Senior, Back-end Engineer(CX) - Coupang Play

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Seoul, South KoreaPosted todaycontract

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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 and own architecture roadmap for live sports and Discover APIs
Build,operate,and improve highly available,scalable Coupang Play backend systems
Deliver scalable low-latency solutions meeting product owner requirements

What they want

Hold CS bachelor's degree or equivalent with two plus years backend experience
Demonstrate deep expertise in low-latency high-throughput systems and performance tuning
Skillfully engineer backends using Go,Java,JavaScript,or Node.js

Nice to have

Have commercial experience building and operating video streaming data systems
Lead mobile API integration with iOS and Android developers resolving issues
Apply GraphQL in production backend services and operations

Seoulstart's read

Visa tier (likely): E-7 specialty / professional (likely)
Korean language: Korean requirement not stated
English friendliness: Low: Korean-language workplace
Context: Coupang Play CX backend in Seoul; contract hire with twelve-week probation,Korean posting implies workplace fluency helps even though English is preferred.

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