Staff Front-end Engineer

Description

We exist to wow our customers. We know we’re doing the right thing when we hear our customers say, “How did we 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 e-commerce industry from the ground up. We are one of the fastest-growing e-commerce companies that established an unparalleled reputation for being a dominant 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 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.

Coupang Rocket Growth  

Coupang’s Rocket Growth Engineering Team is responsible for building the next generation fulfillment by Coupang platform that allows Sellers to bring the widest possible quality selection of items available at competitive prices to Coupang’s customers in a convenient manner. We are building full-stack engineering teams to scale up our systems for the vast and growing selection. 

This role requires leadership of one of the most critical systems that will invest millions of listings, enabling quality experience for our Sellers from Listings, and Order Fulfillment to Settlements. We provide intelligence for Sellers to optimize their Selection, prices, and fulfillment experience to Coupang’s customer needs, enabling Coupang to become the most trusted selling platform. We are looking for a leader who has previous E-commerce leadership experience and has led distributed systems development. 

Key Responsibilities:  

Building, owning, and maintenance of large-scale distributed systems  Collaborate with cross-functional teams including UX/UI designers, front-end developers, and product owners to develop scalable, resilient applications  Establishing and executing short and long-term design and architectural roadmaps for the business  Driving continual improvement to the efficiency and flexibility of the business platform while keeping high bar for customer trust, performance and availability.  Implement clean, maintainable, and efficient code using best practices for distributed application development  Conduct thorough testing and debugging to identify and fix any issues or bugs  Continuing to innovate on the platform to support Rocket Growth programs  Providing technical direction to junior engineers in the team 

Skills and Qualifications:  

8+ years of experience working on 6+ years on fundamental algorithms, system design, and large distributed systems  8+ years of professional coding experience using modern programming language such as Java, Scala, Kotlin, C++, C#, etc  Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.  Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail  Ability to work in an agile development environment and meet tight deadlines 

Preferred:  

Experience working in building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers  Experience communicating with users, other technical teams and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs and product strategy  Experience influencing software engineering best practices within your team  Hands-on expertise in many disparate technologies, ranging from front-end user interfaces through to back-end systems and all points in between  Experience working backwards from the customer and delivering innovative, simple solutions 

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 $138,000/year in our lowest geographic market to $297,000/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  

• 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