Coupang Internal

Staff, Machine Learning Engineer - Coupang Play

Coupang Internal · Seoul, South Korea

Posted about 3 months ago

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This role has been open
80 days
Coupang Internal's roles stay open a median of 78 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
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Ghost-job risk at Coupang Internal
high
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Hiring momentum
741 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-22

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About this role

As a Staff Machine Learning Platform Engineer at Coupang Play, you will design, build, and operate scalable machine learning platforms and production ML services that support OTT content recommendations and personalization. Your role involves developing large-scale systems for search, retrieval, ranking, and recommendations, enhancing user experience through machine learning techniques, and collaborating with various engineering teams and product managers to drive the technology direction for content discovery.

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pay transparency
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What you need

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field
  • 7+ years of software engineering experience including development and operation of Search, Retrieval, Recommendation, Ranking, Personalization, or other relevance-based systems
  • Experience in designing and developing distributed backend systems with scalability, reliability, and low-latency considerations
  • Proficiency in Python and experience with one or more programming languages such as Go, Java, Scala, or C++
  • Experience in cloud-native infrastructure and modern software engineering environments
  • Understanding or experience with Search Platform, Vector Search, large-scale Indexing System, or Recommendation Infrastructure

Nice to have

  • Experience with Lexical Retrieval, Semantic Retrieval, Embedding-based Retrieval, Hybrid Retrieval, or Learning-to-Rank techniques
  • Understanding of Information Retrieval, Recommendation System, Ranking System, or Personalization in content discovery
  • Experience applying Deep Learning, Foundation Model, LLM, or Generative AI technologies to Search, Recommendation, or Content Discovery problems
  • Experience operating Experimentation Platforms, Online Evaluation, A/B Testing, and Relevance Measurement Frameworks
  • Experience building multilingual content search or recommendation services

Worth weighing

  • This position is exclusively for internal employees, which may limit the applicant pool and opportunities for external candidates.
  • No specific salary or benefits information is provided in the posting.
  • The role requires collaboration across various teams, which may involve navigating different priorities and workflows.

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Listed by Coupang Internal on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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