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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 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.

Role Overview

As a Staff Software Engineer in Messaging and Streaming Platform team, you will be responsible for designing and building solid infrastructure to construct, monitor and manage blaze-fast and consistent messaging, notification and streaming pipelines. Your core mission is to provide company-wide and generic messaging, notification and streaming solutions with super high scalability, reliability and availability to unleash the productivity of Customer teams. You will have significant scope, impact and responsibility in shaping the future of messaging platform at Coupang. You will be working in a friendly, synergistic, passionate and sharp team.

• MSP team develops and supports Coupang company-wide messaging, notification and streaming infrastructure.

• MSP team constructs, monitors and manages blaze-fast and consistent messaging pipelines.

• We provide company-wide and generic messaging, notification and streaming solutions with super high scalability, reliability and availability to unleash the productivity of Customer teams.

• MSP team has significant scope, impact and responsibility in shaping the future of messaging platform at Coupang.

• MSP team is a friendly, synergistic, passionate and sharp team.

What You Will Do

• Architect and build Coupang's Messaging, Notification and Streaming platform.

• Write durable code with the ability to process tera-bytes and peta-bytes each day.

• Keep improving our platform stability, performance and achieving 99.99% to 99.999% availability with smooth operations.

• Work closely with Coupang internal and external Customers and wow them with our cutting-edging products.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS or advanced degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Systems or a closely related technical field

• 8 years of experience in designing, developing and maintaining large-scale software infrastructures

• Proficiency in Java

• Experience working in cloud environments, particularly AWS

• Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining highly available, distributed systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid (AWS) cloud background on both software development and operations

• Expertise in distributed systems and computing frameworks like Kafka, Spark, etc.

• Team player and fast learner with the ability to quickly triage and troubleshoot complex problems

• Strong ownership and be passionate about applying new technologies to real products

Pay & Benefits

Our compensation reflects the cost of living 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

• 401K Plan with Company Match

• 18-21 days of the Paid Time Off (PTO) a year based on the tenure

• 12 Paid 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, or affiliations, citizenship, or any other characteristic or class protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.

If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation in the recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at usrecruiting@coupang.com.