Coupang

[Opportunistic Hire] Sr. Staff Engineer

Coupang
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3 months ago
Delhi, IndiaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Build Service Mesh components collaboratively within a small engineering team.
  • Design and implement traffic-management infrastructure using Rust, C++, or Go.
  • Architect and develop workload and service-management infrastructure and other critical platform components.
  • Design scalable, reliable, and efficient infrastructure for enterprise-wide fine-grained traffic control.
  • Investigate critical system issues, address root causes, and improve operational excellence.
  • Partner with platform teams and technical leaders to deliver extensible solutions and identify innovation opportunities.
  • Advocate for traffic management principles and benefits across the company.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical field.
  • At least 8 years of professional software development experience, with the posting also presenting a 12-year experience track.
  • At least 2 years of experience as a Technical Lead.
  • Experience designing and implementing traffic management solutions that handle requests at scale.
  • At least three years of experience designing and developing large-scale distributed systems.
  • Strong experience designing and implementing Service Mesh features with Istio.
  • Excellent development skills in Go, Rust, or C++, with a record of delivering mission-critical systems.
  • Experience with cloud computing using AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Preferred: deep understanding of virtual networks, route tables, subnets, gateways, modern web application architecture, API design patterns, and leading large-scale service delivery amid competing priorities.

Benefits

  • Location: Bangalore.
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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