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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 13 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 Security Engineer and Penetration Tester at Coupang, you will conduct hands-on penetration testing across various environments, including web, mobile, API, and cloud. Your role involves identifying vulnerabilities, providing remediation guidance, and collaborating with the Korea security team to ensure consistent security testing delivery. You will also utilize Linux and penetration-testing tools to validate findings and automate testing processes.
- 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
- Demonstrated hands-on penetration-testing capability across web, mobile, or API environments.
- Demonstrated ability to use penetration-testing tools in Linux or command-line environments.
- Ability to assess vulnerabilities, explain supporting evidence and impact, and provide actionable remediation guidance.
- Programming or scripting capability that supports security testing.
- Offensive-security experience sufficient to execute defined penetration-testing activities with appropriate support.
- Fluency in both Mandarin Chinese and English, able to communicate security findings and remediation guidance in both languages.
Nice to have
- Experience completing scoped penetration-testing activities with clearly defined support, requirements, and testing boundaries.
- Experience responding constructively to technical direction, review feedback, and newly identified testing requirements.
- Experience testing multiple applications, external services, or internal applications through penetration testing or legally authorized bug-bounty work.
- Experience in e-commerce, banking, web services, or other complex application environments.
- Exposure to cloud-security testing, including architecture, identity and access, public interfaces, or configuration risks.
Worth weighing
- No salary listed.
- Role requires collaboration with teams in Korea, which may involve time zone challenges.
- The job posting may close before the stated application end date if all openings are filled.
- Coupang reserves the right to rescind an offer if false information is submitted during the application process.
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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