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Coupang

Senior Back-end Engineer (Developer Experience)

Coupang · Seoul, South Korea

Posted 26 days ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
26 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

As a Senior Back-end Engineer on the Developer Experience team at Coupang, you will be responsible for designing and implementing the infrastructure that supports thousands of microservices. Your role will involve hands-on development of core infrastructure components, simplifying complex problems, and ensuring the scalability of services while collaborating with other tech leaders to identify innovative opportunities.

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

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical field
  • Practical experience in designing and developing large-scale distributed systems within the last 3 years
  • Proficiency in at least one of the following: Golang, C/C++, Python, Java
  • Experience successfully managing mission-critical systems
  • Experience with cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP

Nice to have

  • Experience with Kubernetes, Go language, and AWS cloud
  • Experience with JSON, YAML, Jsonnet, and gRPC
  • Deep understanding of operating system kernels and distributed systems like Kafka, Cassandra, Google Spanner
  • Experience with concurrency, multi-threading, synchronization, and non-blocking IO
  • Ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities in a fast-paced environment and lead large service releases

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed
  • The role involves leading a team and hands-on development, which may require balancing management and technical tasks
  • The position is based in Seoul, which may affect relocation considerations for candidates
  • The company emphasizes a startup culture within a large public company, which may imply a dynamic work environment with potential for rapid change

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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