Staff Software Backend Engineer (Messaging and Caching Platform)

[Company Introduction]

Coupang is reimagining the shopping experience with the goal of wowing each customer from the instant they open the Coupang app to the moment an order is delivered to their door. Powered by an outstanding end-to-end commerce and logistics network and a fanatical culture of customer centricity, Coupang has broken tradeoffs around speed, selection and price. Today, we provide exceedingly fast shipping speeds on millions of items including fresh groceries, delivered within hours nationwide, 365 days a year.

We are doing this for millions of consumers in Korea. Korea is home to one of the largest and fastest growing e-commerce opportunities anywhere in the world.

[Team Description]

• MCP team develops and supports Coupang company-wide platform services.
• MCP team constructs, monitors and manages blaze-fast and consistent platform services.
• We provide company-wide and generic platform services with super high scalability, reliability and availability to unleash the productivity of Customer teams.
• MCP team has significant scope, impact and responsibility in shaping the future of Coupang platform services.
• MCP team is a friendly, synergistic, passionate and sharp team.

As a Staff Backend Engineer in Messaging and Caching Platform (MCP) team, you will be responsible for designing and building solid infrastructure to construct, monitor and manage blaze-fast and consistent platform services. Your core mission is to provide company-wide and generic platform solutions with super high scalability, reliability and availability to unleash the productivity of Customer teams. You will have significant scope, impact and responsibility in shaping the future of Coupang platform services. You will be working in a friendly, synergistic, passionate and sharp team.

[Responsibilities]

• Architect and build Coupang's Messaging and Caching Platform.
• Write durable code with the ability to process tera-bytes and peta-bytes each day.
• Keep improving our platform stability, performance and achieving 99.99% to 99.999% availability with smooth operations.
• Work closely with Coupang internal and external Customers and wow them with our cutting-edging products

[Basic Qualifications]

• BS or advanced degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Systems or related technical field
• 7+ years of experience in designing, developing and maintaining large-scale software infrastructures
• Solid (AWS) cloud background on both software development and operations
• Expertise in distributed systems and computing frameworks like Kafka, Spark, etc.
• Team player and fast learner with the ability to quickly triage and troubleshoot complex problems
• Strong ownership and be passionate about applying new technologies to real products

[Recruitment Process and Others]

Recruitment Process

• Application Review - Phone Interview - Onsite (or Virtual Onsite) Interview – Offer
• The exact nature of the recruitment process may vary according to the specific job and may be changed due to scheduling or other circumstances.
• Interview schedules and the results will be informed to the applicant via the e-mail address submitted at the application stage.

Details to Consider

• This job posting may be closed prior to the stated end date for application if all openings are filled.
• Coupang has the right to rescind an offer of employment if a candidate is found to have submitted false information as part of the application process.
• Coupang does not discriminate against disabled applicants or those with veteran status. We are proud to offer equal opportunities for all applicants.
• Job titles and responsibilities may be subject to change depending on the candidate’s overall experience, etc. This will be communicated to the candidate at the appropriate time before the offer.

Privacy Notice

• Your personal information will be collected and managed by Coupang as stated in the Application Privacy Notice located below. https://www.coupang.jobs/en/privacy-policy/

Document Return Policy

• This notification is given pursuant to Article 11 (6) of the Fair Hiring Procedure Act.
• A job applicant, who has applied but not been finally selected for a position at Coupang (the “Company”), may request the Company to return his/her hiring documents submitted pursuant to the Fair Hiring Procedure Act. However, this will not apply where the hiring documents were submitted via the website of the Company or e-mail, or where the job applicant submitted those documents voluntarily without a request from the Company. In addition, if the hiring documents were destroyed due to a natural disaster or any other reasons not attributable to the Company, such documents will be deemed to have been returned to the job applicant.
• A job applicant who wishes to request the return of his/her hiring documents pursuant to the main sentence of paragraph 2 above should fill out a “Request for Return of Hiring Documents” [Annex Form No. 3 in the Enforcement Rule of the Fair Hiring Procedure Act] and submit the request to the Company (Coupang Recruiting Team, Tower 730, 570 Songpa-daero, Songpa-gu, Seoul). In such case, within fourteen (14) days from the date of identifying the receipt of the request, the Company will send the hiring documents to the job applicant’s designated address via registered mail. Please be informed that the job applicant is required to pay the postage on the registered mail.
• In preparation for a job applicant’s request for the return of hiring documents pursuant to the main sentence of paragraph 2 above, the Company shall retain the original hiring documents submitted by the job applicant for 180 days from the completion of the recruiting process. If no request is made until the end of this period, all of his/her hiring documents will be destroyed immediately in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act.

Equal Opportunities for All

Coupang is an equal opportunity employer. Our unprecedented success could not be possible without the valuable inputs of our globally diverse team.