Director of Backend Engineering
Coupang · Seattle, USA
About this role
**Director of Backend Engineering** ## About Coupang We exist to wow our customers—building an epic, always-on experience in a hyper-connected world. Born out of an obsession to make shopping, eating, and living easier than ever, Coupang is one of the fastest-growing e-commerce companies in South Korea, combining startup culture with the resources of a large global public company. ## Role Overview The Application Infrastructure team builds the platform that provides the OLTP, Messaging, and Caching foundations for all Coupang services. This role leads platform efforts and empowers developers through a Common Data Services layer that underpins customer-facing products. You’ll work with senior leaders and architects to drive strategy and execution, collaborate across Technical Infrastructure, hire and retain top talent, and dive deep into code when needed. Ideal experience includes Cassandra, Kafka, Redis, strong Kubernetes knowledge, and a background in distributed systems. ## What You Will Do - Help build a great team by hiring the best and actively shaping team culture. - Drive the evolution of the platform: oversee strategy, create roadmaps, drive execution, and drive company-wide adoption. - Drive alignment across key stakeholders on strategic roadmaps and deliverables. - Partner with teams across the company to identify business and technical opportunities. - Execute through technical and organizational complexities, balancing strategic goals with immediate impact. - Dive deep when necessary to lead by example and support high-priority projects. - Contribute to the Coupang engineering community through cross-company initiatives. - Inspire teams to raise the bar on design, development, and Operational Excellence. ## Basic Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field. - 8+ years professional software engineering experience (or 10+ years with an advanced degree). - 5+ years managing engineers. - Experience leading design and development of large-scale distributed systems. ## Preferred Qualifications - Recent experience with distributed databases, messaging, caching, workflow systems, and Kubernetes (K8S). - Experience collaborating cross-functionally to define mission, vision, and roadmaps. - Experience managing multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment; leading delivery of large-scale services for complex business offerings. - Master’s or PhD in computer science or related technical field. - Hands-on experience building security protocols and/or systems. - Experience with Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, gRPC, and Istio. ## Pay & Benefits **Base pay range:** $159,000/year to $324,000/year (based on market location and job-related knowledge, skills, and experience). **Benefits include (general description):** - Annual bonus: 0–20% of base salary - Medical/Dental/Vision/Life, AD&D insurance - Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA) - Long-term/Short-term Disability - Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - 401K plan with company match - 18–21 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) per year (based on tenure) - 12 paid holidays - Paid parental leave - Pre-tax commuter benefits - Free electric car charging station ## Recruitment Process - Application Review → Phone Interview → Onsite (or Virtual Onsite) Interview → Offer - The process may vary by role and may change due to scheduling or other circumstances. - Interview schedules and results are communicated via the e
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