Director, Back-End Engineering (E-commerce Engineering)

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.

Coupang E-commerce Engineering organization is searching for a Director, Back-end Engineering to lead the Core Member Platform team, defining the technical vision and roadmap and building the next-generation data-serving platform capable of handling millions of Coupang user requests globally. You will be part of the Service Engineering org. responsible for building, operating, and scaling the core back-end platforms that power critical pages in Coupang's mobile apps and web, including Home, Search, Category, Detail Page, Cart, Checkout, and Order. The mission of this space is to create a highly scalable, highly available, and robust back-end system that will be used by all of Coupang’s business with the capabilities to extend to not just the Korean market but also to other global markets, such as Taiwan.

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience
• Experience partnering with product or program management teams.
• Experience leading multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment
• Experience as a mentor and tech lead
• Experience in defining technical strategy and building roadmaps to mission critical projects - aligning stakeholders and lead engineers in the process.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to make the platform open and extensible to unlock innumerable opportunities for innovations.
• Solid understanding of Engineering and Testing fundamentals - knowledge of industry best practices in design.
• Deep-dive and handle critical system issues.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and/or master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience working on software design and development in Java, Scala, Python.
• Hands-on experience with designing, building, and deploying scalable, high available distributed multi-tier services.
• Large global system architecture design and development experience.
• Experience in defining technical roadmaps and vision.
• Experience with cloud computing with AWS.
• Experience of developing on Kubernetes environment.
• Experience of developing data pipelines with Spark, Hadoop, Cassandra, Kafka, and Airflow.
• Experience with Java / IntelliJ / Spring environment.

Recruitment Process and Others:

Recruitment Process

• Application Review - 1st Interview - Virtual Onsite Interviews - 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.

Things 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.

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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 by email (recruitingops@coupang.com) 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.