Staff Backend Engineer

Coupang • Mountain View, CA

298d • $171,000 - $351,000

About The Position

The Coupang Corner Stone team in application infrastructure organization, takes charge of company-wide transaction data storage and common data service layer to materialize e-commerce data for a low latency reading. The team owns the common data service which is at the core of e-commerce business to connect vertical business data and front-end data consumers. It ingests data from various data storages, processes within minutes in parallel and saves in persistent storage for customer facing front-end to consume. We are looking for software development engineers with large data processing and data materialization experience. As a Staff Engineer, you are the tech leader in the team taking charge of system design, implementation, service optimization and daily operation.

Requirements

• 8+ years professional software development experience, or 6 years of experience with an advanced degree.
• At least 6 years of experience working in backend systems with a focus on Java.
• At least 4 years of experience working in data technologies - SQL and NoSQL.
• Proven experience on delivering mission critical projects at large scale.
• Practical experience with IaC (preferably Terraform) and CI/CD.
• Experience with cloud computing - one or more of AWS/Azure/GCP.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in server-side web app frameworks such as SpringBoot.
• Experience with shift left methodologies focusing on high quality and faster time to market.
• Deep understanding of modern web application architectures and design patterns that lead to high performance and scale.
• Deep appreciation for metrics and observability with undeterred focus on raising the bar for the quality of services.
• Tenacity to dive deep into complex issues, identifying root causes and resolving them.

Responsibilities

• Hand on the system and new feature design, implementation, testing and release of Common data service and Storage system.
• Dive deep into the system and fix complex technical problems.
• Participate in the daily system operation to address system issues and answer the customer questions.
• Identify the system reliability and performance issue and propose solutions applying best industry practice.
• Collaborate with other Coupang tech teams to make the service extensible to support business growth.
• Advocate engineer excellence and operation excellence with the team.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life, AD&D insurance.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Accounts (HSA).
• Long-term/Short-term Disability.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) program.
• 401K Plan with Company Match.
• 18-21 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) a year based on tenure.
• 12 Public Holidays.
• Paid Parental leave.
• Pre-tax commuter benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree