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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. \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 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. \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 \nCoupang’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.\nThis 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.\nKey Responsibilities:\nBuilding, owning, and maintenance of large-scale distributed systems\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams including UX/UI designers, front-end developers, and product owners to develop scalable, resilient applications\nEstablishing and executing short and long-term design and architectural roadmaps for the business\nDriving continual improvement to the efficiency and flexibility of the business platform while keeping high bar for customer trust, performance and availability.\nImplement clean, maintainable, and efficient code using best practices for distributed application development\nConduct thorough testing and debugging to identify and fix any issues or bugs\nContinuing to innovate on the platform to support Rocket Growth programs\nProviding technical direction to junior engineers in the team\nSkills and Qualifications:\n6+ years of experience working on 5+ years on fundamental algorithms, system design, and large distributed systems\n6+ years of professional coding experience using modern programming language such as Java, Scala, Kotlin, C++, C#, etc\nBachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.\nStrong problem-solving skills and attention to detail\nAbility to work in an agile development environment and meet tight deadlines\nPreferred:\nExperience working in building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers\nExperience communicating with users, other technical teams and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs and product strategy\nExperience influencing software engineering best practices within your team\nHands-on expertise in many disparate technologies, ranging from front-end user interfaces through to back-end systems and all points in between\nExperience working backwards from the customer and delivering innovative, simple solutions.\n\nPay & Benefits \nOur compensation reflects the cost of living across several US geographic markets. At Coupang, your base pay is one part of your total compensation. \nThe base pay for this position ranges from $164,00/year to $282,000/year. 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 \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\nMTV - [Free] Electric Car Charging Station \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.\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. 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