Coupang

Staff Backend Engineer

Coupang
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2 days ago
Singapore, SingaporeStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Design scalable, highly available backend systems with a strong focus on security, distributed systems, and open-source technologies.
  • Lead the design and optimization of security and risk-control modules, including traffic risk-control and anti-fraud platforms.
  • Collaborate with product managers and business stakeholders to propose technical solutions and deliver mission-critical projects.
  • Lead architecture reviews and drive engineering excellence, system stability, and security under high-concurrency scenarios.
  • Build platform-level security capabilities and improve organizational risk detection and prevention systems.
  • Serve as a hands-on technical leader and work cross-functionally with other technology teams.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of software design and development experience with a record of building large-scale enterprise systems.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Solid understanding of distributed systems.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and English reading and writing skills.
  • Experience designing and developing traffic risk-control, transaction fraud-detection, or account-security platforms is highly preferred.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and drive projects forward efficiently.

Benefits

  • Open only to Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents.
  • Recruitment process includes application review, phone interview, and onsite or virtual onsite interview, though the process may vary.
  • The posting may close early if all openings are filled.
  • Eligible employment-protection groups, including veterans’ benefits recipients and people with disabilities, may receive preferential treatment where applicable.

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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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