Coupang

Senior Staff Backend Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure

Coupang
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Base Salary

$174k - $299k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and architect scalable cloud infrastructure, platform services, network configurations, and deployment systems.
  • Develop self-service code and end-to-end cloud deployment automation for application stacks.
  • Provide roadmap and vision for reliable, scalable, and efficient cloud infrastructure targeting 99.999% availability.
  • Own cloud architecture, platform service reliability, scalability, optimization, deployment, and maintenance.
  • Solve complex infrastructure problems across public and private cloud environments and improve operational excellence.
  • Analyze distributed production deployments and recommend performance optimizations and process automation.
  • Influence multiple engineering teams through technical leadership, system design guidance, and knowledge sharing.
  • Collaborate with customers, stakeholders, and lead engineers on mission-critical projects.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of total experience.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent, with 15+ years of hands-on cloud platform engineering experience preferred.
  • 10+ years of experience in system engineering, Cloud DevOps, Cloud SRE, infrastructure as code, or cloud infrastructure engineering preferred.
  • 7+ years of experience leading system design and architecture using AWS or Azure services preferred.
  • 10+ years of experience building high-performance, highly available, and scalable distributed systems in the cloud preferred.
  • 7+ years of experience building and managing high-performance hybrid cloud environments preferred.
  • Strong hands-on experience with Terraform, Python or Go, and automated application-stack deployments.
  • Team leadership experience and excellent cross-group collaboration, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
  • AWS advanced architecting or developing certification is preferred.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and AD&D insurance.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Account.
  • Short-term and long-term disability coverage and Employee Assistance Program.
  • 401(k) plan with company match.
  • 18–21 days of paid time off annually based on tenure and 12 paid holidays.
  • Up to six weeks of paid parental leave.
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits and free electric car charging stations.
  • Base pay ranges from $174,000/year to $299,000/year, with an annual bonus opportunity of 0–20% of base salary.
  • Work arrangement and contract duration are not stated.
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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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