4 hours ago
Base Salary
$194k - $243k/yr
Responsibilities
- Identify and resolve architectural constraints in the existing search system framework.
- Design and implement advanced system solutions to eliminate performance bottlenecks.
- Develop user-centric products for the Coupang search and discovery ecosystem.
- Scale and optimize mission-critical services for a consistently superior customer experience.
- Partner with Product Managers and Designers to deliver a unified and intuitive user experience.
- Create consumer-facing mobile solutions using expert-level engineering skills.
- Manage high-availability API platforms and resolve scaling, latency, and performance challenges in high-traffic environments.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional experience in distributed systems, systems programming, and backend engineering.
- 5+ years of experience with core algorithms, system architecture, and large-scale distribution.
- 5+ years of coding experience in Java, Go, or other languages.
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD degree in Computer Science or a related technical field.
- Proven experience managing high-availability API platforms and addressing complex scaling, latency, and performance challenges.
- Prior React Web experience is preferred.
- Strong communication, product intuition, autonomy, resilience, and comfort solving complex problems are preferred.
- Startup experience and a results-focused, risk-taking attitude are valued.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability, FSA, HSA, EAP, and 401(k) benefits with company match.
- 18–21 days of paid time off annually based on tenure and 12 paid holidays.
- Pre-tax commuter benefits and a free electric car charging station.
- Base pay varies by US geographic market from $194,000/year to $243,000/year, with additional compensation potentially including bonuses or equity.
- Recruitment may proceed through application review, phone interview, and onsite or virtual onsite interview.
About Coupang
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.