or apply directly on Coupang's site. We never take the application ourselves.
Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 82 days Coupang's roles stay open a median of 83 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 1% of Coupang's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Coupang
- high 717 stale, 14 reposted of 717 open
- Hiring momentum
- 1065 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-25
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Coupang's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Coupang.
About this role
The Senior Manager - Backend Engineering will lead a team of 8-10 engineers focused on re-architecting Coupang's transportation systems for global scalability. This role involves driving technical direction, managing end-to-end delivery of projects, and collaborating with global teams to enhance platform capabilities that support millions of transactions daily.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Coupang as an employer.
What you need
- 8+ years of software engineering experience
- 3+ years in engineering management
- Strong technical background in Java backend development and distributed systems
- Experience managing teams of 10+ engineers through full development lifecycle
- Hands-on experience with relational databases (MySQL, Aurora, TiDB) and NoSQL (DynamoDB)
- Experience with event-driven architectures and streaming platforms (Kafka, Flink, or Spark)
Nice to have
- Experience working on large-scale distributed or event-driven systems
- Prior experience in e-commerce, transportation, logistics, or platform engineering domains
- Experience building or re-architecting systems for global scalability
- Strong track record of driving cross-team initiatives in fast-paced environments
- Experience hiring and scaling engineering teams in a high-growth setup
Worth weighing
- Hybrid work model requires at least 3 days in the office per week
- Role involves leading a critical initiative in a high-pressure environment
- No specific salary or benefits listed in the posting
Summarised from Coupang's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Coupang on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-25. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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