Staff, Android Engineer

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 at 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.

The Search and Discovery Product Engineering team is the team that builds inspiring search and discovery experiences for Coupang customers, helps our users find products easier, and discover more products to live their life to the best.

Key Responsibilities

We are looking for smart, passionate people with a strong sense of ownership. If you want your work to positively impact the lives of millions of people and you are up for a change, let’s talk! This team is a full stack team, in which there are Android, iOS, Web and Backend engineers. As an engineer for the Search and Discovery Product team, you will own one of the most critical product surfaces on Coupang’s app – Search and Discovery surfaces where 60%+ of transactions happen.

What You Will Do

• Build brand new user experience product for Coupang search and discovery experience.
• Help to maintain the high quality of one or several critical search-related components on the Android platform. Always strive for wowing our customers with robust, fluent and fast app experience.
• Knit across teams by collaborating with Product managers and designers and other functions to build a holistic experience that’s right for Coupang users.
• Contribute best-in-class programming skills to develop highly innovative consumer-facing mobile products.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 9+ years of coding experience with Android, proficiency in Java or Kotlin
• Experience developing high-quality, large-scale consumer applications
• Experience in data analytic tools such as Presto or Jupyter
• Able to conduct complex A/B testing, able to do experiment analysis
• Deep understanding of UI development of Android
• Experience with MVVM, Hilt and Room
• Strong communication skills and great product sense
• Strong passion of building product

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficient on React native and Flexbox
• Experience with Server Driven UI framework
• Expert domain knowledge in Yoga and Flexbox
• Coding experience in Rust
• Strong ownership, having experience working in early startups is a plus.

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 $162,540 / year in our lowest geographic market to $311,000 / 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
• 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
• 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.

Coupang is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, transgender status), national origin, age, disability, medical condition, HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis C status, marital status, military or veteran status, use of a trained dog guide or service animal, political activities, affiliations, citizenship, or any other characteristic or class protected by the laws or regulations in