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
The Pricing team is one of the core pillars of Coupang’s business and is responsible for helping determine the price of every product sold on Coupang. As the Pricing team is responsible for serving hundreds of millions of requests every day, our mission is to build and maintain highly scalable and extensible platforms that are also highly available and robust.
As part of our Pricing team, you will directly architect and implement our next generation data acquisition platforms. You will help the team to bring industry best practices in software development and operations while improving their engineering skills to build pioneering e-commerce experience in new global markets. Working closely with a group of engineers in multiple geographic locations, you’ll solve challenging problems at scale with high reliability. Your efforts will directly have an impact on tens of millions of users every single day!
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent
- 8+ years of solid work with fundamental algorithms, system design, and large distributed systems
- 5+ years of coding experience in Java or a similar OO language
- Hands-on experience in building large scale real-time services
Preferred Qualifications
- Ecommerce experience, with a focus or exposure to Pricing systems
- Experience setting the culture of a team and ensuring code quality across a team
- Deep understanding of Operational Excellence and what it takes to run and monitor highly available systems
- Experience working with AWS technologies such as S3, Kafka, EMR, and others
- A desire to grow those around you both technically and professionally
- Ability to challenge existing norms to improve overall systems and processes
- Ability to work in a multicultural, cross-functional team
Pay & Benefits
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. At Coupang, your base pay is one part of your total compensation.
The base pay for this position ranges from $138,000/year in our lowest geographic market to $297,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
General Description of All Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life, AD&D insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- 401K Plan with Company Match
- 18-21 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) a year based on tenure
- 12 Public Holidays
- Paid Parental Leave
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- MTV - [Free] Electric Car Charging Station
General Description of Other Compensation
“Other Compensation” includes, but is not limited to, bonuses, equity, or other forms of compensation that would be offered to the hired applicant in addition to their established salary range or wage scale.
Coupang is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, religion, religious creed, sex or gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age (40 and over), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, family status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application process due to a disability, please contact us at usrecruiting@coupang.com
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