Sr. Staff Software Engineer

About the position

The TSE - Software Engineering team is responsible for Coupang’s on-prem and cloud infrastructure for Coupang’s internal workload management and microservice ecosystem which scales to thousands of microservices. We are in a process to revolutionize our developer experiences and internal infrastructure by adopting the best technologies available. We are looking for an architect who has a deep understanding of distributed systems, hands-on experiences in large scale backend services, Kubernetes, Go-lang, and Java based microservices. You will be responsible for designing the architecture and leading the team to deliver a modern platform that powers all Coupang’s internal services and ML platform.

Responsibilities

• Architect workload and service management infrastructure.
• Hands-on develop critical infrastructure components.
• Decompose complex problems into simple, straightforward solutions, providing mechanisms for the teams to prioritize ruthlessly and 'move with urgency'.
• Envision roadmaps for the scalable and robust growth of Coupang’s growing Application infrastructure.
• Align with stakeholders, develop strong developers and provide technical guidance to engineers on critical projects to resolve complex business problems.
• Demonstrate excellence resulting in scalable systems and services with the highest quality architecture and design.
• Dive deep into critical system issues, proactively addressing similar root causes, and raise the bar on Operational Excellence.
• Collaborate with other Coupang tech leaders to make the service extensible to unlock opportunities for innovations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical fields.
• 10+ years relevant software development experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Master or PhD degree in computer science or other related technical fields.
• 4+ years’ experience of project tech lead.
• Experience in Kubernetes, gRPC.
• Experience in concurrency, multi-threading, synchronization, and non-blocking IO.
• Deep understanding of operating system kernel and distributed system such as Kafka, Cassandra and Mongo DB.
• Proficient in some of the ML infrastructure and deployment frameworks like: TensorFlow, PyTorch, TensorRT, Triton backend etc.
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment and leading the delivery of large-scale services for complex business offerings.
• Ability to influence cross functional stakeholders, prioritize ruthlessly, Aim High and Find a Way to deliver results with grit.
• Hands-on experience in designing and developing large scale distributed system in the last 4 years.
• Fluent in one or more among Java, Go and Python.
• Proven track record of delivering mission critical systems.
• Experience developing and growing senior individual contributors globally.
• Experience with cloud computing using AWS or Azure or GCP.
• Experienced in Machine learning job deployment infrastructure like Argo CD workflow.

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