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Coupang

Senior Back-end Engineer (Messaging and Caching Platform)

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 Messaging and Caching Platform team at Coupang, you will design and build infrastructure for high-performance platform services. Your role involves writing durable code capable of processing massive amounts of data daily and ensuring platform stability and availability. You will collaborate closely with internal and external customers to enhance their experience with Coupang's products.

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

  • BS or advanced degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Systems or related technical field
  • Business level of English
  • 5+ years of experience in designing, developing and maintaining large-scale software infrastructures
  • Solid (AWS) cloud background on both software development and operations
  • Expertise in distributed systems and computing frameworks like Kafka, Spark
  • Team player and fast learner with the ability to quickly triage and troubleshoot complex problems

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed
  • The role involves significant responsibility and impact, which may be appealing for career growth
  • The job posting mentions a probation period of 12 weeks, which could be a consideration for job security

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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