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Manager, Back-end Engineering (Eats Merchant)

Coupang · Seoul, South Korea

Posted 9 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
9 days
Coupang's roles stay open a median of 45 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
1% of Coupang's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Coupang
high
365 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
2026-09-17

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 Manager of Back-end Engineering for Coupang Eats will lead the technical strategy and execution for the merchant platform, overseeing the software development lifecycle across various domains such as onboarding, menu management, and order processing. This role involves making key architectural decisions, ensuring system stability, and fostering engineering excellence while managing multiple projects and developing talent within the team. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to align on requirements and improve productivity through modern development practices.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
4/5
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

  • 8+ years of backend development experience
  • Proven leadership experience as a Backend Engineering Manager or Tech Lead
  • Experience designing distributed systems and operating Microservice Architectures in high-traffic environments
  • Ownership of complex business domains and driving system improvements
  • Experience maintaining service SLAs and managing on-call rotations
  • Strong problem-solving skills

Nice to have

  • Experience developing and operating large-scale services using Java and Spring Framework
  • Experience operating multi-country services and leading localization efforts
  • Background in building B2B SaaS or e-Commerce Merchant Platforms
  • Experience with Event-Driven Architectures and message queues
  • Proven technical leadership with influence across the organization

Worth weighing

  • No salary or benefits listed in the posting
  • The role involves managing multiple projects simultaneously, which may require strong multitasking skills
  • The position is based in Seoul, South Korea, which may have specific cultural or operational considerations for international candidates

Summarised from Coupang's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by Coupang on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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