Staff Software Engineer (Coupang Media Group) [L6]

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Company Introduction

We exist to wow our customers. We know we’re doing the right thing when we hear our customers say, “How did I ever live without Coupang?” Born out of an obsession to make shopping, eating, and living easier than ever, we are collectively disrupting the multi-billion-dollar commerce industry from the ground up and establishing an unparalleled reputation for being leading and reliable force in South Korean commerce.

We are proud to have the best of both worlds — a startup culture with the resources of a large global public company. This fuels us to continue our growth and launch new services at the speed we have been since our inception. We are all entrepreneurs surrounded by opportunities to drive new initiatives and innovations. At our core, we are bold and ambitious people that like to get our hands dirty and make a hands-on impact. At Coupang, you will see yourself, your colleagues, your team, and the company grow every day.

Our mission to build the future of commerce is real. We push the boundaries of what’s possible to solve problems and break traditional tradeoffs. Join Coupang now to create an epic experience in this always-on, high-tech, and hyper-connected world.

Role Overview

Coupang is reimagining the shopping experience with the goal of wowing each customer from the instant they open the Coupang app to the moment an order is delivered to their door. Powered by an outstanding end-to-end e-commerce and logistics network and a fanatical culture of customer centricity, Coupang has broken tradeoffs around speed, selection and price.

Role Overview Ads data platform team is a key team in the Ads foundation organization. Help us build the data engine behind Coupang Ads. Our team provides the foundational platform that manages and serves all data used in our ads-serving pipeline. We build the big data platform that processes all the Coupang Ads data, which involves enrichment, aggregation, attribution, settlement, measurement and more.

We are looking for passionate backend software experts to build large scale data processing systems that power our Ads business. Our mission is to design and build a scalable, extensible and resilient data processing infrastructure that powers our Ads business with big data and build scalable realtime services to serve the data.

What You Will Do:

Architect and scale high-throughput data processing pipelines and serving infrastructure critical to real-time ad delivery.

Engineer our next-generation data platform, focusing on self-service capabilities that empower cross-functional teams to deploy data into production with minimal friction.

Bridge the gap between business strategy and technical execution, translating complex ads logic into highly distributed, efficient, and resilient system architectures.

Basic Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or electrical/electronic engineering, mathematics or equivalent

8+ years of solid work with fundamental algorithms, system design, and large distributed systems

8+ years of coding experience in one of the following: C++, Java, Scala

Experience building systems in ads or search area

Self-starter and innovator who likes to solve complex problems

Proven track record of taking ownership and successfully delivering results

Ability to clearly and concisely communicate with technical and non- technical stakeholders across all levels of the organization

Ability to work in multi-cultural, cross functional team

Experience building highly scalable systems in a fast paced, team-oriented environment

Experience leading a project of building large scale data process system

Preferred Qualifications:

Ability and desire to drive solid design work on multi-threaded/multi-process, distributed system

A passion to explore, improve, automate and optimize distributed systems and tools

Ability to think outside-the-box and challenge conventional wisdoms

Experience working with AWS (Amazon web services)

Experience with Spark/Hive/Iceberg/Kafka

General Description of All Benefits (Drafter: Please check with your team if any change on the benefit description)

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

General Description of Other Compensation

“Other Compensation” includes, but is not limited to, bonuses, equity, or other forms of compensation that would be offered to the hired applicant in addition to their established salary range or wage scale.

Recruitment Process and Others

Recruitment Process

Application Review - Phone Interview - Onsite (or Virtual Onsite) Interview – Offer

The exact nature of the recruitment process may vary according to the specific job and may be changed due to scheduling or other circumstances.

Interview schedules and the results will be informed to the applicant via the e-mail address submitted at the application stage.

Details to Consider

This job posting may be closed prior to the stated end date for application if all openings are filled.

Coupang has the right to rescind an offer of employment if a candidate is found to have submitted false information as part of the application process.

Those eligible for employment protection (recipients of veteran’s benefits, the disabled, etc.) may receive preferential treatment for employment in accordance with applicable laws.

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Job Requisition ID: R0076545

Please complete the attached Internal Transfer Request Form and submit.

Please make sure to apply with your Coupang e-mail address.