Cloud Backend Engineer
US$299,000 / yr base salary
Posted 21 Sep 2026
Advertised as “Senior Staff Cloud Backend Engineer”
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- Expected experience
- 8+ yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
| Base salary | US$299,000 / yr |
|---|
Field of studyComputer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics (or related)
Study levelBachelor's
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Company Introduction
We exist to wow our customers. We know we’re doing the right thing when we hear our customers say, “How did I 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:
• Implement SRE best practices to improve the reliability, scalability, and performance of datacenter services.
• Develop and maintain automation scripts for infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, and management.
• Conduct root cause analysis and post-mortem reviews to prevent recurrence of incidents.
Roles and Responsibilities: Observability and Monitoring:
• Design, implement, and maintain observability solutions for datacenter infrastructure.
• Develop, deploy, and maintain the operational and reliability components of a large-scale Observability and Telemetry collection platform, emphasizing performance at scale, real-time monitoring, logging, and alerting.
• Participate in and enhance the entire lifecycle of services, from inception and design to deployment, operation, and refinement.
• Develop and optimize monitoring systems to ensure high availability and performance.
• Create and manage dashboards, alerts, and reports to provide visibility into system health and performance.