Senior Staff Backend Architect – Inventory & Promise Platform

Coupang; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 299,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Life Insurance

401K Match

PTO 18-21 days

Paid Holidays

Parental leave

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Coupang in Seattle is seeking a Sr. Staff Backend Engineer for the Inventory and Promise Platform to help Coupang Fulfillment operate faster, cheaper, and more reliably through modern, data-driven services.

You will lead architecture and build new microservices that give customers inventory visibility and accurate delivery promises. You will mentor engineers, influence multiple teams, and drive scalable software practices across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/Math or related field.
• 10+ years of backend software development experience.
• Experience building highly available distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture on Inventory and Promise initiatives.
• Design and build scalable microservices and ML pipelines.
• Decompose complex problems into practical solutions.
• Achieve high performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Mentor engineers and guide career growth across teams.
• Spread deep technical knowledge to improve team productivity.

Skills

Distributed systems

Java

Scala

Python

AWS

Leadership

Mentoring

Microservices

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/Math

Tools

Kafka

Spark Streaming

Distributed caching

AWS

Job description

Coupang in Seattle is seeking a Sr. Staff Backend Engineer for the Inventory and Promise Platform to help Coupang Fulfillment operate faster, cheaper, and more reliably through modern, data-driven services.

You will lead architecture and build new microservices that give customers inventory visibility and accurate delivery promises. You will mentor engineers, influence multiple teams, and drive scalable software practices across the organization.