Staff Data Engineer

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're collectively disrupting the multi-billion-dollar commerce industry from the ground up. We are an American technology company and one of the fastest-growing retail companies that has established an unparalleled reputation for being a leading and reliable force in global 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 entrepreneurial, 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

The Data Platform team at Coupang is primary technical authority driving the architecture, resiliency, and automation of Coupang's foundational data infrastructure. We design and execute end-to-end strategy for distributed data processing systems capable of handling petabyte-scale data ingestion, storage, and processing with sub-second/real-time latencies.

Our team manages many critical data domains, supports high-volume real-time and batch data operations. In this role, you will lead the technical roadmap to scale our platform, build self-service automation to eliminate operational friction, and establish rigorous data quality and SLA governance frameworks across the organisation. You will mentor engineers, break single points of failure across domains, and work closely with senior engineering leaders to align platform capabilities with business growth.

What You Will Do

Ideate, build, and manage analytics and production data ETL/ELT systems for high-volume data ingestion from diverse sources

Partner with Data Science, Engineering, and Product to enable reliable, accurate logging/implementation and usage of Search data

Ensure data quality, observability, and reliability across the data lifecycle

Optimize systems for performance, cost efficiency, and scalability

Define and manage SLAs for data systems

Ensure security and compliance of data per industry standards

Minimum Qualifications

8+ years of relevant industry experience as a data engineer in a technology company

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Preferred Qualifications

10+ years experience in data/engineering overall

Proficiency in Python and SQL

Experience with distributed processing technologies and frameworks and distributed storage systems (e.g. HDFS, S3)

Experience with ETL schedulers (e.g. Airflow, Dagster, DBT)

Pay & Benefits

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. At Coupang, your base pay is one part of your total compensation. The base pay for this position ranges from $164,000/year in our lowest geographic market to $282,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

General Description of All Benefits

Annual bonus is 0-20% of the base salary

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

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

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: 8931