Senior Backend Engineer (Eats Merchant)

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Seoul, South KoreaPosted 13 days ago

Apply on Coupang's career page

Market pay check

Matched to Computer systems and software professionals

Source: Ministry of Employment and Labor wage information system (wage.go.kr), wage distribution by occupation.

What you'd do

Own end-to-end development of Eats Merchant services
Build and maintain systems using diverse technology stacks
Ensure site reliability for seamless shopping experience

What they want

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field
4+ years experience in large-scale distributed systems,system design,algorithms
4+ years coding experience in Java or object-oriented programming languages

Nice to have

Experience in e-commerce or O2O (Online-to-Offline) industries
Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in fast-paced environment
Expertise in logistics for large-scale services with complex business offerings

Seoulstart's read

Visa tier (likely): E-7 specialty / professional (likely)
Korean language: Business-level Korean required
English friendliness: High: JD in English, foreign-friendly signals
Context: Large Coupang headquarters role with global team; English proficiency explicitly preferred and cross-regional collaboration expected; Korean business fluency likely needed despite English-friendly framing.

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