Coupang

Senior Staff Backend Engineer, Security

Coupang
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29 days ago
Mountain View, CA, USAStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$17k - $299k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop and iterate Coupang’s IAM platforms in collaboration with a small, highly talented team.
  • Partner with teams across the company to understand current needs and future direction.
  • Design robust, scalable architectures and identify technical solutions balancing strategic goals with immediate impact.
  • Hands-on develop critical infrastructure components and backend APIs in Java and Go.
  • Drive adoption of the security platform across teams and help them prioritize integration work.
  • Investigate critical system issues and raise the bar for 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.
  • At least 8 years of backend software development experience.
  • Experience working in cloud environments, particularly AWS.
  • Demonstrated experience building and maintaining highly available, distributed systems.
  • Preferred: master’s or PhD in computer science or a related technical field.
  • Preferred: working knowledge of OIDC, OAuth2, IAM systems, identity providers, and role-based authorization.
  • Preferred: experience with Kubernetes, gRPC, Istio, cloud architecture, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and high-reliability or low-latency systems.
  • Preferred: fluency in one or more of C++, Java, and Go and recent experience designing large-scale distributed systems.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and AD&D insurance.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Account.
  • Long-term and short-term disability coverage and Employee Assistance Program.
  • 401(k) plan with company match.
  • 18–21 days of paid time off per year based on tenure.
  • 12 public holidays.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits.
  • Free electric car charging station.
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.

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