Director Backend Engineering (Security Infrastructure)
Coupang · Singapore; Singapore, Singapore
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Coupang's roles stay open a median of 80 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 1% of Coupang's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Coupang
- high 683 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
- 2026-10-22
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
As the Director of Backend Engineering for Security Infrastructure, you will lead the Identity, Access and Protection Infrastructure team, focusing on dynamic authorization and security for Coupang's services. Your role involves hiring and shaping team culture, overseeing platform evolution, aligning stakeholders, and driving execution through complex technical challenges. You'll also contribute to the engineering community and inspire teams to enhance design and operational excellence.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- 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
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field
- 12+ years professional experience in software engineering teams, or 10+ years with advanced degree
- 5+ years experience managing engineers
- Experience leading design and development of large scale distributed systems
- Recent experience with security, IAM or related technologies
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams to define mission, vision, and roadmaps
Nice to have
- Masters or PhD degree in computer science or other related technical field
- Hands-on experience building security protocols and/or systems
- Experience working with Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, gRPC and Istio
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Vague details on specific technologies used
- The role involves significant leadership responsibilities, which may not suit all candidates
Summarised from Coupang's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Coupang on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-22. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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