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Senior Staff Backend Engineer, Security

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Senior Staff Backend Engineer, Security in USA

  • Coupang
  • Full time
  • Email
  • Mountain View, CA

Responsibilities

  • Develop and evolve IAM platforms and security infrastructure used across Coupang’s services.
  • Build authentication and authorization features and integrate them with service infrastructure.
  • Write backend APIs and critical infrastructure components using Java and Go.
  • Design robust, scalable, highly available, and low-latency distributed systems.
  • Partner with teams across the company to understand needs and drive platform adoption.
  • Investigate critical system issues and improve operational excellence.
  • Serve as a technical role model and help shape team culture.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Math, or a closely related field.
  • At least 8 years of backend software development experience.
  • Experience working in cloud environments, particularly AWS.
  • Demonstrated experience building and maintaining highly available distributed systems.
  • Preferred: master’s or PhD in computer science or a related technical field.
  • Preferred: working knowledge of OIDC, OAuth2, IAM systems, identity providers, and role-based authorization.
  • Preferred: experience with Kubernetes, gRPC, Istio, high-reliability and low-latency cloud systems, and large-scale distributed systems.
  • Preferred: fluency in one or more of C++, Java, and Go, plus experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Preferred: strong understanding of cloud application architecture, API design patterns, performance, and scale.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, life, and AD&D insurance.
  • Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Account.
  • Long-term and short-term disability coverage and Employee Assistance Program.
  • 401(k) plan with company match.
  • 18–21 days of paid time off annually based on tenure.
  • 12 public holidays and paid parental leave.
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits and a free electric car charging station.
  • Recruitment may include application review, phone interview, and onsite or virtual onsite interview.

Salary: $17k - $299k/yr

Coupang

Coupang is a technology and Fortune 150 company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CPNG) that provides retail, restaurant delivery, video streaming, and fintech services to customers around the world under brands that include Coupang, Eats, Play, Rocket Now, and Farfetch.

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