Coupang

Staff Machine Learning Engineer

Coupang
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1 day ago
Mountain View, CA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$164k - $282k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Architect, build, and deploy large-scale machine learning and deep learning models for ad targeting, relevance, ranking, and user engagement.
  • Develop auto-bidding, query expansion, and advertiser ROI optimization algorithms.
  • Design marketplace intelligence systems that provide actionable growth insights to advertisers.
  • Architect and evolve end-to-end ML infrastructure for high-throughput, low-latency advertising requests at internet scale.
  • Maintain code quality, system reliability, and automated testing across distributed ML pipelines.
  • Lead large-scale technical projects spanning multiple engineering teams and align roadmaps with business objectives.
  • Provide technical guidance, code reviews, and architectural mentorship to mid-level and senior engineers.
  • Collaborate with Product Management, Data Science, and business leadership on advertising features.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, statistics, or a closely related field.
  • At least 4 years of professional experience in applied machine learning.
  • Experience with machine learning, deep learning, and statistical modeling.
  • Proficiency in Python and/or Java and experience building production-grade ML systems.
  • Preferred: master’s or PhD in a relevant technical field.
  • Preferred: experience with search systems, information retrieval, recommendation engines, LLMs, embeddings, and vector search technologies.
  • Preferred: experience with AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Vertex AI, BigQuery, or SageMaker.
  • Preferred: hands-on experience with TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn, Keras, XGBoost, LightGBM, and H2O.ai.
  • Preferred: experience with MLflow, Kubeflow, Weights & Biases, or Amazon SageMaker.
  • Preferred: experience in startup or high-growth environments and leading cross-functional teams in global organizations.
  • Preferred: strong communication skills and the ability to work independently and manage ambiguity.

Benefits

  • Base pay ranges from $164,000/year to $282,000/year depending on geographic market, knowledge, skills, and experience.
  • Annual bonus opportunity of 0–20% of base salary.
  • 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 annually based on tenure and 12 paid holidays.
  • Paid parental leave and pre-tax commuter benefits.
  • Free electric car charging station.

Tech Stack

AWSGoogle BigQueryGoogle Cloud PlatformH2O.aiJavaKerasLightGBMMLflowPythonPyTorchscikit-learnTensorFlowXGBoost

Categories

Coupang

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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