Coupang · 3 hours ago
Staff Backend Engineer + Cassandra Specialist
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$138K/yr - $297K/yr
4+ years expCoupang is a fast-growing e-commerce company focused on disrupting the industry with innovative solutions. They are seeking a Staff Backend Engineer with expertise in Cassandra to develop and optimize storage solutions for company-wide transaction data. The role involves enhancing system performance, addressing technical issues, and collaborating with various tech teams to support business growth.
ApparelConsumer ElectronicsConsumer GoodsCustomer ServiceE-CommerceRetailShopping
Hiring Manager
Naren Barve
Responsibilities
Hand on to develop the features to enhance the system availability, disaster recovery and performance enhancement
Dive deep into the system and fix complex technical problems
Participate in the daily system operation to address system issues and answer customers’ questions
Identify the system's reliability and performance issues and propose solutions with the best industry practice
Work with the team manager to define the tech and project road map
Collaborate with other Coupang tech teams to make the service extensible to support business growth
Drive communication up to Principal Engineer and Senior director level
Advocate engineer excellence and operation excellence with the team
Hire and develop team members with knowledge sharing and high-quality interviews
Qualification
Required
4 years of relevant industry experience with distributed systems, system programming and backend development with Cassandra expertise
4 years of solid work with fundamental algorithms, system design, and large distributed systems
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field
Expert in Cassandra configuration, usage and operation
Work as Platform or infrastructure engineer on database or storage services
Familiar with AWS technology
Solid system and code debugging skills
Deep understanding in service availability, scalability, and latency
Excellent communication skills in English including verbal and written
Have experience on TiDB management is a plus
At least 6+ years working experience on software design & development experience on distributed system and experience developing large scale enterprise
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
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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