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Staff Security Engineer, Penetration Tester

Coupang · Taipei, Taiwan

Posted 13 days ago

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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

The Staff Security Engineer, Penetration Tester at Coupang will conduct hands-on penetration testing across various environments including web, mobile, API, and cloud. This role involves identifying and validating vulnerabilities, providing remediation guidance, and coordinating with the Korea security team while managing testing engagements independently.

Our read on this posting2.8out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
4/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
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 experience using penetration-testing tools in Linux or command-line environments.
  • Ability to assess vulnerabilities, explain supporting evidence and impact, and provide actionable remediation guidance.
  • Experience testing multiple applications, external services, or internal applications through penetration-testing or legally authorized bug-bounty work.
  • Offensive-security experience sufficient to carry out penetration-testing engagements.
  • Fluency in both Mandarin Chinese and English, able to communicate security findings and remediation guidance in English and Mandarin Chinese.

Nice to have

  • Experience in Red Team or adversary-simulation experience in complex application environments.
  • Exposure to cloud-security testing, including architecture, identity and access, public interfaces, or configuration risks.
  • Relevant offensive-security certification such as OSCP, OSCE, OSED, CREST, or SANS.
  • Ability to demonstrate an authorized penetration-testing case covering scope, methodology, evidence, findings, limitations, and delivery outcome.
  • Ability to complete a controlled attack-surface analysis and testing plan for a multi-interface application.

Worth weighing

  • No salary listed.
  • The role requires fluency in both Mandarin Chinese and English, which may limit candidates who are not bilingual.
  • The position involves collaboration with teams in Korea, which may require flexibility in communication and working hours.

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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