Coupang
e-commerce
SeniorStaffBackendEngineer
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“Senior Staff Backend Engineer at Coupang. Skills: Backend development, System architecture, Scalability, High availability, Low latency, Distributed systems. Lead the technical direction of MyCoupang. Own critical technical challenges on the platform”
What You'll Achieve.
Directly influence customer retention and satisfaction metrics; Achieve P95 latency under 500ms; Achieve P99 latency under 1 second; Maintain a 0.002% error rate; Reliably serve billions of requests weekly; Continue to evolve the platform
Industry & Context.
Problem-solving skills; Ability to debug complex distributed systems
Those eligible for employment protection (recipients of veteran’s benefits, the disabled, etc.) may receive preferential treatment for employment in accordance with applicable laws.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Minimum 12 years of experience working on software design and development in Java, Hands-on experience with designing, building, and deploying scalable, high available systems, Experience with high-throughput, low-latency systems handling millions of requests, Experience with event-driven architectures using Kafka or similar messaging systems, problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex distributed systems, Excellent collaboration skills to work with cross-functional teams (Product, CS, Logistics, Payment)
Nice to Have
Backend development (Java, Kotlin, or similar JVM languages preferred), RESTful API design and implementation, Database design and optimization (MySQL, Aurora), Message queue systems (Kafka), Workflow engines (Activiti BPMN, Temporal), Monitoring and alerting (Grafana, CloudWatch), Version control (Git), CI/CD tools (CircleCI or similar)
What You'll Do.
Lead the technical direction of MyCoupang
Own critical technical challenges on the platform
Design multi-market abstractions that scale to new regions
Drive the system toward 99.99% availability
Lead disaster recovery readiness
Lead capacity planning across the full production fleet
Define the long-term architecture for the platform
Ship 100+ features monthly
Support multi-market business logic
Enforce security through a 4-phase authorization pipeline
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work with cross-functional teams (Product, CS, Logistics, Payment)
Full Job Description
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. Role Overview We're looking for a Senior Staff Engineer to lead the technical direction of MyCoupang, Coupang's post-purchase customer experience platform. Every order tracking, delivery, return, payment, and support interaction for tens of millions of active customers across Korea and Taiwan flows through this system. MyCoupang operates at significant scale: ~34,000 requests per second, ~2.4 billion requests daily, and ~16 billion weekly, served by 700+ production pods with a 9x daily traffic swing that must be absorbed seamlessly. The platform delivers P95 latency under 500ms, P99 under 1 second, and maintains a 0.002% error rate. Built on Kotlin (backend), TypeScript with server-side rendering and ReactJS (fron
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