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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.\nWe 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.\nOur 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.\nRole Overview\nAt Coupang, data powers all decisions we make. We collect petabytes of data every day and turn it to insights and business metrics. In this role, you will lead and scale our Data Ingestion & Analytics Platform team and help the members of your team grow both technically and professionally.\nWhat You Will Do\nYou will work closely with product and data scientist teams and lead the planning, execution and success of complex technical projects.\nHire world class talent and provide technical guidance, career development, and mentoring to team members\nParticipate in key technical and design discussions with technical leads in the team as a hands-on manager\nPartner with key business stakeholders to prioritize work and create amazing products to support our data platform ingestion dn analytics team.\nProvide technical leadership to your team by giving guidance on designs and coding when time allows.\nPlatform Operations & SLA Ownership: Maintaining high availability across high QPS ingestions services.\nPartner closely with product management, data science, and senior executive stakeholders across business units to prioritize platform capabilities and deliver scalable analytics infrastructure.\nBasic Qualifications\n15+ years’ experience in data warehouse engineering and business intelligence\n5+ years leading, managing and hiring a team of talented engineers\n5+ years in building large scale, high-volume data warehouse environment\nDeep expertise with database development skills including SQL.\nExpertise with various ETL technologies and familiar with ETL tools.\nHave solid understanding of both relational and NoSQL database technologies.\nExperience with visualization, data mining, or statistical tools\nExperience with DW Appliance is a plus\nExcellent critical thinking, problem solving and analytical skills.\nExcellent communication skills, and the ability to work effectively with others\nExcellent people skills to partner with various key business stakeholders.\nBS degree in Computer Science or equivalent.\nPay & Benefits\nOur 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 $174,000/year in our lowest geographic market to $299,000/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.\nGeneral Description of All Benefits\nAnnual bonus is 0-20% of the base salary\nMedical/Dental/Vision/Life, AD&D insurance\nFlexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA)\nLong-term/Short-term Disability\nEmployee Assistance Program (EAP) program\n401K Plan with Company Match\n18-21 days of the Paid Time Off (PTO) a year based on the tenure\n12 Public Holidays\nPaid Parental leave\nPre-tax commuter benefits\nGeneral Description of Other Compensation\n“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.\nRecruitment Process\nApplication Review - Job Fit Interview - Focus Interview - Offer\nThe exact nature of the recruitment process may vary according to the specific job and may be changed due to scheduling or other circumstances.\nInterview schedules and the results will be informed to the applicant via the e-mail address submitted at the application stage\nDetails to Consider\nThis job posting may be closed prior to the stated end date for application if all openings are filled.\nCoupang 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.\nThose eligible for employment protection (recipients of veteran’s benefits, the disabled, etc.) may receive preferential treatment for employment in accordance with applicable laws.\nPrivacy Notice\nYour personal information will be collected and managed by Coupang as stated in the Application Privacy Notice located below: https://www.coupang.jobs/privacy-policy/\nCoupang is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race (including traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hair styles), color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ,ancestry, national origin (including language use restrictions), age (40 and over), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis C status, family status (including but not limited to marital or domestic partnership status), military or veteran status, use of a trained dog guide or service animal, political activities or affiliations, ancestry, citizenship, family and medical leave status, status as a victim of any violent crime, or any other characteristic or class protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. 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