Senior Back End Engineer (Global Mobility & Business Travel)

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Seoul, South KoreaPosted 2 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

Design greenfield AWS Data Lake architecture,schema models,and data contracts with PIPA compliance.
Consolidate disparate ETL pipelines from relocation,visa,vendor,and payroll systems.
Build multi-country data routing engines for Korea,Taiwan,and Japan operations.

What they want

Proven track record designing and operating complex systems end-to-end.
3+ years production software engineering experience with Python or Java expertise.
Deep AWS infrastructure knowledge (EC2,RDS,S3,Lambda,Glue) and database design skills.

Nice to have

Prior experience handling sensitive personally identifiable information and compliance standards.
Experience with Coupang tech stack or multi-region system deployments.
Track record of taking technical projects from greenfield to production end-to-end.

Seoulstart's read

Visa tier (likely): E-7 specialty / professional (likely)
Korean language: Korean preferred (conversational)
English friendliness: High: JD in English, foreign-friendly signals
Context: Coupang is a major Korean public company with strong startup culture; backend engineers typically qualify for E-7 visa sponsorship; role operates within HR (lower-profile than commerce platform) but involves PIPA compliance and multi-country data architecture.

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