CareerPlan

Staff, Back-end engineer (Inventory Platform)

SeattleFull-time$164k2026-10-15 → 2026-11-12

Core

Design and build large-scale, multi-tiered, distributed services for Coupang's Inventory Platform to handle billions of order and delivery transactions.

Role type

Staff, Back-end engineer (Inventory Platform)

Builds

Highly available and scalable systems for order reconciliation and delivery optimization

Domain

E-commerce, Cloud Infrastructure

Required skills

Distributed systems design, Cloud environments (AWS), Capacity estimation, Incident monitoring, SQL/NoSQL databases, System reliability engineering

Preferred skills

Java and Spring Framework, High-performance distributed software, Mission-critical service management, Engineering leadership, Agile practices

Technologies

AWS, Cassandra, MySQL, Java, Spring Framework

Responsibilities

Design scalable system architecture, Benchmark platform performance, Ensure 99.995% uptime, Estimate and provision cluster capacity, Monitor production incidents, Analyze OSS components and code, Collaborate to make platform extensible

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship