Staff Backend Engineer - Real-Time Streaming & AI Platform

Coupang; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 282,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K Plan with Company Match

18-21 days of Paid Time Off (PTO)

Annual bonus up to 20% of base salary

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

Job summary

Coupang is seeking a visionary Staff Software Engineer in Mountain View, California to lead the architectural design of a next-generation Real-Time Streaming & AI Platform. You will build a system capable of processing over 100k events per second with sub-second latency, ensuring high availability and leveraging AI for optimization.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in backend software development, particularly in Java and AWS, and experience with distributed systems. Competitive benefits include substantial bonuses and 18-21 days of PTO.

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience in backend software development.
• Expert-level experience in high-volume messaging systems.
• Demonstrated experience in building highly available, distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead the design of a distributed streaming engine.
• Ensure sub-second latency and 99.9999% availability.
• Integrate AI/ML models into stream processing.

Skills

Backend software development

Java

Spring Framework

Cloud environments (AWS)

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Cassandra

Kafka

TiDB

DynamoDB

Job description

Coupang is seeking a visionary Staff Software Engineer in Mountain View, California to lead the architectural design of a next-generation Real-Time Streaming & AI Platform. You will build a system capable of processing over 100k events per second with sub-second latency, ensuring high availability and leveraging AI for optimization.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in backend software development, particularly in Java and AWS, and experience with distributed systems. Competitive benefits include substantial bonuses and 18-21 days of PTO.