Software Engineer - Seattle, United States - Coupang

    Coupang
    Coupang Seattle, United States

    1 month ago

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    Full time
    Description

    As a Staff Software Engineer in Developer platform, you will partner with leaders of multiple platform teams. You will work closely with the product team to define and implement simple solutions of complex infrastructure problems while ensuring to build a highly scalable, reliable and efficient platform for our customers. You will technically lead projects working on full stack development teams using JAVA, AWS, Kafka, Kubernetes, gRPC and service mesh. You will be accountable for raising the bar on engineering and operational excellence.

    In this role, you will:

  • Shape the future of our Developer Experience and Process strategy
  • Increase developer productivity by using analyzing, designing, and implementing innovative development processes
  • Hands-on develop critical infrastructure components.
  • Decompose complex problems into simple, straightforward solutions, providing mechanisms for the teams to prioritize ruthlessly and "move with urgency".
  • Demonstrate excellence resulting in scalable systems and services with the highest quality architecture and design.
  • Dive deep into critical system issues, proactively addressing similar root causes, and raise the bar on Operational Excellence.
  • Collaborate with other Coupang tech leaders to make the service extensible to unlock opportunities for innovations.

    Qualifications

  • One who has bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical fields.
  • One who has 6+ years professional software development experience, or 4 years' experience with advanced degree.
  • One who has hands-on experience in designing and developing large scale distributed system in the last 3 years.
  • One who is fluent in one or more among C++, Java, Go, Javascript and Typescript.
  • Proven track record of delivering mission critical systems.
  • Experience with cloud computing using AWS or Azure or GCP.

    Coupang focuses on Internet, E-Commerce, and Customer Service. Their company has offices in New York City, Seattle, Mountain View, Seoul, and Chaoyang. They have a very large team that's 5000+ employees. To date, Coupang has raised $3.418B of funding; their latest round was closed on November 2018.
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