Coupang

e-commerce

StaffBack-endEngineer(SecurityInfrastructure)

Seoul, South Korea
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Staff Back-end Engineer (Security Infrastructure) at Coupang. Skills: Security Infrastructure, IAM platforms, Authentication and authorization, Distributed systems, Cloud environments. Build the platform that enables Coupang to win and grow our customers’ confidence while rapidly expanding and scaling our services. Build core security services and libraries used by all Coupang services to secure themselves and our customers”

What You'll Achieve.

Make Coupang and its products more secure; Make our engineers more productive; Build robust and scalable systems; Achieve high-reliability and low-latency systems

Industry & Context.

e commerce
Problems you'll solve

Think systematically to identify technical solutions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

6 years of experience in backend software development, Experience working in cloud environments, particularly AWS, Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining highly available, distributed systems

Nice to Have

Masters or PhD degree in computer science or other related technical field, Working knowledge of security protocols such as OIDC and OAuth2, Working knowledge of IAM systems such as identity providers and role based authorization, Experience working with Kubernetes, gRPC and Istio, Experience building high-reliability and low-latency systems in the Cloud, Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code, Fluent in one or more of C++, Java and Go, Recent hands-on experience designing and developing large scale distributed systems, Experience with cloud computing using AWS, Azure or GCP, Deep understanding of Cloud applications design and architecture, good API design patterns, performance and scale

What You'll Do.

Build the platform that enables Coupang to win and grow our customers’ confidence while rapidly expanding and scaling our services

Build core security services and libraries used by all Coupang services to secure themselves and our customers

Build Identity and Access Management (IAM) functionality for our entire ecosystem of vendors

Add features to our authentication and authorization platforms

Deeply integrate them with Coupang’s service infrastructure

Develop our IAM platforms and rapidly iterate

Understand current needs and future direction of teams across the company

Identify technical solutions

balancing strategic goals and immediate impact

Demonstrate excellence in architecture and design

resulting in robust and scalable systems

Hands-on develop critical infrastructure components

Write back-end APIs in Java and Go

using industry-standard frameworks

Drive platform adoption across teams

Help teams prioritize ruthlessly and “move with urgency”

Dive deep into critical system issues

Constantly raising the bar on Operational Excellence

Serve as a role model for other engineers

Shape our team culture

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborating actively as part of a small, highly talented team; Partner with teams across the company to understand their current needs and future direction; Work across teams to drive platform adoption

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. 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 As a Staff Engineer on the Security Infrastructure team, you will build the platform that enables Coupang to win and grow our customers’ confidence while rapidly expanding and scaling our services. The Security Infrastructure team builds core security services and libraries used by all Coupang services to secure themselves and our customers. Our work supports teams across Coupang and thousands of microservices. We aim to make Coupang and its products more secure while also making our engineers more productive. Our responsibilities include building Identity and Access Management (IAM) functionality for our entire ecosystem of vendors, sellers and shoppers. We are looking for engineers who are passionate about building platforms at scale, with emphasis on usability, reliability and efficiency. You will work on adding features to our authentication and authorization platforms, and deeply integrating them with Coupang’s service infrastructure. The successful candidate will be a well-rounded engineer who balances strategic and design thinking with attention to detail in implementation and operations. If that sounds like you, come join us Responsibilities Develop our IAM platforms and rapidly iterate while collaborating act

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