Senior Backend Engineer

Coupang; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Coupang in Bengaluru is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer to work on distributed systems and build next-generation e-commerce experiences for global markets. You will collaborate with engineers across geographies to solve scale, reliability, and performance challenges.

You will design high-availability architectures, drive roadmaps, and mentor teams while applying best practices in software development and operations to impact millions of users daily.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in designing and building scalable backends.
• Strong programming skills in Java and Python.
• Hands-on AWS cloud experience and containerized environments.
• Familiarity with Spring and IntelliJ IDE.

Responsibilities

• Drive the architecture and design quality of the system.
• Draw a roadmap for scalable and robust product growth.
• Collaborate across engineering teams to keep platforms extensible.
• Align with stakeholders and lead engineers on critical projects.
• Decompose complex problems into simple solutions.
• Apply industry best practices in design and ops.
• Investigate and resolve critical system issues.
• Collaborate to unlock opportunities for innovation.

Skills

Java

Python

AWS

Spring

IntelliJ

Docker

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

Job description

As a Senior Backend Software Engineer, you will work on distributed systems and build next-generation products. You will help the team to bring industry best practices in software development and operations while improving their engineering skills to build pioneering e-commerce experiences in new global markets. Working closely with a group of engineers in multiple geographic locations, you'll solve challenging problems at scale with high reliability. Your efforts will directly have an impact on tens of millions of users every single day!

Responsibilities:

• Drive the highest quality of architecture and design of the system.
• Draw a roadmap and vision for the scalable and robust growth of the product
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to make the platform open and extensible to unlock innumerable opportunities for innovation.
• Align with stakeholders and lead engineers on mission-critical projects.
• Decompose complex problems into simple, straightforward solutions.
• Leverage knowledge of internal and industry best practices in design.
• Deep-dive into and handle critical system issues.
• Collaborate with other teams to make the platform open and extensible to unlock innumerable opportunities for innovation.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree and/or master's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Minimum 12 years of experience working on software design and development in Java and Python.
• Hands-on experience with designing, building, and deploying scalable, high-availability systems.
• Large-scale system architecture design and development experience.
• Experience with cloud computing with AWS.
• Experience developing a container-based testing environment.
• Experience with Java / IntelliJ / Spring environment.