Coupang, LINE, Naver (especially Naver Webtoon, Naver Labs, Naver Cloud), Krafton, Daangn, Smilegate, and Pearl Abyss are the largest Korean employers of foreign engineering talent. Among foreign-invested companies, Cloudflare, Palantir, Anthropic, OpenAI, MongoDB, Sendbird, Speak, RevenueCat, and Moloco actively hire engineers in Korea on English-only postings.

For roles tagged 'English JD' here, no — the team operates in English and the hiring process runs in English. Korean is a nice-to-have for company-wide all-hands and cross-functional work with non-engineering teams, but most foreign engineers function fine without it. For roles tagged 'Korean' or 'Bilingual', expect at least conversational Korean.

Mid-level (3-5 years) software engineering at a top Korean tech company runs ₩70-110M base. Senior (5-10 years) runs ₩100-160M base. Equity at the largest companies (Coupang, Naver, Krafton) is meaningful. Foreign-invested companies often denominate higher relative to their HQ band — Cloudflare and Palantir Korea pay close to their Singapore or US-EMEA bands.

Yes — software engineering and IT roles map to E-7 visa occupation codes (S210 for software development). The standard requirements: bachelor's degree in a related field + 1 year work experience, OR 5 years of relevant work experience without a degree. The employer files; processing is 2-4 weeks at a Korean immigration office.

Pulled from each employer's career page every weekday at around 17:00 UTC. Listings that disappear from the source are marked expired within 24 hours. Most other 'Korea jobs for foreigners' boards last updated in 2022; ours doesn't sit.

No to all three. /jobs is free for both candidates and employers. Apply links go to the original posting on the company's own ATS (Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, or proprietary career page). Seoulstart adds visa context and curates for English-friendliness; the hiring relationship is between you and the employer.

Each posting is classified by its language signals: JD language, explicit Korean-fluency requirements, foreign-team mentions, sponsorship language, and the company's track record of hiring foreign workers. Roles that look Korean-only fall below our threshold and don't surface here. The classification is Seoulstart's read of the public JD; always verify language requirements directly with the recruiter.

Yes. Click any role and look for the free CV tailor link. It runs three free passes per day, takes a minute, and produces an ATS-friendly English CV mapped to the role's requirements. No upload required, no signup; resets at midnight KST.