24 days ago
Seoul, Korea, SouthSenior
Responsibilities
- Own the architecture roadmap for APIs supporting live sports and the Discover area.
- Develop, operate, and continuously improve Coupang Play’s highly available and scalable backend systems.
- Design scalable, low-latency technical solutions that meet product requirements.
- Coordinate technical solutions with cross-functional stakeholders to meet business and compliance requirements.
- Lead major projects and new API development for strategic growth areas including live sports streaming and content discovery.
- Adopt AI technologies to improve work automation, developer productivity, and quality.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience, plus at least two years of experience in server application and systems engineering using modern programming languages.
- Deep expertise in building low-latency, high-throughput systems, performance profiling, and optimizing cost-performance tradeoffs.
- Proficiency in backend engineering with at least one of Go, Java, JavaScript, or Node.js.
- Strong understanding of and practical experience with modern cloud computing environments such as AWS or GCP.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience commercializing and operating video streaming services and related data systems is preferred.
- Experience integrating mobile apps and APIs with iOS and Android developers is preferred.
- Experience using and operating GraphQL is preferred.
- Business-level spoken and written English communication skills are preferred.
Benefits
- Contract employment with a 12-week probationary period; the probation period may be waived, shortened, or extended when necessary for business reasons.
- Interview stages are document screening, phone interview, video/in-person interview, and final selection, subject to change by role and circumstances.
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About Coupang
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).