Senior Back End Engineer (Global Mobility & Business Travel)

What You Will Do Design a greenfield AWS Data Lake architecture, schema models, and data contracts with upstream HR/Talent systems while ensuring strict PIPA compliance. Consolidate disparate source system ETL pipelines (relocation, visa, vendor, payroll) into a unified, reliable architecture. Build multi-country logic and data routing engines for operations across Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. Power operational BI, analytical reporting, and process automation for GM, payroll, and compliance teams. Design data quality frameworks, validation rules, monitoring, and automated alerting for production pipelines. Own technical execution, infrastructure provisioning, tooling selection, ADRs, and operational runbooks while PM handles stakeholder communication. Balance short-term go-live urgency (Q3 target) with long-term architectural integrity and scalability. Qualifications System Architecture: Proven track record designing, building, and operating complex systems end-to-end; ability to translate ambiguous business needs into concrete technical specifications for Year 1 and Year 2 scale Backend Engineering: 3+ years of production software engineering experience (SDE background required) with deep Python or Java expertise; strong AWS infrastructure (EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, Glue) and database design skills. Data Engineering: 1+ years of ETL/ELT pipeline design and orchestration experience (Airflow, Temporal, or similar); expertise in dynamic schema design, data validation, and pipeline observability. Collaboration: Strong partnership skills with PMs and cross-functional teams; proactive in surfacing blockers, proposing solutions, and maintaining thorough technical documentation. Compliance & Governance: Understanding of data governance, privacy standards, and stakeholder navigation across cross-functional priorities Preferred Qualifications Prior experience handling sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and compliance standards. Experience with Coupang tech stack or multi-region system deployments. Track record of taking technical projects from greenfield to production end-to-end. Openness to tool-mediated or asynchronous non-English technical communication. Recruitment Process and Others 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. 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