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Coupang

Sr Staff Software Engineer

Coupang, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127


Coupang is reimagining the shopping experience with the goal of wowing each customer from the instant they open the Coupang app to the moment an order is delivered to their door. Powered by an outstanding end-to-end e-commerce and logistics network and a fanatical culture of customer centricity, Coupang has broken tradeoffs around speed, selection, and price. Today, we provide exceedingly fast shipping speeds on millions of items including fresh groceries, delivered within hours nationwide, 365 days a year. We are doing this for millions of consumers in Korea. Korea is home to one of the largest and fastest growing e-commerce opportunities anywhere in the world. Coupang

has been added into the 2023 fortune 500 list, a ranking U.S-based companies by revenue. We have been named as one of the ‘50 Smartest Companies in the World’ by MIT Technology Review, and as one of Forbes magazine’s ‘30 Global Game Changers.’ In 2020, we placed second on CNBC’s ‘Disruptor 50’ list. Job Overview: The

AI Software Engineering

team is responsible for Coupang’s on-prem and cloud infrastructure for AI/ML workloads including Coupang’s internal workload management and microservice ecosystem which scales to thousands of microservices. We are in a process to revolutionize our developer experiences and internal infrastructure by adopting the best technologies available. We are looking for an architect who has a deep understanding of distributed systems, hands-on experience in large scale backend services, Kubernetes, Golang, and Java-based microservices. You will be responsible for designing the architecture and leading the team to deliver a modern platform that powers all Coupang’s internal services and ML platform. What You Will Do: Architect workload and service management infrastructure. 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.” Envision roadmaps for the scalable and robust growth of Coupang’s growing Application infrastructure. Align with stakeholders, develop strong developers, and provide technical guidance to engineers on critical projects to resolve complex business problems. 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: Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical fields. 10+ years of professional software development experience, or 8 years’ experience with an advanced degree. 4+ years of experience as a project tech lead. Hands-on experience in designing and developing large scale distributed systems in the last 4 years. Fluent in one or more of Java and Go. Proven track record of delivering mission-critical systems. Experience developing and growing senior individual contributors globally. Experience with cloud computing using AWS, Azure, or GCP. Preferred Qualifications: Experience in Kubernetes, gRPC. Experience in concurrency, multi-threading, synchronization, and non-blocking IO. Deep understanding of operating system kernel and distributed systems such as Kafka, Cassandra, and MongoDB. Proficient in some of the ML training and deployment frameworks like Tensorflow, PyTorch, TensorRT, Triton backend, etc. Deep understanding of Machine Learning best practices like training/serving skew minimization, A/B testing, feature engineering, model selection, and knowledge of ML algorithms like gradient boosted trees, neural networks/deep learning, optimization, and domains like NLP, computer vision, etc. Good understanding of features that help the Platform keep up with the latest advancements in generative AI and large language models. Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment and lead the delivery of large-scale services for complex business offerings. Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders, prioritize ruthlessly, aim high, and find a way to deliver results with grit. Fluent in English communication. Master's or PhD degree in computer science or other related technical fields.

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