Company Intro  

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 one of the fastest-growing commerce companies that established an unparalleled reputation for being a leading 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 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. 

The Role  

#softwareengineeringatCoupang

Taiwan engineering is a dedicated engineering org for Coupang core business in Taiwan. Coupang started the business in Taiwan from 2022 and the business is growing fast, and we see many opportunities there. The team has end-to-end ownership of Taiwan systems, and we are working with Taiwan business stakeholders, product team very closely to wow the customers and scale the business. We will record another history of Coupang in Taiwan.  
  

Responsibilities  

Major contributor in the team to develop features and enable systems in Taiwan  

Develop close relationships with Product and Korea tech team   

Solve the bottlenecks constraining Taiwan business growth  

Migrate South Korea systems to Taiwan and globalize the stack  

Develop Taiwan localized features on top of South Korea systems  

Establish operation and engineering excellence practices   

Build the domain knowledge and own TW systems. Be the go-to person in the domain  

Work on multi-domain projects based on business priority  
  

Basic Requirements  

Bachelor/Master/PhD in Computer Science or Engineering, or related field  

8+ years of industry experience of increasing responsibility leading engineering teams  and LLM background

5+ years of experience in software development in large distributed systems

Growth mindset, company-wide perspective. Focus on business problem solving.  

Strong competency in delivering results in an environment of rapidly changing requirements with appropriate trade-offs  

Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive  

Strong verbal and written communication skills  

Experience working closely with global distributed teams  
  

Preferred  

Prior experience in eCommerce  

Experience working in tier-0 systems, distributed systems  

Fluent English communication