Coupang Fulfillment Services · 1 month ago
Staff Backend Engineer - Foundational Systems & Platforms
Seattle, USA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$159K/yr - $324K/yr
7+ years expCoupang is a rapidly growing retail company known for disrupting the commerce industry in South Korea. They are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to build next-generation systems within the Foundational Systems and Platforms organization, focusing on inventory management and fulfillment execution. The role requires strong backend engineering experience and a commitment to operational excellence while collaborating with product stakeholders.
DeliveryLogisticsWarehousing
Responsibilities
Independently come up with quality architecture and design of systems for new microservices and machine learning pipelines
Functionally decompose complex problems into simple, straightforward solutions
Possess expert knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise distributed architecture, and engineering best practices
Assist in the career development of others, actively mentoring individuals and the community on advanced technical issues and helping managers guide the career growth of their team members
Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree and/or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
7+ years of software engineering experience, including Java
7+ years of experience leading large-scale projects
7+ years of knowledge of emerging platforms, Java, C/C++, operating system principles, and programming best practices
Strong understanding of backend scalable software architecture, distributed systems, and message-oriented architecture
Experience with full-stack, high-scale production systems with fault-tolerance and monitoring
Experience with building stream-processing systems, using solutions such as Kafka and Spark-Streaming
Data caching and storage techniques and creating distributed software architectures with horizontal scale
Operationalizing software in a large-scale environment with high availability requirements
Preferred
Experience with scalable distributed systems and understanding of machine learning algorithms
Experience in the eCommerce domain involved in supply chain systems around Inventory and Promise
Software development experience with Java, Scala, Python, NoSQL and Distribute Compute
Experience with AWS; Java language would be a plus
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
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
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