Coupang Fulfillment Services · 3 months ago
Senior Staff Backend Engineer (GOT)
Seattle, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$159K/yr - $324K/yr
5+ years expCoupang is a leading e-commerce company known for its innovative approach to online shopping. They are seeking a Senior Staff Backend Engineer to design and build large-scale, multi-tiered, distributed services that ensure reliable order fulfillment and enhance the customer experience.
DeliveryLogisticsWarehousing
Responsibilities
Demonstrate excellence resulting in scalable systems and services with the highest quality architecture and design
Responsible for designing, building, deploying and maintaining the core Workflow Platform Infrastructure. (e.g., Workflow Platforms - Temporal, Netflix Conductor etc.)
Responsible for benchmarking the Platform, collecting metrics & publishing results
Responsible for measuring & ensuring reliability and uptime of the Platform with 99.995% guarantees
Responsible for capacity estimation & provisioning of cluster for different customer workloads
Responsible for production incident Monitoring & Alerting for the Platform
Detail oriented and hands on engineer who can analyze OSS Platform components and code
Dive deep into critical system issues, proactively addressing similar root causes, and raise the bar on Operational Excellence
Exposure to one of the SQL or NoSQL database systems. (Cassandra, MySQL etc.)
Collaborate with other teams to make the platform open and extensible to unlock innumerable opportunities for innovations
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience working directly within engineering teams in a fast-moving environment
5+ years of experience in developing and operating backend services and web applications
Experience building complex, high-performance, and highly available distributed software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
Strong familiarity developing with Java and Spring Framework as well as experience in an AWS environment
Extensive experience in managing mission critical services with high throughput and low latency
BS in Computer Science, EE, or other engineering fields
MS preferred
Responsible for designing, building, deploying and maintaining the core Workflow Platform Infrastructure
Responsible for benchmarking the Platform, collecting metrics & publishing results
Responsible for measuring & ensuring reliability and uptime of the Platform with 99.995% guarantees
Responsible for capacity estimation & provisioning of cluster for different customer workloads
Responsible for production incident Monitoring & Alerting for the Platform
Detail oriented and hands on engineer who can analyze OSS Platform components and code
Dive deep into critical system issues, proactively addressing similar root causes, and raise the bar on Operational Excellence
Exposure to one of the SQL or NoSQL database systems. (Cassandra, MySQL etc.)
Collaborate with other teams to make the platform open and extensible to unlock innumerable opportunities for innovations
Preferred
Solid engineering skills as a lead engineer to coach and lead high performing software engineers and keep them motivated
Excellent communication skills to shepherd communication with end users, technical & business teams to collect requirements, describe product features, and develop technical designs to achieve business goals
Knowledge of Agile software engineering practices & patterns for the full software development lifecycle including coding standards, code reviews, build processes, testing, and live site operations
Demonstrated leadership in cross-functional, highly collaborative environment
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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