Coupang

e-commerce

Director,BackEndEngineering(FulfillmentTech)

$174–299k Seattle, United States
The Brief

“Director, Back-End Engineering (Fulfillment Tech) at Coupang. Skills: Engineering management, Back-end engineering, Warehouse management systems, Distributed computing. Manage and scale a team(s). Deliver foundational building blocks”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver foundational building blocks of next generation warehouse management systems; Scale up systems for growing customer base; Promote innovative solutions for fulfilling customer orders; Deliver the roadmap of your teams; Deliver high quality software; Deliver innovative, simple solutions

Industry & Context.

e commerce
Problems you'll solve

Solve complex problems; Problem solving

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years of professional experience in software development/engineering, 5+ years of engineering management experience, Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design and data structures, Computer Science fundamentals in algorithm design, problem solving and complexity analysis, Knowledge of best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing and operations, Experience with distributed computing and enterprise-wide systems, Experience recruiting, hiring and managing a team, Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field

Nice to Have

Experience working in warehouse management systems and fulfillment technologies, Experience taking a leading role in building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers, Experience communicating with users, other technical teams and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs and product strategy, Experience mentoring junior software engineers to improve their skills and make them more effective product software engineers, Experience influencing software engineers’ best practices within your team, Hands-on expertise in many disparate technologies, ranging from front-end user interfaces through to back-end systems and all points in between, Experience working backwards from the customer and delivering innovative, simple solutions

What You'll Do.

Manage and scale a team(s)

Deliver foundational building blocks

data platform solutions

Build new technologies

Deliver roadmap of teams

Provide hands-on technical leadership

Solve complex problems

Make architecture decisions

Set up practices for high quality software

Develop mechanisms to update stakeholders

Build and grow the team

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with product, program management stakeholders; Work with other engineering leaders; Communicate with users; Communicate with other technical teams; Communicate with senior management

Communication Scope

Communicate with users; Communicate with other technical teams; Communicate with senior management

Process & Methodology

Program management

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