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Senior Staff Backend Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure at Coupang
Seattle, USAFull-timezz-Evergreen RequisitionPosted 14 days ago
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<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Company Introduction</span></strong><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"134245417":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">We exist to wow our customers. We know we’re doing the right thing when we hear our customers say, “How did we ever live without Coupang?” Born out of an obsession to make shopping, eating, and living easier than ever, we’re collectively disrupting the multi-billion-dollar e-commerce industry from the ground up. We are one of the fastest-growing e-commerce companies that established an unparalleled reputation for being a dominant and reliable force in South Korean commerce.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"134245417":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">We are proud to have the best of both worlds — a startup culture with the resources of a large global public company. This fuels us to continue our growth and launch new services at the speed we have been since our inception. We are all entrepreneurs surrounded by opportunities to drive new initiatives and innovations. At our core, we are bold and ambitious people that like to get our hands dirty and make a hands-on impact. At Coupang, you will see yourself, your colleagues, your team, and the company grow every day.</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"134245417":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Our mission to build the future of commerce is real. We push the boundaries of what’s possible to solve problems and break traditional tradeoffs. Join Coupang now to create an epic experience in this always-on, high-tech, and hyper-connected world.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"134245417":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">Job Overview:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="none">As a </span><strong><span data-contrast="none">Senior Staff Backend Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure,</span></strong><span data-contrast="none"> this role will focus on Cloud Platform Infrastructure, Services and processes at its best to enhance Cloud infrastructure reliability & system efficiencies, productivity, availability, scalability and system quality at 10X scale. This role will be responsible for diving deep into business problems, understanding current customer pain points, system domain, current Platform limitations </span><em><span data-contrast="none">(if exists)</span></em><span data-contrast="none"> and then work closely with engineering teams / leaders to design and architect new system / services leveraging cloud infrastructure that can scale 10X better in terms of reliability, availability performance and efficiency. This includes providing system architecture artifacts, accountability on cloud infrastructure choices that can perform and scale at 10X level but are still efficient, guidance on using right machine type, network designs, deployment automation etc . You will be part of a Global team working from different locations but still works as a central connected unit.</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">Key Skills and Role Responsibilities:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></p>
<ul>
<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Strong experience on Cloud DevOps tools and coding (CI/CD, IaC, Terraform, Python, Cloud Formation, Ansible, GitHub, CircleCI, Jenkins and Infra Automation)</span></li>
<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Self-service code development and end-to-end back cloud deployment automation for application stack.</span></li>
<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Provide a roadmap and vision for scalable and robust growth for your cloud infrastructure and platform services to enable achieving 99.999% availability.</span></li>
<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Strong technical analytical & design capability to understand common & shared platforms, web, & services API with underlying data to provide appropriate network, infrastructure recommendations</span></li>
<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Strong working experience on Kubernetes, Docker, Linux and cloud services integrations.</span></li>
<li class="li1"><span class="s1">100% accountable for the reliable, scalable and optimized cloud architecture, design and platform services.</span></li>
<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Serve as Cloud Engineering for Cloud infrastructure Architecture, Design and Deployment and maintenance for highly reliable and scalable applications.</span></li>
<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Solves complex technical problems in Public Clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Private Cloud environment and improves Operational Excellence.</span></li>
<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Strong ability to dive deep to understand current cloud infra and systems architecture to provide strategic partnership and improvements on network usage, role management, CDN, domains and cloud infra security.</span></li>
<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Analyze complex distributed production deployments and recommend ways to optimize performance and/or automate processes by managing continuous integration servers, utilizing monitoring and testing tools.</span></li>
<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Identify opportunities to make disruptive improvements in cloud infrastructure usage, operations and services with high degree of systematic automation.</span></li>
<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Possess expert knowledge in performance (sub millisecond latencies), scalability, availability (99.999% uptime), enterprise architecture best practices</span></li>
<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Exert technical influence over multiple teams, increasing their productivity and effectiveness by sharing your deep knowledge and experience.</span></li>
<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Strong problem-solving skills, analytical capabilities, and attention to details</span></li>
<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Provide a roadmap and vision for scalable and robust growth for cloud infrastructure and platform services</span></li>
<li class="li1"><span class="s1">Collaborate with customers, stakeholders and lead engineers on key mission-critical projects</span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="none">Preferred Qualifications:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></p>
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="29" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none">Bachelor's degree and/or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 15+ Years of strong hands-on experience in cloud platform engineering.</span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="29" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">10+ years of hands-on experience on system engineering, Cloud DevOps and Cloud SRE</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="29" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">7+ years of hands-on experience leading system design, architecture leveraging AWS or Azure services</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="29" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">10+ years of demonstrable hands-on experience building and operating infrastructure as code (IaC). Comfortable with many flavors of Linux</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="29" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">10+ year’s of hands-on experience in building high-performance, highly-available and scalable distributed systems in the cloud.</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="29" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">7+ year’s of hands-on experience in building and managing high-performance, highly-available and scalable Hybrid Cloud cloud environments .</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="29" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Excellent cross-group collaboration, outstanding verbal and written communication.