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title: 'Staff Backend Engineer -  K8 (Envoy) at Coupang'
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# Staff Backend Engineer -  K8 (Envoy) at Coupang

- **Company:** Coupang
- **Location:** Bengaluru, India
- **Posted:** 2026-09-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16
- **Apply:** https://www.coupang.jobs/en/jobs/?gh_jid=8222609

## Job description

Company Introduction :

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 e-commerce industry from the ground up. We are one of the fastest-growing e-commerce companies that established an unparalleled reputation for being a dominant 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 entrepreneurs 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 :

As a Staff Backend Engineer, you will work closely with platform and product leaders to design and deliver solutions for complex infrastructure problems. You will drive the development of highly scalable, reliable, and efficient platform services while providing technical direction across teams working with Java, AWS, Kafka, Kubernetes, Kubeflow, Argo CD, and gRPC.

What You Will Do :

- Architect and build Coupang's next-generation AI Inference Gateway platform that serves mission-critical machine learning and generative AI workloads at scale.
- Design and develop high-performance request routing, model endpoint abstraction, traffic shaping, load balancing, failover, caching, and policy enforcement mechanisms for inference services.
- Drive the technical vision and roadmap for scalable, secure, and reliable AI inference infrastructure across cloud and on-prem environments.
- Develop critical infrastructure components in Go, Java, or Python with a strong focus on performance, resiliency, and operational excellence.
- Design multi-tenant platform capabilities including authentication, authorization, quota management, cost attribution, rate limiting, and governance controls.
- Partner closely with ML Platform, Model Serving, Data, and Product Engineering teams to enable seamless deployment and operation of AI workloads.
- Lead architecture and design reviews, raise engineering standards, and mentor senior engineers across multiple teams.
- Optimize system performance, latency, throughput, and infrastructure efficiency for large-scale inference workloads.
- Define observability standards through metrics, tracing, logging, and SLO-based operations for business-critical AI services.
- Investigate complex production issues, drive root-cause analysis, and implement long-term architectural solutions.
- Collaborate with engineering leaders across Coupang to establish common platform standards and unlock AI innovation across the organization.

Basic Qualifications:

- 8+ years of professional software development experience.
- 5+ years of experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems in production.
- Strong hands-on programming expertise in one or more of Go, Java, or Python.
- Proven track record of building highly available, mission-critical platform or infrastructure services.
- Experience designing API platforms, service gateways, service mesh, or large-scale networking infrastructure.
- Deep understanding of microservices architecture, distributed systems design, and cloud-native technologies.
- Experience with Kubernetes and containerized workloads in production environments.
- Experience operating services on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Strong understanding of observability, reliability engineering, capacity planning, and production operations.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience building AI/ML inference platforms, LLM gateways, model serving infrastructure, or GPU-accelerated workloads.
- Deep expertise in Kubernetes ecosystem technologies such as Gateway API, Ingress Controllers, Service Mesh (Istio, Linkerd, Envoy), and platform networking.
- Experience with inference serving frameworks such as vLLM, Triton Inference Server, TensorRT-LLM, Ray Serve, KServe, SGLang, or similar technologies.
- Strong understanding of high-performance networking, gRPC, HTTP/2, streaming protocols, API gateways, and service proxy architectures.
- Experience designing large-scale traffic management systems including routing, retries, circuit breaking, rate limiting, and request prioritization.
- Experience optimizing latency, throughput, and resource utilization for CPU and GPU workloads.
- Familiarity with GenAI and LLM ecosystems including model deployment, prompt routing, RAG systems, model observability, and AI governance.
- Experience with distributed data systems such as Kafka, Cassandra, Redis, MongoDB, or similar technologies.
- Strong understanding of concurrency, synchronization, asynchronous programming, and non-blocking I/O.

Type of work model :

Hybrid /Onsite / Remote working

- Our Hybrid work model: Coupang hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration that acts a catalyst to enrich the experience of employees. Employees are required to work at least 3 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 2 days a week, depending on the role requirement. Some businesses may require more time in office due to nature of work.

Details to consider :

Those eligible for employment protection (recipients of veteran’s benefits, the disabled, etc.) may receive preferential treatment for employment in accordance with applicable laws.

Privacy Notice

- Your personal information will be collected and managed by Coupang as stated in the Application Privacy Notice located below. https://privacy.coupang.com/en/land/jobs/

## About Coupang

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Coupang is a global technology and Fortune 150 company that reimagines commerce by integrating e-commerce, logistics, last-mile delivery, restaurant delivery, video streaming, and fintech services to wow customers.
- **Entity Type**: Public (NYSE: CPNG)
- **Headquarters**: Seattle, Washington, USA (global HQ); operates major hubs in Seoul, South Korea, and other locations.
- **Founded**: 2010
- **Founders**: Bom Kim (Bong-Seok Kim)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: E-commerce, Logistics & Fulfillment, Retail, Food Delivery, Fintech, Content Streaming, AI-driven Commerce.
- **Target customers**: B2C (primarily consumers in South Korea, with growing global operations including Taiwan, Singapore, and the U.S.).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "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?'"

