Sr Staff Software Engineer, Marketplace

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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 entrepreneurs 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.

Job Overview:

The Marketplace Growth Engineering team is dedicated to the success of third-party sellers on our platform. Our mission is to build the end-to-end, scalable, and intelligent systems that empower sellers to thrive. We create the tools, services, and data platforms that form the backbone of the seller experience, from intuitive user interfaces to high-performance backend processing.

The ideal candidate is a backend engineering expert with extensive experience in building scalable data systems, excellent problem-solving skills, and the ability to own and drive impactful projects from inception to delivery.

What You Will do:

• Design, develop, and automate large-scale, high-performance streaming data processing systems to drive business growth and enhance product experiences.
• Build scalable data infrastructure and pipelines using best-in-class software engineering practices.
• Develop optimal data models for storage and retrieval, meeting critical product and business requirements.
• Take full ownership of projects, ensuring high-quality development and operational health.
• Establish and execute short- and long-term architectural roadmaps to meet evolving business needs.
• Drive continuous improvements in data platform efficiency, flexibility, and scalability, while maintaining customer trust, performance, and availability.
• Contribute to shared data engineering tools and standards to enhance productivity and quality across Growth Engineering and Coupang as a whole.
• Functionally decompose complex problems into straightforward, maintainable solutions.
• Provide technical leadership across teams, sharing expertise to increase overall productivity and drive technical excellence.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, Math, or a closely related field
• 8 years of professional software development experience.
• 5+ years of experience building data-related products with proficiency in Spark, Flink, Spring, and Java.
• Strong expertise in open-source frameworks and technologies, including Spring, AWS, APIs, NoSQL, and Big Data technologies such as Kafka, Elasticsearch, Iceberg, and ClickHouse.
• Exceptional coding skills, with a focus on data structures, algorithms, problem-solving, refactoring, performance optimization, and complexity analysis.
• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining distributed systems at scale, making trade-offs based on business demands.
• A self-starter mindset, with the ability to thrive in environments with evolving priorities and unclear requirements.
• Comfortable working in an agile, fast-paced environment.
• Fluent speaking and writing in English

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10 years experience with handling large data volumes in a distributed environment.
• Proven success in taking a leading role in building and delivering complex software systems.
• Experience working with internet-scale datasets.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to gather requirements and collaborate with users, technical teams, and senior management.
• Experience influencing software engineering best practices across teams.
• Hands-on expertise with a wide range of technologies, spanning front-end interfaces to back-end systems.
• A customer-first mindset, with the ability to work backward from customer needs to deliver innovative, simple solutions.

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.

If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application of recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us atusrecruiting@coupang.com.

Requisition ID: R0067113

Please complete the attached Internal Transfer Request Formand submit. 

Please make sure to apply with your Coupang e-mail address.