Company Introduction

We exist to wow our customers. We know we’re doing the right thing when we hear our customers say, “How did we ever live without Coupang?” Born out of an obsession to make shopping, eating, and living easier than ever, we are collectively disrupting the multi-billion-dollar commerce industry from the ground up and establishing an unparalleled reputation for being leading and reliable force in South Korean commerce.

We are proud to have the best of both worlds — a startup culture with the resources of a large global public company. This fuels us to continue our growth and launch new services at the speed we have been since our inception. We are all entrepreneurs surrounded by opportunities to drive new initiatives and innovations. At our core, we are bold and ambitious people that like to get our hands dirty and make a hands-on impact. At Coupang, you will see yourself, your colleagues, your team, and the company grow every day.

Our mission to build the future of commerce is real. We push the boundaries of what’s possible to solve problems and break traditional tradeoffs. Join Coupang now to create an epic experience in this always-on, high-tech, and hyper-connected world.

Role Overview

Coupang Promotion makes discovering and accessing great deals easier for both Coupang customers and Coupang partners to experience value. We see challenges as opportunities, and we are always ready for change andresolving problems. We are looking for passionate hard-core backend software engineers to build large-scale systems, infrastructure to power the Coupang Promotion business from the scratch. This includes working on a greenfield project and building low latency and highly available services, scaling systems, building APIs for programmatic integrations. You will identify and solve hard problems to improve the system scalability, enhance reliability, as well as optimize resource efficiency. Let's create a world in which customers ask, how did I ever live without Coupang together!

What You Will Do

• Design and build a new backend Promotion Service for vendors and customers.
• Design and build a new Promotion serving to support business growth.
• Integrate with the 3rd party solutions that 100% meet Coupang security & privacy standards.
• Being a team player to work efficiently with partner teams: Marketplace team, Front-end team, Pricing team, Ads team, etc., in Seoul, Seattle and Shanghai offices.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering or electrical/electronic engineering, mathematics or equivalent
• 5+ years of solid work with fundamental algorithms, system design, and large distributed systems
• 7+ years of coding experience in one of the following: Java, C++, Golang, C#
• Self-starter and innovator who likes to solve complex problems

Preferred Qualifications

• Promotional system development experience is a big plus
• Demonstrates broad knowledge of technical solutions, design patterns, and code for medium/complex applications deployed in big data area: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Hive
• Proficiency in Spring framework
• Good English listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills

Recruitment Process and Others

Recruitment Process

• Application Review - Phone Interview - Onsite (or Virtual Onsite) 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.
• Those eligible for employment protection (recipients of veteran’s benefits, the disabled, etc.) may receive preferential treatment for employment in accordance with applicable laws.

Privacy Notice​

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