Director, Back-end Engineering

Company Introduction

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 are collectively disrupting the multi-billion-dollar commerce industry from the ground up and establishing an unparalleled reputation for being leading and reliable force in South Korean commerce.

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.

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.

We’re looking for a seasoned and experienced and results-driven engineering lead in our organization. You'll be responsible for managing gifted engineers and critical projects on our team. In addition, you play an important role in overseeing architecture and implementation decisions as well as strategies to address technical debt in the existing legacy system.
In this role, you will act as a technical leader, developer, adviser, troubleshooter and analyst, and draw on your broad knowledge of software development to assist with a wide variety of technical challenges. A flexible mindset, good communication skills and a willingness to collaborate with cross-domain SDMs and engineers are also important.

Responsibilities:
· Work with key stakeholders to design and build a solid and extensible system architecture to effectively empower the business initiatives and engineering productivity.
· Lead and manage an engineering team, ensuring the teams are following industry best. practices and is working efficiently and effectively to deliver high-quality software products and services.
· Build cohesive technical strategic plans to accomplish business objectives, identify specific areas of risk and opportunity, and formulate goals and milestones that will enable us to achieve those objectives.
· Lead Ensure the teams are following industry best practices and is working efficiently and effectively to deliver high-quality software products and services.
· Collaborate with cross-functional teams, such as Cross-Domain, Product Management, Quality Assurance, and Operation, to ensure the development team is aligned with the company's overall goals and objectives.

Required Qualifications:
· At least 10 years of experience in software engineering, preferably in customer-oriented application and system, with a proven track record of success.
· Strong technical background with the ability to understand and discuss complex technical systems, architecture & design, and proficient in navigating them. Experienced as an architect or chief architect is highly desirable.
· Proven experience in leading and managing engineering teams on at least one big challenging project.
· Must be able to make informed decisions regarding the selection and implementation of appropriate technologies and roadmap.
· Demonstrated leadership capabilities with a focus on driving results, fostering collaboration, and inspiring teams to achieve ambitious goals.
· Passionate about growing careers and mentoring engineers across both the individual contributor and manager tracks.

The Ideal Candidate:
· Self-motivated, self-starter with a zeal to win, deliver results with grit
· Ability to think systematically
· Hands-on problem solver that enjoys cracking difficult nuts
· Quick study – able to pick up and apply new concepts in a hurry
· Track record of achievement
· Enjoys working on and helping to build outstanding teams
· Demonstrates an entrepreneurial spirit and gets stuff done

Recruitment Process and Others

Recruitment Process

Application Review - Phone Interview - Onsite (or Virtual Onsite) Interview – Offer
The exact nature of the recruitment process may vary according to the specific job and may be changed due to scheduling or other circumstances.
Interview schedules and the results will be informed to the applicant via the e-mail address submitted at the application stage.

Details to Consider

This job posting may be closed prior to the stated end date for application if all openings are filled.
Coupang has the right to rescind an offer of employment if a candidate is found to have submitted false information as part of the application process.
Those eligible for employment protection (recipients of veteran’s benefits, the disabled, etc.) may receive preferential treatment for employment in accordance with applicable laws.

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Your personal information will be collected and managed by Coupang as stated in the Application Privacy Notice located below:

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