L7-2 Sr,Staff Back-end Engineer II

Company Introduction 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. Sr. Staff Back-end Engineer II Job Description Summary The CIC - Software Engineering team is responsible for Coupang's on-prem and cloud infrastructure for Coupang's internal workload management and microservice ecosystem which scales thousands of microservices. We are in the process of revolutionizing our developer experiences and internal infrastructure by adopting the best technologies available. We are looking for an architect who has deep understanding of distributed systems, hands-on experience in large scale backend services, Kubernetes, Golang and Java based micro services. You will be responsible for designing the architecture and lead the team to deliver a modern platform that powers all Coupang's internal services and ML platform. What You Will Do As a Staff Back-end Engineer, you will be a partner with leaders of multiple platform teams. You will work closely with the product team to define and implement simple solutions to complex infrastructure problems while ensuring you to build a highly scalable, reliable and efficient platform for our customers. You will technically guide teams working on full stack development teams using JAVA, AWS, Kafka, Kubernetes, Kubeflow, Argo CD and gRPC. You will be accountable for hiring and developing technical leaders and top talent, raising the bar on engineering and operational excellence. In this role, you will: Architect workload and service management infrastructure. Hands-on develop critical infrastructure components. Decompose complex problems into simple, straightforward solutions, providing mechanisms for the teams to prioritize ruthlessly and "move with urgency". Envision roadmaps for the scalable and robust growth of Coupang's growing Application infrastructure. Align with stakeholders, develop strong developers and provide technical guidance to engineers on critical projects to resolve complex business problems. Demonstrate excellence resulting in scalable systems and services with the highest quality architecture and design. Dive deep into critical system issues, proactively addressing similar root causes, and raise the bar on Operational Excellence. Collaborate with other Coupang tech leaders to make the service extensible to unlock opportunities for innovations. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical fields. 8+ years professional software development experience, Hands-on experience in designing and developing large scale distributed system in the last 3 years. One who is fluent in one or more among Java, Go and Python. Proven track record of delivering mission critical systems. Experience developing and growing senior individual contributors globally. Experi ... (truncated, view full listing at source)