Director Backend Engineering (Security Infrastructure)

What You Will Do In this role, you will: Help build a great team by hiring the best and actively shaping team culture. Drive the evolution of our platform by overseeing strategy, creating roadmaps, driving execution, and working for company-wide adoption. Drive alignment across key stakeholders on strategic roadmaps and deliverables. Partner with teams across the company to proactively identify business and technical opportunities. Drive execution through technical and organizational complexities, balancing strategic goals and immediate impact. Dive deep when necessary to lead by example and help with high priority projects. Contribute to the Coupang engineering community through cross-company initiatives. Inspire teams to raise the bar on design, development and Operational Excellence. Basic Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related technical field. 12+ years professional experience working in software engineering teams, or 10+ years’ experience with advanced degree. 5+ years’ experience managing engineers. Experience leading design and development of large scale distributed systems. Recent experience with security, IAM or related technologies. Experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams to define mission, vision, and roadmaps. Experience handling multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment and leading the delivery of large-scale services for complex business offerings. Preferred Qualifications Masters or PhD degree in computer science or other related technical field. Hands-on experience building security protocols and/or systems. Experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams to define mission, vision, and roadmaps. Experience working with Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, gRPC and Istio. Recruitment Process 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. Job titles and responsibilities may be subject to change depending on the candidate’s overall experience, etc. This will be communicated to the candidate at the appropriate time before the offer. Hiring may be restricted in case the legal qualifications required for hiring and work performance is not met. Privacy Notice Your personal information will be collected and managed by Coupang as stated in the Application Privacy Notice located below. https://www.coupang.jobs/privacy-policy