Staff Backend Engineer

Coupang; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Coupang is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Backend, in Hyderabad, India. This role involves working on distributed systems and data processing pipelines. You'll collaborate with engineers across regions to enhance e-commerce experiences and solve large-scale problems daily.

The ideal candidate will have at least 8 years of experience in software design and development, hands-on skills in Java and Python, and knowledge of AWS and container-based testing.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of experience working on software design and development.
• Hands-on experience with designing, building, and deploying scalable systems.
• Experience with large system architecture design.

Responsibilities

• Drive the quality of architecture and design of data pipelines and systems.
• Collaborate with engineering teams on mission‑critical projects.
• Decompose complex problems into straightforward solutions.

Skills

Software design

Development in Java

Development in Python

Cloud computing (AWS)

Container-based testing

System architecture design

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Java

IntelliJ

Spring

Job description

As a Staff Software Engineer, Backend, you will work on distributed systems, data processing pipelines, and building next-generation platforms and 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 data pipelines and systems.
• Draw roadmaps and a vision for the scalable and robust growth of the online serving platform.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to make the platform open and extensible to unlock innumerable opportunities for innovations.
• 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 and handle critical system issues.
• Collaborate with other teams to make the platform open and extensible to unlock innumerable opportunities for innovations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and/or master's degree in computer science or equivalent.
• Minimum 8 years of experience working on software design and development in Java and Python.
• Hands‑on experience with designing, building, and deploying scalable, highly available systems.
• Large 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.