Coupang

Director / Senior Staff Engineer Backend (Security Infrastructure)

Coupang
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2 months ago
Singapore, SingaporeStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Drive technical strategy, implementation, and platform integration across multiple teams.
  • Lead the dynamic authorization roadmap and strategic technical direction.
  • Align stakeholders on architectural improvements and strategic investments.
  • Identify business and technical opportunities across the company.
  • Drive execution through strategic, technical, and organizational complexities.
  • Write code for high-priority projects and lead by example as a hands-on technologist.
  • Recruit and develop engineering talent.
  • Contribute to cross-company engineering initiatives and raise standards for design, development, and operational excellence.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field.
  • 12+ years of professional software development experience, or 10+ years with an advanced degree.
  • 5+ years of experience leading technical projects.
  • Hands-on expertise designing and developing large-scale distributed systems.
  • Recent experience with security, IAM, or related technologies.
  • Proven ability to work across teams to deliver mission-critical systems and large-scale services.
  • Deep understanding of cloud computing platforms, software development practices, CI/CD, and operational excellence.
  • Preferred: master’s or PhD in computer science or a related technical field.
  • Preferred: hands-on experience building security protocols or IAM systems.
  • Preferred: experience with Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, gRPC, and Istio.
  • Fluent communication in English, Korean, or both.

Tech Stack

gRPCIstioKubernetes

Categories

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.