[Opportunistic Hire] Sr. Staff Engineer

Coupang · India · 2+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-07-18

Tech stack: AWS, Azure, C++, GCP, Go, Kubernetes, Rust

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About the role

Responsibilities:
- Summary
- The Gateway Services team is responsible for building Coupang’s traffic infrastructure layer using Service Mesh.
- Key aspects of the infrastructure layer include service discovery, load balancing, traffic resiliency, traffic management, failure recovery, and observability paradigms.
- The job position entails the following:
- Develop and implement enterprise-wide fine-grained traffic control using state-of-the-art technologies (Istio/Envoy, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, SPIFFE)
- Partner for success with cross-functional teams both within the platform organization and with the stakeholder teams to drive results.
- Be an evangelist and thought leader espousing the principles and benefits of traffic management for the wider benefit of the company.
- We are looking for a [Senior Staff Engineer]/[Staff Engineer] who has a deep understanding of the interplay of large scale microservices and hands-on experience with Service Mesh.
- You will be responsible for designing the architecture and driving the team to deliver a modern platform that powers the entirety of Coupang’s services.
- As a [Senior Staff Software Engineer]/[Staff Software Engineer] in the Gateway Services team, you will partner with leaders of multiple Platform teams.
- You will implement seamless solutions to complex infrastructure problems, building a highly scalable, reliable, and efficient platform for our customers.
- You will be accountable for raising the bar on engineering and operational excellence.
- In this role, you will:
- Build Service Mesh components collaborating actively within a small, highly talented team.
- Design and implement infrastructure components related to traffic management using Rust/C++/Go.
- Architect workload and service management infrastructure by designing and developing critical infrastructure components.
- Decompose complex problems into simple, straightforward solutions following Coupang's leadership principles "Move with Urgency" and "Ruthless Prioritization".
- Demonstrate excellence resulting in scalable systems and services with the highest quality architecture and design.
- Dive deep into critical system issues, proactively addressing similar root causes, and raising the bar on Operational Excellence.
- Collaborate with other Coupang technical leaders to make the service extensible and unlock opportunities for innovations.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field.
- [12+]/[8+] years of professional software development experience with at least 2+ years of experience as a Technical Lead.
- Experience in designing and implementing traffic management solutions to handle requests at scale.
- Hands-on experience in designing and developing large scale distributed systems, at least the past three years.
- Strong experience in designing and implementing Service Mesh (Istio) features.
- Excellent development skills in Go/Rust/C++ with a proven track record of delivering mission critical systems.
- Experience with cloud computing using AWS or Azure or GCP.
- Deep understanding of network components (virtual networks, route tables, subnets, and gateways).
- Deep understanding of modern web applications design architecture and API design patterns with high performance and scale.
- Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment and lead the delivery of large-scale services for complex business offerings.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field.
- [12+]/[8+] years of professional software development experience with at least 2+ years of experience as a Technical Lead.
- Experience in designing and implementing traffic management solutions to handle requests at scale.
- Hands-on experience in designing and developing large scale distributed systems, at least the past three years.
- Strong experience in designing and implementing Service Mesh (Istio) features.
- Excellent development skills in Go/Rust/C++ with a proven track record of delivering mission critical systems.
- Experience with cloud computing using AWS or Azure or GCP.
- Deep understanding of network components (virtual networks, route tables, subnets, and gateways).
- Deep understanding of modern web applications design architecture and API design patterns with high performance and scale.
- Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment and lead the delivery of large-scale services for complex business offerings.

Responsibilities

- Summary The Gateway Services team is responsible for building Coupang’s traffic infrastructure layer using Service Mesh.
- Key aspects of the infrastructure layer include service discovery, load balancing, traffic resiliency, traffic management, failure recovery, and observability paradigms.
- The job position entails the following: Develop and implement enterprise-wide fine-grained traffic control using state-of-the-art technologies (Istio/Envoy, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, SPIFFE)
- Partner for success with cross-functional teams both within the platform organization and with the stakeholder teams to drive results.
- Be an evangelist and thought leader espousing the principles and benefits of traffic management for the wider benefit of the company.
- We are looking for a [Senior Staff Engineer]/[Staff Engineer] who has a deep understanding of the interplay of large scale microservices and hands-on experience with Service Mesh.
- You will be responsible for designing the architecture and driving the team to deliver a modern platform that powers the entirety of Coupang’s services.
- As a [Senior Staff Software Engineer]/[Staff Software Engineer] in the Gateway Services team, you will partner with leaders of multiple Platform teams.
- You will implement seamless solutions to complex infrastructure problems, building a highly scalable, reliable, and efficient platform for our customers.
- You will be accountable for raising the bar on engineering and operational excellence.
- In this role, you will:
- Build Service Mesh components collaborating actively within a small, highly talented team.
- Design and implement infrastructure components related to traffic management using Rust/C++/Go.
- Architect workload and service management infrastructure by designing and developing critical infrastructure components.
- Decompose complex problems into simple, straightforward solutions following Coupang's leadership principles "Move with Urgency" and "Ruthless Prioritization".
- Demonstrate excellence resulting in scalable systems and services with the highest quality architecture and design.
- Dive deep into critical system issues, proactively addressing similar root causes, and raising the bar on Operational Excellence.
- Collaborate with other Coupang technical leaders to make the service extensible and unlock opportunities for innovations.

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