Coupang

Sr. Staff, Machine Learning Engineer (Search & Discovery)

Coupang
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1 day ago
Seoul, Korea, SouthStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own the Recommendation service and help ensure it continuously delivers a strong customer discovery experience.
  • Collaborate with global teams to co-build a world-class recommendation system.
  • Analyze large volumes of customer behavior data to derive actionable insights.
  • Develop machine learning models, features, and algorithms for recommendation quality improvements.
  • Create data jobs for machine learning features, train new models, run experiments, and launch validated models.
  • Mentor and grow engineers across teams.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, or a closely related field.
  • 8+ years of professional experience in applied AI/ML using large-scale, complex datasets.
  • Demonstrated ability to derive insights, create reliable machine learning models, and solve business-critical problems with advanced AI/ML technologies.
  • Experience serving as a company-wide technical leader and driving cross-functional delivery of large-scale, high-impact solutions.
  • Professional proficiency in Python and/or Java with relevant industry experience.
  • Proven record of launching successful algorithms with measurable business impact.
  • Professional proficiency in English and excellent communication skills.
  • Preferred: Ph.D. or master’s degree in a related technical field; recommendation or search systems experience; LLM, PLM, and embedding model experience; cloud platform and large-scale online serving experience.
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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