Senior Staff / Staff Back-End Engineer - Coupang

Company Introduction

We exist to wow our customers. 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 are collectively disrupting the multi-billion-dollar commerce industry from the ground up and establishing an unparalleled reputation as a leading 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 maintained 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 who 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.

About the Team

Our eCommerce Engineering group aims to reshape our customers' shopping experience, ultimately making them say, "How did I ever live without Coupang?" Composed of a strong engineering team with diverse skill sets drawn from global talent, eCommerce Engineering is evolving at an unparalleled pace to become a world-class eCommerce platform in the markets we serve.

eCommerce Engineering is responsible for Coupang's core eCommerce services, as well as new emerging business lines that Coupang continually invests in to wow our customers, including Coupang Eats, Coupang Fresh, and more. Our vision is to build a world-class eCommerce platform by obsessing over reliable and effortless shopping experiences, powered by a highly productive engineering team. Our core values are Customer Focus, Ownership, and Collaboration.

Role Overview

The Pricing team is one of the core pillars of Coupang's business and is responsible for determining the price of every product sold on Coupang. Serving hundreds of millions of requests every day, our mission is to build and maintain highly scalable, extensible platforms that are also highly available and robust.

As part of our Pricing team, you will directly architect and implement our next-generation pricing determination platforms. You will help the team adopt industry best practices in software development and operations while elevating their engineering skills to build pioneering e-commerce experiences in new global markets. Working closely with engineers across multiple geographic locations, you'll solve challenging problems at scale with high reliability. Your efforts will directly impact tens of millions of users every single day.

What You Will Do