Coupang

Staff Backend Engineer (Developer Platform)

Seoul, South KoreaPosted 7 days ago

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What you'd do

Shape future Developer Experience and Process strategy for platform teams
Increase developer productivity through analyzing and implementing innovative development processes
Develop critical infrastructure components hands-on using Java, AWS, Kafka, Kubernetes

What they want

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field
6+ years professional software development experience or 4+ years with advanced degree
Hands-on experience designing and developing large-scale distributed systems in last 3 years

Nice to have

Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Jfrog artifactory, Yaml, AWS cloud
Experience with Kubernetes, gRPC, Spring Boot
Experience in concurrency, multi-threading, synchronization, non-blocking IO

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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 e-commerce unicorn with strong English-language engineering culture; Staff-level positions typically smooth visa sponsorship but expect Korean workplace dynamics and occasional Korean-language meetings despite English-primary engineering teams.

This is Seoulstart's analysis of the public job description, not the employer's stated policy. Verify visa sponsorship, language requirements, and remote allowances directly with the recruiter.

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