Sr.staff Back-end Engineer (ecommerce Engineering)

Coupang Inc

Seoul, South Korea
On-site
10+ years backend development experience
7+ years java/kotlin/spring development
Aws and kubernetes infrastructure expertise
The role involves shaping the long-term technical strategy and architecture for Coupang's core e-commerce platform serving multiple global markets

Job Summary

  • The role involves shaping the long-term technical strategy and architecture for Coupang's core e-commerce platform serving multiple global markets.
  • Candidates will drive technology vision by defining 12-18 month roadmaps and establishing API governance standards for privacy-compliant systems.
  • This position requires mentoring Senior and Staff engineers while leading complex system designs that ensure backward compatibility and data integrity.

Matching Summary

The role involves shaping the long-term technical strategy and architecture for Coupang's core e-commerce platform serving multiple global markets.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 10+ years backend development experience
  • 7+ years Java/Kotlin/Spring development
  • AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure expertise
  • Web-scale microservices architecture design
  • Mission-critical system failure diagnosis

Nice-to-have

  • Customer PII and privacy engineering focus
  • Global multi-region traffic scaling experience
  • Kafka Spark Cassandra Airflow data pipelines
  • OpenTelemetry Prometheus Grafana observability
  • JVM performance tuning and cache design

Key Requirements

  • 10+ years professional backend development experience
  • 7+ years Java/Kotlin/Spring service development
  • 3+ years in architecture leadership roles
  • Proven experience with AWS and Kubernetes
  • Strong communication and leadership skills

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