Staff Infrastructure Engineer

Cloud Infrastructure Automation (CIA) Team Description 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. Team Mission: "CIA empowers Coupang to move at the speed of innovation by eliminating infrastructure friction. We transform complex cloud and infrastructure challenges into simple, automated solutions that let our Coupang teams focus on what they do best – WOW the customer." Mission: We eliminate infrastructure friction so Coupang can innovate at speed Vision: Complex becomes simple. Manual becomes automated. Infrastructure headaches are non-existent Value Proposition: We transform your infrastructure headaches into competitive advantage Invisible Infrastructure: When we do our job well, complexity disappears Self-healing Systems: We build systems that fix themselves Developer Velocity: We measure success by how fast Coupang developers can ship Responsibilities AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK) Development Build and maintain custom AWS Controllers for Kubernetes that automate AWS service provisioning and management Develop sophisticated operators that manage complex AWS infrastructure lifecycles through Kubernetes APIs Design CRDs that abstract AWS complexity into simple, developer-friendly interfaces Optimize ACK controllers for performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness at scale Service Mesh Cloud-Native Architecture Design and implement service mesh solutions for traffic management, security, and observability Build automated Envoy proxy configurations and traffic policies Implement zero-trust networking with automated certificate management Create intelligent traffic routing and load balancing solutions Kubernetes Platform Engineering Design and automate EKS cluster provisioning, scaling, and lifecycle management Build systems that manage applications across multiple Kubernetes clusters and regions Create GitOps workflows that enable declarative infrastructure and application management Develop custom APIs and admission controllers that enforce policies and best practices Developer Experience Self-Service Create simple interfaces that hide AWS complexity from development teams Build Kubernetes-native platforms where developers can provision infrastructure through familiar APIs Create CLI tools, kubectl plugins, and web interfaces that simplify infrastructure operations Build systems that automatically generate and maintain infrastructure documentation Qualifications 4+ years of AWS experience with services like EKS, VPC, IAM, RDS, and load balancers Service Mesh experience with Istio, Envoy, or similar technologies Container orchestration expertise with Docker, containerd, and Kubernetes networking GitOps experience with ArgoCD, Flux, or similar tools 7+ years of Kubernetes experience incl ... (truncated, view full listing at source)