Senior Staff Back-end Engineer (Messaging and Streaming Platform)

About Coupang

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 entrepreneurial surrounded by opportunities to drive new initiatives and innovations. At our core, we are bold and ambitious people who 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.

About Team

As a Sr. Staff Software Engineer in Messaging and Streaming Platform(MSP) team, you will be responsible for designing and building solid infrastructure to construct, monitor, and manage blaze-fast and consistent messaging, notification, and streaming pipelines.

Your core mission is to provide company-wide and generic messaging, notification, and streaming solutions with super-high scalability, reliability, and availability to unleash the productivity of Customer teams. You will have significant scope, impact, and responsibility in shaping the future of messaging platform at Coupang.

Team Description

• Develops and supports Coupang company-wide messaging, notification, and streaming infrastructure.
• Constructs, monitors, and manages blaze-fast and consistent messaging pipelines.
• Provides company-wide and generic messaging, notification, and streaming solutions with super-high scalability, reliability, and availability to unleash the productivity of Customer teams.
• Has significant scope, impact, and responsibility in shaping the future of the messaging platform at Coupang.
• The MSP team is a friendly, synergistic, passionate, and sharp team.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect and build Coupang's Messaging, Notification, and Streaming platform.
• Write durable code with the ability to process tera-bytes and petabytes each day.
• Keep improving our platform stability and performance, and achieving 99.99% to 99.999% availability with smooth operations.
• Work closely with Coupang's internal and external Customers and wow them with our cutting-edge products.

Qualifications

• BS or advanced degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field
• 10+ years of experience in designing, developing, and maintaining large-scale software infrastructures
• Solid (AWS) cloud background in both software development and operations
• Expertise in distributed systems and computing frameworks like Kafka, Spark, etc.
• Team player and fast learner with the ability to quickly triage and troubleshoot complex problems
• Strong ownership and passion for applying new technologies to real products

Recruitment Process and Others

Recruitment Process

• Application Review - 1st Interview(Virtual) - 2nd Interview(Virtual)
• The exact nature of the recruitment process may vary according to the specific job and may be changed due to scheduling or other circumstances.
• Interview schedules and the results will be informed to the applicant via the e-mail address submitted at the application stage.

Details to Consider

• This job posting may be closed prior to the stated end date for application if all openings are filled.
• Coupang has the right to rescind an offer of employment if a candidate is found to have submitted false information as part of the application process.
• Coupang does not discriminate against disabled applicants or those with veteran status.
• We are proud to offer equal opportunities for all applicants.

Privacy Notice

• Your personal information will be collected and managed by Coupang as stated in the Application Privacy Notice is located below. https://privacy.coupang.com/en/land/jobs/

Document Return Policy

• This notification is given pursuant to Article 11 (6) of the Fair Hiring Procedure Act.
• A job applicant, who has applied but not been finally selected for a position at Coupang (the “Company”), may request the Company to return his/her hiring documents submitted pursuant to the Fair Hiring Procedure Act. However, this will not apply where the hiring documents were submitted via the website of the Company or e-mail, or where the job applicant submitted those documents voluntarily without a request from the Company. In addition, if the hiring documents were destroyed due to a natural disaster or any other reasons not attributable to the Company, such documents will be deemed to have been returned to the job applicant.
• A job applicant who wishes to request the return of his/her hiring documents pursuant to the main sentence of paragraph 2 above should fill out a “Request for Return of Hiring Documents” [Annex Form No. 3 in the Enforcement Rule of the Fair Hiring Procedure Act] and submit It by email ([email protected]). In such case, within fourteen (14) days from the date of identifying the receipt of the request, the Company will send the hiring documents to the job applicant’s designated address via registered mail. Please be informed that the job applicant is required to pay the postage on the registered mail.
• In preparation for a job applicant’s request for the return of hiring documents pursuant to the main sentence of paragraph 2 above, the Company shall retain the original hiring documents submitted by the job applicant for 180 days from the completion of the recruiting process. If no request is made until the end of this period, all his/her hiring documents will be destroyed immediately in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act.
• Hiring may be restricted in case the legal qualifications required for hiring and work performance is not met.