Coupang
e-commerce
SeniorStaffEngineerAdsDataPlatform
“Senior Staff Engineer - Ads Data Platform at Coupang. Skills: Data platform, Distributed systems, High-concurrency systems, Java. Architect and scale data processing pipelines. Engineer next-generation data platform”
Industry & Context.
Solve problems
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, Math, or a closely related field, 8 years of experience in backend software development, Experience working in cloud environments, particularly AWS, Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining highly available, distributed systems, Proven track record of taking ownership and successfully delivering results, Experience building ads serving system, Ability to clearly and concisely communicate with technical and non- technical stakeholders across all levels of the organization, Ability to work in multi-cultural, cross functional team, Experience building highly scalable and low latency systems in a fast paced, team-oriented environment, Experience leading a project of building large scale data serving platform, Proficiency in Java and the Spring Frameworks
Nice to Have
Ability and desire to drive solid design work on multi-threaded/multi-process, distributed system, A passion to explore, improve, automate and optimize distributed systems and tools, Proven ability to lead and collaborate in cross-functional, fast-paced environments, Ability to think outside-the-box and challenge conventional wisdoms, Experience with advertising systems/Search advertising/Advertising Marketplace/Display advertising/Ad Server, Experience working with AWS (Amazon web services), Familiarity with Agile development practices, including code reviews, testing, and CI/CD pipelines, Experience managing mission-critical services with high throughput and low latency, Experience working in fast pacing environment, Experience with Spark/Hive/Redis//Kafka
What You'll Do.
Architect and scale data processing pipelines
Engineer next-generation data platform
Empower cross-functional teams
Translate ads logic into system architectures
Build scalable infrastructure
Manage and serve ads data
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work in multi-cultural, cross functional team; Collaborate in cross-functional, fast-paced environments; Interfacing with technical teams; Interfacing with business stakeholders
Communication Scope
Communicate with technical stakeholders; Communicate with non-technical stakeholders; Communication skills for interfacing with technical teams; Communication skills for interfacing with business stakeholders; Communication skills for interfacing with end users
Process & Methodology
Leading a project
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