Senior Staff Cloud Backend Engineer - Observability and Site Reliability

Company Introduction

We exist to wow our customers. 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.

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 Senior Staff Data Centre Observability and Site Reliability Engineer, you will design, build, and operate scalable observability and reliability solutions for large-scale datacenter infrastructure. This role focuses on developing high-performance monitoring and telemetry platforms, ensuring system reliability, and driving operational excellence through automation, performance optimization, and SRE best practices. The ideal candidate will work across the full service lifecycle—design, deployment, and continuous improvement—while collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance visibility, resilience, and efficiency of critical systems.

What You Will Do

Observability and Monitoring

• Design, implement, and maintain observability solutions for datacenter infrastructure, including monitoring, logging, alerting, and telemetry systems.
• Develop, deploy, and operate large-scale observability and telemetry platforms with a focus on real-time monitoring, high performance, and scalability.
• Own and contribute to the full lifecycle of observability services—from design and development to deployment and ongoing optimization.
• Build and enhance monitoring systems to ensure high availability, reliability, and performance of infrastructure.
• Create and manage dashboards, alerts, and reports to provide clear visibility into system health, performance, and capacity trends.

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

• Apply SRE principles and best practices to improve reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency of datacenter services.
• Develop and main