Coupang Fulfillment Services · 5 months ago
Director of Engineering, Security
Mountain View, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$170K/yr - $316K/yr
15+ years expCoupang is a rapidly growing e-commerce company in South Korea, dedicated to transforming the shopping experience for its customers. They are seeking a hands-on Director of Engineering with expertise in building secure and scalable systems, responsible for leading a team of senior engineers while ensuring the security and reliability of core platforms.
DeliveryLogisticsWarehousing
Responsibilities
Manage a team of senior engineers working in different geographic areas
Design and lead the architecture of secure, scalable backend systems using Java (Spring Boot) and AWS cloud-native services
Champion DevSecOps principles — integrating security, observability, and automation across the SDLC
Drive code quality standards, best practices, technical reviews, and system reliability across teams
Lead by example — write and review code when needed, unblock engineers, and make critical architectural decisions
Build and grow a high-performing team of senior/staff-level engineers, fostering autonomy, trust, and accountability
Partner with product and leadership to define and deliver on engineering roadmaps and strategic initiatives
Implement and evolve best practices in CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and incident response
Own system reliability, performance, and security posture — conduct regular threat modeling, security reviews, and incident post-mortems
Integrate Generative AI capabilities (e.g., embeddings, RAG, LLM APIs) into product workflows responsibly and securely
Lead design and implementation of authentication, authorization, and identity management solutions (SSO, OIDC, RBAC/ABAC, SCIM, etc.)
Create a culture of technical excellence, and continuous learning
Qualification
Required
15+ years of backend/software engineering experience, with at least 3–5 years in engineering leadership, experience in AI/ML development highly desired
Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and AWS architecture and services (e.g., ECS, S3, Lambda, RDS, IAM, KMS)
Proven experience designing and securing multi-tenant, distributed systems
Deep understanding of DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, secure SDLC, and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
Strong experience with code quality standards, technical debt management, and production observability
Track record of leading and scaling senior technical teams, especially in fast-paced environments
Comfortable managing delivery and roadmap planning while staying close to technical details
Experience with reliability engineering practices (e.g., SLOs, chaos testing, incident management)
Exposure to compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001) and security tooling (e.g. OPA, Vault)
Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Prior experience in SaaS, platform teams, or cloud-native product environments is a must
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (Master's/PhD preferred)
15+ years of experience in software development/security engineering, or 8+ years if holding an advanced degree
At least 6+ years of people management experience (leading teams, mentoring senior contributors globally)
Strong hands-on experience in designing and developing large-scale distributed systems in recent years (last 3–4 years)
Proven track record of delivering mission-critical, scalable systems in production at scale
Experience working with cloud platforms—AWS, Azure, or GCP—especially for authentication/identity systems and ML infrastructure
Domain knowledge in security architecture, authentication/authorization, cryptography, secure SDLC practices
Strong stakeholder alignment and influence across cross-functional teams
Ability to draw roadmaps, prioritize under pressure, and execute in fast-paced or ambiguous environments
Track record of building and growing high-performing security teams at scale
Benefits
Medical/Dental/Vision/Life, AD&D insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA)
Long-term/Short-term Disability
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) program
401K Plan with Company Match
18-21 days of the Paid Time Off (PTO) a year based on the tenure
12 Public Holidays
Paid Parental leave
Pre-tax commuter benefits
MTV - [Free] Electric Car Charging Station
Company
Coupang Fulfillment Services
Coupang Fulfillment Services provides warehousing, delivery, and delivery logistics services.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Marisol Gonzaga, SHRM-CP
Senior Human Resources Business Partner
Recent News
2025-10-13
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