Director, Back-end Engineering
- Market p25–p75
- $284k–$375k
- H-1B median · Backend
- $220k
- Opened · 30d
- +58
- Closed · 30d
- −93
- Opened · 7d
- +813% of open
- All backend
- 8,397open
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 commerce industry from the ground up. We are an American technology company and one of the fastest-growing retail companies that has established an unparalleled reputation for being a leading and reliable force in global 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 entrepreneurial, 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
At Coupang, data powers all decisions we make. We collect petabytes of data every day and turn it to insights and business metrics. In this role, you will lead and scale our Data Ingestion & Analytics Platform team and help the members of your team grow both technically and professionally.
What You Will Do
You will work closely with product and data scientist teams and lead the planning, execution and success of complex technical projects.
- Hire world class talent and provide technical guidance, career development, and mentoring to team members
- Participate in key technical and design discussions with technical leads in the team as a hands-on manager
- Partner with key business stakeholders to prioritize work and create amazing products to support our data platform ingestion dn analytics team.
- Provide technical leadership to your team by giving guidance on designs and coding when time allows.
- Platform Operations & SLA Ownership: Maintaining high availability across high QPS ingestions services.
- Partner closely with product management, data science, and senior executive stakeholders across business units to prioritize platform capabilities and deliver scalable analytics infrastructure.
Basic Qualifications
- 15+ years’ experience in data warehouse engineering and business intelligence
- 5+ years leading, managing and hiring a team of talented engineers
- 5+ years in building large scale, high-volume data warehouse environment
- Deep expertise with database development skills including SQL.
- Expertise with various ETL technologies and familiar with ETL tools.
- Have solid understanding of both relational and NoSQL database technologies.
- Experience with visualization, data mining, or statistical tools
- Experience with DW Appliance is a plus
- Excellent critical thinking, problem solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication skills, and the ability to work effectively with others
- Excellent people skills to partner with various key business stakeholders.
- BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
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 $174,000/year in our lowest geographic market to $299,000/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
- Annual bonus is 0-20% of the base salary
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life, AD&D insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) program
- 401K Plan with Company Match
- 18-21 days of the Paid Time Off (PTO) a year based on the tenure