Staff Back-End Engineer (RAB, SCM Systems)

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Job Overview (Staff Back-End Engineer)

RAB (Rocket Application Delivery) is a low-code/no-code platform which allows creation of variety of apps without requiring programming expertise. Currently there are more than 2000 applications running with most of them being business-critical for the SCM Systems and other Coupang teams. At the RAB team you will be involved in designing and implementing various new features, maintaining and updating the existing code base, communicate with the RAB users and help expanding the scope and reach of the RAB Platform within Coupang.

Key Responsibilities

• Key code contributor to a new features for the RAB Platform;
• Design the architecture of part of RAB Platform and business applications;
• Review/research new technologies when developing business apps/features;
• Ensure source code is released with high test coverage and improve the code quality.

Qualifications

• Experience building complex, high-performance, and highly available distributed software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers.
• 7+ years of experience working directly within engineering teams in a fast-moving environment.
• 7+ years of experience in developing and operating backend services and web applications.
• Strong familiarity developing with Java/Kotlin and Spring Framework as well as experience in an AWS environment.
• Experience with NextJS/Typescript and Python preferred.
• Extensive experience in managing mission critical services with high throughput and low latency.
• BS in Computer Science, EE, or other engineering fields. MS preferred.
• Experience with Git system for version control
• Experience with relational database
• Object-oriented design and development capabilities

Preferred

• Service development and operation experience in AWS environment
• Development experience aiming code quality enhancement
• Experience with E-Commerce service development
• Experience in automating build/test/deploy
• Experience with bulk data processing using NoSQL(Memcached, Redis)
• Agile experience

[Recruitment Process and Others]

Recruitment Process

• Application Review - 1st Interview - 2nd Interview - Offer
• The exact nature of the recruitment process may vary according to the specific job and may be changed due to scheduling or other circumstances.
• Interview schedules and the results will be informed to the applicant via the e-mail address submitted at the application stage.

Details to Consider

• This job posting may be closed prior to the stated end date for application if all openings are filled.
• Coupang has the right to rescind an offer of employment if a candidate is found to have submitted false information as part of the application process.
• Coupang does not discriminate against disabled applicants or those with veteran status. We are proud to offer equal opportunities for all applicants.
• Job titles and responsibilities may be subject to change depending on the candidate’s overall experience, etc. This will be communicated to the candidate at the appropriate time before the offer.

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• Your personal information will be collected and managed by Coupang as stated in the Application Privacy Notice located below.
• https://www.coupang.jobs/en/privacy-policy/

Document Return Policy

• This notification is given pursuant to Article 11 (6) of the Fair Hiring Procedure Act.
• A job applicant, who has applied but not been finally selected for a position at Coupang (the “ Company ”), may request the Company to return his/her hiring documents submitted pursuant to the Fair Hiring Procedure Act. However, this will not apply where the hiring documents were submitted via the website of the Company or e-mail, or where the job applicant submitted those documents voluntarily without a request from the Company. In addition, if the hiring documents were destroyed due to a natural disaster or any other reasons not attributable to the Company, such documents will be deemed to have been returned to the job applicant.
• A job applicant who wishes to request the return of his/her hiring documents pursuant to the main sentence of paragraph 2 above should fill out a “Request for Return of Hiring Documents” [Annex Form No. 3 in the Enforcement Rule of the Fair Hiring Procedure Act] and submit the request to the Company (Coupang Recruiting Team, Tower 730, 570 Songpa-daero, Songpa-gu, Seoul). In such case, within fourteen (14) days from the date of identifying the receipt of the request, the Company will send the hiring documents to the job applicant’s designated address via registered mail. Please be informed that the job applicant is required to pay the postage on the registered mail.
• In preparation for a job applicant’s request for the return of hiring documents pursuant to the main sentence of paragraph 2 above, the Company shall retain the original hiring documents submitted by the job applicant for 180 days from the completion of the recruiting process. If no request is made until the end of this period, all of his/her hiring documents will be destroyed immediately in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act.
• Hiring may be restricted in case the legal qualifications required for hiring and work performance are not met.

Equal Opportunities for All

Coupang is an equal opportunity employer. Our unprecedented success could not be possible without the valuable inputs of our globally diverse team.