Coupang · 3 months ago
Staff Backend Engineer, Growth Engineering
Mountain View, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$142K/yr - $309K/yr
6+ years expCoupang is a fast-growing e-commerce company known for its innovative approach to shopping. They are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer in Growth Engineering to design and develop a next-generation data platform that enhances marketing efficiency and customer engagement through robust data processing and machine learning capabilities.
ApparelConsumer ElectronicsConsumer GoodsCustomer ServiceE-CommerceRetailShopping
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and automate large-scale, high-performance streaming data processing systems to drive business growth and enhance product experience
Build scalable data infrastructure and pipelines using best-in-class software engineering practices
Develop optimal data models for storage and retrieval, meeting critical product and business requirements
Ensure the platform supports high availability, reliability, and low-latency
Take full ownership end to end: from solution investigation/benchmark, development to operational health
Establish and execute short and long-term architectural roadmaps
Drive continuous improvement to the efficiency and flexibility of the data, platform, and services while maintaining a high bar for customer trust, performance, and availability
Collaborate with data scientists, machine learning engineers, and other stakeholders to understand data requirements and deliver solutions
Implement data quality and validation processes to ensure the accuracy and consistency of ingested data
Qualification
Required
6+ years of professional software development experience
5+ years of experience in data-related products with proficiency in Spark, Flink, Spring, and Java
Experience with open-source frameworks and technologies, like Spring, AWS, APIs, NoSQL, Big Data Technologies (Kafka, Hive, Cassandra, ClickHouse, Apache Flink, Apache Spark, or similar)
Hands on Python experience
Excellent coding skills, with emphasis on data structures, algorithms, problem solving, refactoring, performance improvement and complexity analysis
Distributed systems experience is a must, should be skilled at designing, implementing, and maintaining systems at scale, and working on tradeoffs based on business demand
Taking ownership comes naturally to you and you thrive in an environment where priorities and requirements are not always clear
Comfortable working and learning in an agile, fast-paced environment
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
Preferred
Experience taking a leading role in building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
Experience with internet-scale datasets and feature engineering (feature pipeline and feature store development)
Experience communicating with users, other technical teams and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs and product strategy
Experience influencing software engineering best practices
Hands-on expertise in many disparate technologies, ranging from front-end user interfaces through to back-end systems and all points in between
Experience working backwards from the customer and delivering innovative, simple solutions
Fluency in oral English, and Chinese language is a bonus
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 Paid Holidays
XX weeks of Paid Parental leave
Pre-tax commuter benefits
MTV - [Free] Electric Car Charging Station
Company
Coupang
Coupang is an e-commerce platform that offers a wide variety of products, including apparel, electronics, and home goods.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.42BKey Investors
SoftBank Vision FundSoftBankBlackRock Private Equity Partners
2021-03-11IPO
2021-01-01Post Ipo Equity
2018-11-20Private Equity· $2B
Leadership Team
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Gaurav Anand
Chief Financial Officer
Harold Rogers
General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer
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