Staff ML Engineer (Pricing)

Location - Hybrid from Seattle, WA or Mountain View, CA

We exist to wow our customers. We know we’re doing the right thing when we hear our customers say, “How did we ever live without Coupang?” Born out of an obsession to make shopping, eating, and living easier than ever, we’re collectively disrupting the multi-billion-dollar e-commerce industry from the ground up. We are one of the fastest-growing e-commerce companies that established an unparalleled reputation for being a dominant and reliable force in South Korean commerce.

We are proud to have the best of both worlds — a startup culture with the resources of a large global public company. This fuels us to continue our growth and launch new services at the speed we have been since our inception. We are all entrepreneurial surrounded by opportunities to drive new initiatives and innovations. At our core, we are bold and ambitious people that like to get our hands dirty and make a hands-on impact. At Coupang, you will see yourself, your colleagues, your team, and the company grow every day.

Our mission to build the future of commerce is real. We push the boundaries of what’s possible to solve problems and break traditional tradeoffs. Join Coupang now to create an epic experience in this always-on, high-tech, and hyper-connected world.

Role Overview

Pricing Data Science and Data Engineering is a globally distributed team responsible for developing scalable, high-performance AI/ML solutions to ensure Coupang offer the best possible prices within a highly convenient and personalized shopping environment to wow our customers. We build state of the art ML and DL models for automatic, real-time product mapping on tens of millions of products, statistical sampling and inference for concurrent testing on hundreds of millions of product pairs. We own end to end auto mapping model services and work closely with Product Management, Operation and Engineering.

What You Will Do

• Drives science excellence in applying SOTA Computer Vision and multi-modality models to solve complex business problems.
• Design layered application, drive the highest quality of architecture and design of product mapping systems.
• Align with PO and business to understand the problem and come out solution and align with stakeholders and lead scientists on mission critical projects to resolve complex business problem.
• Drive the roadmaps and vison for an auto mapping system that scales with business growth and achieves at human parity in system performance.
• Collaborate with other Coupang tech teams to make the service extensible to unlock opportunities for innovations.

Basic Qualifications

• PhDs in Computer Science, Computer Vision, Deep Learning
• 3+ years of work experience in application of CV/deep learning techniques to solve practical business problems.
• Active research and publication records
• Excellent communication skills, good read/write skills in English

Pay & Benefits 

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. At Coupang, your base pay is one part of your total compensation.

The base pay for this position ranges from $138,000 / year in our lowest geographic market to $309,000 / year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

General Description of All Benefits 

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life, AD&D insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) program
• 401K Plan with Company Match
• 18-21 days of the Paid Time Off (PTO) a year based on the tenure
• 12 Public Holidays
• Paid Parental leave
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• MTV - [Free] Electric Car Charging Station

General Description of Other Compensation

“Other Compensation” includes, but is not limited to, bonuses, equity, or other forms of compensation that would be offered to the hired applicant in addition to their established salary range or wage scale.

Coupang is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race (including traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hair styles), color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ,ancestry, national origin (including language use restrictions), age (40 and over), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis C status, family status (including but not limited to marital or domestic partnership status), military or veteran status, use of a trained dog guide or service animal, political activities or affiliations, ancestry, citizenship, family and medical leave status, status as a victim of any violent crime, or any other characteristic or class protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Coupang is also committed to providing a safe work environment for its employees and its consumers.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application of recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected].