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Staff Software Backend Engineer
| Company | Coupang |
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| Location | Mountain View, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $159000 – $232000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical fields
- 6+ years professional software development experience, or 4 years’ experience with advanced degree
- Hands-on experience in designing and developing large scale distributed system in the last 3 years
- Fluency 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
Responsibilities
- Shape the future of our Developer Experience strategy
- Increase developer productivity by analyzing, designing, and implementing innovative development processes
- Develop and optimize data pipelines and infrastructure to support machine learning workflows, including large language models (LLMs)
- Decompose complex problems into simple, straightforward solutions, providing mechanisms for the teams to prioritize ruthlessly and ‘move with urgency’
- Solve real customer pain points by applying a deep understanding of system performance, reliability, and developer experience
- Collaborate with other Coupang tech leaders to make the service extensible to unlock opportunities for innovations.
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior experience with large scale ML infrastructure
- Strong understanding of developer productivity tools, framework optimizations, and service quality metrics
- Extensive experience in designing complex backend systems
- Experience in Kubernetes, gRPC, Spring boot
- Experience in concurrency, multi-threading, synchronization, and non-blocking IO
- Ability to challenge the existing norms to improve overall systems and processes
