Staff Engineer - Backend (Finance Platform)

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’re collectively disrupting the multi-billion-dollar e-commerce industry from the ground up. We are one of the fastest-growing e-commerce companies that established an unparalleled reputation for being a dominant 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:

Finance Platform Engineering (FPE) at Coupang builds a centralized, scalable finance technology platform powering mission‑critical financial systems across the company. The team owns the end‑to‑end finance engineering charter, designing and operating highly reliable platforms that process tens of millions of events per business per day.

A Staff Engineer owns a broad charter, leading architecture and execution for partner settlement, payout, and core finance platforms at Coupang scale. In the near term, you will drive delivery of a new end‑to‑end partner settlement and payout platform, while evolving the core finance platform.

Over the next 6–12 months, you will lead a long‑running settlement program, drive migrations, and expand the platform to enable new business growth. You will work closely with engineering, product, and business stakeholders, setting technical vision and high engineering standards across a team of 25+ engineers.

Key Responsibilities: 

• Drive the highest quality of architecture and design of data pipeline and system.


• Draw a roadmaps and vision for the scalable and robust growth of the online serving platform.


• Collaborate with other engineering teams to make the platform open and extensible to unlock innumerable opportunities for innovations.


• Align with stakeholders and lead engineers on mission critical projects.


• Decompose complex problems into simple, straightforward solutions.


• Leverage knowledge of internal and industry best practices in design.


• Deep-dive and handle critical system issues.


• Collaborate with other teams to make the platform open and extensible to unlock


• innumerable opportunities for innovations.

Qualifications: 

• Minimum 10 years of experience working on software design and development in Java.


• Hands-on experience with designing, building, and deploying scalable, high available systems.


• Large system architecture design and development experience.


• Experience with cloud computing with AWS.


• Experience of developing container-based testing environment.


• Experience with Java / IntelliJ / Spring environment.

Type of work model

• Hybrid / Onsite / Remote working

Our Hybrid work model: Coupang hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration that acts a catalyst to enrich the experience of employees. Employees are required to work at least 3 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 2 days a week, depending on the role requirement. Some businesses may require more time in office due to nature of work.

Details to consider

• Those eligible for employment protection (recipients of veteran’s benefits, the disabled, etc.) may receive preferential treatment for employment in accordance with applicable laws.

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