</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="29" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">AWS Certification Advance Architecting, Developing on AWS,</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="29" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Strong hands-on experience on automating App stack deployments through IaC using Terraform, Python or Go.</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="29" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">10+ years of hands-on experience as a Cloud Infra Engineering</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="29" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Team leading experience</li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="29" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Excellent cross-group collaboration and communication skills <span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335551550":0,"335551620":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0}"> </span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Basic Qualifications:</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="31" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"fce15790-92e0-5ddb-b86b-751b5351db3f|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"1",201342449,"1",469777841,"Aptos",469777842,"Arial",469777843,"Aptos",469777844,"Aptos",201341986,"1",469769226,"Aptos,Arial",268442635,"24",469775450,"normaltextrun",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"normaltextrun",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}">Bachelor’s degree and 7+ years of total experience</span></span><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"fce15790-92e0-5ddb-b86b-751b5351db3f|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"1",201342449,"1",469777841,"Aptos",469777842,"Arial",469777843,"Aptos",469777844,"Aptos",201341986,"1",469769226,"Aptos,Arial",268442635,"24",469775450,"normaltextrun",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"normaltextrun",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}"> </span></span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="31" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Ability to solve problems through creative thinking and partnerships with other teams </span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="31" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559683":0,"335559684":-2,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Ability to </span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">attain</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun"> challenging targets through goal-setting and personal drive </span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Pay & Benefits<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></strong></p>
<p>Our compensation reflects the cost of living across several US geographic markets. At Coupang, your base pay is one part of your total compensation.</p>
<p>The base pay for this position ranges from $174,000/year to $299,000/year. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. <span data-contrast="auto">A</span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"134245417":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}">nnual bonus is 0-20% of the base salary.</span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">General Description of All Benefits </span></p>
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"ac0262f4-8a9e-5820-b908-2d943c5f7113|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"1",201342449,"1",469777841,"Aptos",469777842,"Arial",469777843,"Aptos",469777844,"Aptos",201341986,"1",469769226,"Aptos,Arial",268442635,"24",469775450,"normaltextrun",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"normaltextrun",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}">Medical/Dental/Vision/Life, AD&D insurance </span></span><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="eop" data-ccp-charstyle-defn="{"ObjectId":"920dbcde-2834-5e15-a5fa-062170b236ba|1","ClassId":1073872969,"Properties":[201342446,"1",201342447,"5",201342448,"1",201342449,"1",469777841,"Aptos",469777842,"Arial",469777843,"Aptos",469777844,"Aptos",201341986,"1",469769226,"Aptos,Arial",268442635,"24",469775450,"eop",201340122,"1",134233614,"true",469778129,"eop",335572020,"1",469778324,"Default Paragraph Font"]}"> </span></span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA) </span><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="eop"> </span></span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Long-term/Short-term Disability </span><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="eop"> </span></span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Employee Assistance Program (EAP) program </span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="eop"> </span></span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">401K Plan with Company Match </span><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="eop"> </span></span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">18-21 days of the Paid Time Off (PTO) a year based on the tenure </span><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="eop"> </span></span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">12 Paid Holidays </span><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="eop"> </span></span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">up to 6</span><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun"> weeks of Paid Parental leave </span><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="eop"> </span></span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-ccp-charstyle="normaltextrun">Pre-tax commuter benefits </span><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="eop"> </span></span></li>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="6" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">MTV - [Free] Electric Car Charging Station </li>
</ul>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">General Description of Other Compensation </span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"134245417":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">“Other Compensation” includes, but is not limited to, bonuses, equity, or other forms of compensation that would be offered to the hired applicant in addition to their established salary range or wage scale. </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"134245417":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p>
<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Privacy Notice </span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"134245417":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p>
<ul>
<li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="10" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span data-contrast="auto">Your personal information will be collected and managed by Coupang as stated in the Application Privacy Notice located below:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.coupang.jobs/privacy-policy/"><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">https://www.coupang.jobs/privacy-policy/</span></span></a><span data-contrast="auto"> </span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245417":false}"> </span></li>
</ul>
<p><em><span data-contrast="auto">Coupang is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, or gender (including pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, transgender status), national origin, age, disability, medical condition, HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis C status, marital status, military or veteran status, use of a trained dog guide or service animal, political activities, or affiliations, citizenship, or any other characteristic or class protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation in the recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at </span></em><a href="mailto:[email protected]"><em><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-charstyle="Hyperlink">[email protected]</span></span></em></a><em><span data-contrast="auto">. </span></em><span data-ccp-props="{"134233279":true,"134245417":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></p>
<p><span data-contrast="auto">Job Requisition ID: 8784 </span></p>
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