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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Backend Engineer - **Company:** Coupang, Inc. - **Location:** Mountain View, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $164,000.0 - $282,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Information Systems, Distributed Systems, Software Engineering, Apache Spark, Caching, Backend, Information Technology, Apache Kafka - **Published:** June 13, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=bf2c9567e9529d1d ## About the Role Do you have experience in Triage?, * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/ Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field * 5+ years of professional software development experience * BS or advanced degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Systems or related technical field * Solid (AWS) cloud background on both software development and operations * Expertise in distributed systems and computing frameworks like Kafka, Spark, etc. * Team player and fast learner with the ability to quickly triage and troubleshoot complex problems * Strong ownership and be passionate about applying new technologies to real products, * 8+ years of experience in designing, developing and maintaining large-scale software infrastructures ## Description As a Staff Backend Engineer in Messaging and Caching Platform (MCP) team, you will be responsible for designing and building solid infrastructure to construct, monitor and manage blaze-fast and consistent platform services. Your core mission is to provide company-wide and generic platform solutions with super high scalability, reliability and availability to unleash the productivity of Customer teams. You will have significant scope, impact and responsibility in shaping the future of Coupang platform services. You will be working in a friendly, synergistic, passionate and sharp team. Team Description * MCP team develops and supports Coupang company-wide platform services. * MCP team constructs, monitors and manages blaze-fast and consistent platform services. * We provide company-wide and generic platform services with super high scalability, reliability and availability to unleash the productivity of Customer teams. * MCP team has significant scope, impact and responsibility in shaping the future of Coupang platform services. * MCP team is a friendly, synergistic, passionate and sharp team. What You Will Do * Architect and build Coupang's Messaging and Caching Platform. * Write durable code with the ability to process tera-bytes and peta-bytes each day. * Keep improving our platform stability, performance and achieving 99.99% to 99.999% availability with smooth operations. * Work closely with Coupang internal and external Customers and wow them with our cutting-edging products., * Application Review - Phone Interview - Onsite (or Virtual Onsite) Interview - Offer * The exact nature of the recruitment process may vary according to the specific job and may be changed due to scheduling or other circumstances. * Interview schedules and the results will be informed to the applicant via the e-mail address submitted at the application stage Details to Consider * This job posting may be closed prior to the stated end date for application if all openings are filled. * Coupang has the right to rescind an offer of employment if a candidate is found to have submitted false information as part of the application process. * Those eligible for employment protection (recipients of veteran's benefits, the disabled, etc.) may receive preferential treatment for employment in accordance with applicable laws. ## Related Videos - [HTTP headers that make your website go faster](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1676-http-headers-that-make-your-website-go-faster) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [PySpark - Combining Machine Learning & Big Data](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/44-pyspark-combining-machine-learning-big-data) - [Database Magic behind 40 Million operations/s](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/748-database-magic-behind-40-million-operations-s) - [Scaling: from 0 to 20 million users](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/676-scaling-from-0-to-20-million-users) - [Let's Get Aggregated: Custom UDAFs in Spark ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1649-let-s-get-aggregated-custom-udafs-in-spark) ## Related Articles - [20 Essential Tools For Backend Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/218-20-essential-tools-for-backend-development) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [What’s the Difference Between Frontend and Backend Development?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/240-what-s-the-difference-between-frontend-and-backend-development) - [Find a Developer Job: 12 Best Job Sites For Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/165-find-a-developer-job-12-best-job-sites-for-developers)