Coupang

Senior Security Engineer (Attack Surface Identification)

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Base Salary

$108k - $232k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Continuously identify and map exposed IT assets including domains, IPs, open ports, and cloud environments.
  • Detect shadow IT, abandoned servers, test pages, and other externally exposed blind spots.
  • Identify vulnerable application versions and exposed paths, assess business impact, and prioritize remediation.
  • Collaborate with infrastructure and development teams to remove vulnerable paths or apply protective measures.
  • Implement and operate commercial attack surface management solutions.
  • Build and use in-house attack surface discovery tools.
  • Automate attack surface identification processes and integrate them with existing security solutions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related field.
  • At least 2 years of experience in security engineering or cybersecurity.
  • Preferred: 5+ years of hands-on cybersecurity experience in threat identification, response, assessment, and management, including at least 2 years in attack surface management.
  • Experience implementing and operating commercial ASM solutions.
  • Experience developing vulnerability scanners or detection scripts from an offensive, attacker-focused perspective.
  • Ability to write automation scripts using AWS and Python for API integration and attack surface identification tools.
  • Understanding of cloud, on-premises, IoT, user endpoints, DNS, and administrative consoles.
  • In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, RDP, and web and cloud architecture security.
  • Understanding of attack path discovery, vulnerability exploitation, malware distribution and execution, lateral movement, DDoS, and supply chain attacks.
  • Experience with public cloud infrastructure operations and security assessment in AWS, Azure, or GCP environments.
  • Hands-on experience in areas such as bug bounty programs, CVE discovery and reporting, penetration testing, incident response, threat hunting, security architecture review, or cyber threat intelligence.
  • Experience operating security functions in complex, large-scale global IT infrastructure.
  • Intermediate or higher English proficiency; fluent Korean and English proficiency preferred.

Benefits

  • Annual bonus 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.
  • Employee Assistance Program.
  • 401(k) plan with company match.
  • 18–21 days of paid time off annually based on tenure.
  • 12 paid holidays.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits.
  • Free electric car charging station.
  • Recruitment may include an application review, phone interview, and onsite or virtual onsite interview.
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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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