Coupang

Staff Back-end Engineer (Security Infrastructure)

Coupang
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3 months ago
Seoul, Korea, SouthStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Develop and rapidly iterate on IAM platforms with a small, highly talented team.
  • Partner with teams across Coupang to understand current needs and future direction.
  • Design strategic, robust, scalable technical solutions and critical infrastructure components.
  • Develop backend APIs in Java and Go using industry-standard frameworks.
  • Drive platform adoption and help teams prioritize technical work.
  • Investigate critical system issues and improve operational excellence.
  • Serve as a role model for engineers and help shape team culture.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, or a closely related field.
  • Six years of experience in backend software development.
  • Experience working in cloud environments, particularly AWS.
  • Demonstrated experience building and maintaining highly available, distributed systems.
  • Master’s or PhD degree in computer science or a related technical field is preferred.
  • Working knowledge of OIDC, OAuth2, IAM systems, identity providers, and role-based authorization is preferred.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, gRPC, Istio, high-reliability and low-latency cloud systems, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code is preferred.
  • Fluency in one or more of C++, Java, and Go is preferred.
  • Recent hands-on experience designing and developing large-scale distributed systems and strong understanding of cloud application architecture, API design patterns, performance, and scale are preferred.
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.