korea, SouthStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Translate business objectives into technical solutions and implement them to meet business needs.
  • Design, develop, and operate scalable, high-performance microservice-based backend services for advertiser campaign management and reporting.
  • Implement robust and secure APIs to integrate with the advertising platform’s components.
  • Collaborate closely with frontend engineers, product managers, data analysts, UX designers, and other cross-functional partners.
  • Break down complex problems into simple solutions and communicate technical approaches effectively.
  • Investigate critical system issues, proactively address root causes, and improve operational excellence.
  • Research new technologies, techniques, and industry trends to improve platform value and efficiency.
  • Define requirements, processes, and procedures for development, improvement, and testing projects.
  • Conduct code reviews and mentor junior team members.

Requirements

  • A BA/BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is required.
  • At least 8 years of software development experience with deep understanding of algorithms, data structures, and design patterns is required.
  • Deep understanding of web-based software architecture, distributed systems, and message-based architectures is required.
  • Expertise designing and developing RESTful, GraphQL, and gRPC APIs and microservice architectures is required.
  • Experience with database systems, data warehousing concepts, and SQL or NoSQL is required.
  • Experience operating large-scale systems with fault tolerance and monitoring capabilities is required.
  • Strong problem-solving and debugging skills are required.
  • Effective communication and teamwork skills are required.
  • Experience in advertising or e-commerce is preferred.
  • Experience with big data and/or machine learning is preferred.
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud is preferred.
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes is preferred.
  • Experience leading a software development team is preferred.
  • Experience with Spring, Java, Kotlin, Node.js, Kafka, Redis, Hive, Hadoop, Spark, and Elasticsearch is preferred.

Benefits

  • All interviews are conducted remotely by video.
  • The hiring process may vary depending on the role, schedule, and circumstances.

Tech Stack

Apache HadoopApache HiveApache KafkaApache SparkAWSAzureDockerElasticsearchGoogle CloudGraphQLgRPCJavaKotlinKubernetesNode.jsRedisSQL

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Coupang

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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