Senior Staff Backend Engineer - Security Infrastructure

Coupang, Inc.; Mountain View (WY); On-site; USD 174,000 - 299,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401K Plan with Company Match

Paid Time Off (PTO) 18-21 days/year

12 Public Holidays

Parental leave

Commuter benefits

MTV - Electric Car Charging Station

Job summary

Coupang, Inc. is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer for the Security Infrastructure team to build a scalable platform that boosts customer trust and enables rapid growth. You will contribute to core security services, IAM functionality, and seamless integration with Coupang’s service architecture.

You will design and implement backend components, APIs in Java and Go, and collaborate with multiple teams to deliver robust, secure solutions at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, or a closely related field.
• 8 years of experience in backend software development.
• Experience working in cloud environments, particularly AWS.
• Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining highly available, distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop our IAM platforms and rapidly iterate while collaborating actively as part of a small, highly talented team.
• Partner with teams across the company to understand their current needs and future direction.
• Think systematically to identify technical solutions, balancing strategic goals and immediate impact.
• Demonstrate excellence in architecture and design, resulting in robust and scalable systems.
• Hands-on develop critical infrastructure components.
• Write back-end APIs in Java and Go, using industry-standard frameworks.
• Work across teams to drive platform adoption, helping teams prioritize ruthlessly and move with urgency.
• Dive deep into critical system issues, constantly raising the bar on Operational Excellence.
• Serve as a role model for other engineers and shape our team culture.

Skills

Backend development

AWS

Distributed systems

Java

Go

Kubernetes

gRPC

Istio

Security concepts (OIDC, OAuth2)

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Masters or PhD (preferred)

Tools

Kubernetes

gRPC

Istio

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Coupang, Inc. is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer for the Security Infrastructure team to build a scalable platform that boosts customer trust and enables rapid growth. You will contribute to core security services, IAM functionality, and seamless integration with Coupang’s service architecture.

You will design and implement backend components, APIs in Java and Go, and collaborate with multiple teams to deliver robust, secure solutions at scale.