## Products & Services
- **[Coupang (Rocket Delivery)](#)**: Core e-commerce platform offering millions of products with over 99% of orders delivered same or next day via a proprietary logistics network. Includes Rocket Fresh (groceries) and Rocket Now (ultra-fast delivery).
- **[Coupang Eats](#)**: Restaurant food delivery service.
- **[Coupang Play](#)**: Video streaming service (original content, sports, and licensed shows).
- **[Farfetch](#)**: Global luxury fashion platform acquired by Coupang.
- **[Coupang Fintech](#)**: Payment and financial services (e.g., Coupang Pay, credit card partnerships).
- **[Coupang Logistics & Fulfillment Services](#)**: End-to-end logistics for third-party sellers and brands.
- **[Rocket Growth](#)**: SaaS-like tools and services for sellers/suppliers to manage inventory, analytics, and advertising.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: ~$25.8 billion (as of mid-2026) [LinkedIn].
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of **$34.5 billion** (most recent fiscal year) [LinkedIn].
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Publicly traded on NYSE (institutional investors include SoftBank, BlackRock, Fidelity, and others). Key partners include major global brands and local Korean suppliers.
- **Growth Signals**: 
    - Ranked **#132 on the 2026 Fortune 500**, jumping significantly [investor relations].
    - Rapid AI-driven global commerce expansion (e.g., Taiwan, Singapore, and U.S. tech hubs).
    - 5,940 employees (linkedIn data, with monthly headcount growth of +1.1% and quarterly job posting growth of +154.2%).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Fully Integrated Infrastructure**: Coupang owns and operates over 100 fulfillment and logistics centers (covering tens of millions of square feet) combined with proprietary software, AI, and machine learning to predict demand and route deliveries — a moat that competitors in Korea and emerging markets find hard to replicate.
- **Speed & Reliability**: Over 99% of orders delivered same or next day (including dawn delivery) 365 days a year, setting a bar that most global e-commerce players cannot match.
- **Customer Obsession Culture**: "Wow the Customer" is a core leadership principle, driving constant innovation to break traditional tradeoffs (speed, selection, price).
- **Startup Culture with Fortune 150 Resources**: Offers the agility and risk-taking of an early-stage company combined with the stability, compensation, and scale of a large public corporation.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI & Technology Leadership**: Heavy investment in AI/machine learning for demand forecasting, dynamic routing, and customer personalization. Actively hiring senior ML and data engineers [careers page].
- **Global Expansion**: Leveraging its Korean infrastructure playbook to enter new markets (Taiwan, Singapore) and grow its global footprint.
- **Diversification into Fintech & Content**: Building out Coupang Pay, Coupang Play, and fintech products to create an ecosystem (similar to Amazon Prime's strategy).
- **Farfetch Integration**: Turning the luxury fashion platform into a global growth driver.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "Best of both worlds" — startup energy (fast decision-making, ownership, risk-taking) with the resources of a Fortune 150 company. Flat hierarchy, open culture, and a strong "bias for action" ethos [coupang.jobs].
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office Policy**: Flexible working hours and work-from-home options are available. Many roles are based in offices (Seattle, Mountain View, Seoul, etc.) with state-of-the-art amenities including cafeterias serving three meals a day, lounge spaces, and coffee/snack bars.
- **Benefits**:
    - Medical insurance for employee and direct family.
    - Paid family leave (for celebration or bereavement).
    - Learning programs (foreign languages, soft skills).
    - Global project opportunities (collaborate with teams across continents).
    - Team and company events (games, food, bonding).
- **Engineering Culture**: High-impact projects — building the commerce infrastructure of the future (large-scale AI, logistics optimization, mobile-first, search & discovery). Emphasizes "Hire and Develop the Best" and "Learn & Iterate" principles.
- **Career Growth**: Opportunities for internal rotations, upskilling, and taking on entrepreneurial initiatives within a massive scale.

## Sources
1. [Coupang Careers](https://www.coupang.jobs/en/)
2. [Why Work at Coupang](https://www.coupang.jobs/en/why-coupang/)
3. [Coupang About Us](https://www.aboutcoupang.com/aboutus/)
4. [Coupang Investor Relations](https://ir.aboutcoupang.com/overview/)
5. [LinkedIn - Coupang](https://www.linkedin.com/company/coupang)

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