Senior Backend Engineer - Live Sports & CX APIs

Coupang; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Coupang Play is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for its Customer Experience team in Singapore. You will design and build scalable APIs, focusing on Live Sports and Discover experiences, serving millions of users daily with low-latency, highly available services.

You will mentor engineers, set best practices, and collaborate across product, design, and mobile teams to align technical solutions with business goals while leveraging AI to improve development velocity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 2+ years of experience in server application and system engineering.
• Deep expertise in low-latency, high-throughput systems.
• Proficient with backend languages Go, Java, JavaScript, Node.js.
• Proficient with cloud computing such as AWS or GCP.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and own the architecture roadmap of our Live Sports and Discover APIs.
• Develop, support, and improve key backend systems with high availability and scalability.
• Formulate scalable and low-latency technical solutions to satisfy product requirements from Product Owner.
• Mentor and grow a high-performing engineering team; establish best practices in code quality, system performance, and operational excellence.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to align technical solutions with business goals and compliance requirements.
• Leverage AI for task automation and improve development quality and velocity.

Skills

Go

Java

JavaScript

Node.js

AWS/GCP

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Coupang Play is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer for its Customer Experience team in Singapore. You will design and build scalable APIs, focusing on Live Sports and Discover experiences, serving millions of users daily with low-latency, highly available services.

You will mentor engineers, set best practices, and collaborate across product, design, and mobile teams to align technical solutions with business goals while leveraging AI to improve development velocity.