Principal ML Engineer – Search & Discovery

Company Introduction

Coupang is one of the largest and fastest growing e-commerce platforms on the planet. We are on a mission to revolutionize everyday lives for our customers, employees, and partners. We solve problems no one has solved before to create a world where people ask, “how did we ever live without Coupang?” Coupang is a global company with offices in Beijing, Los Angeles, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, and Silicon Valley. We are on a mission to create a world without tradeoffs for our customers as we Aim High and Find a Way to Wow our Customers. We have been named one of the “50 Smartest Companies in the World” by MIT Technology Review and “30 Global Game Changers” by Forbes.  

Job Overview

Search & Discovery is the most critical customer facing experience within Coupang, relevantly match-making the billions of products to customer intent. We are building the next-generation infrastructure to sustain the hypergrowth of the business for the coming years. We are looking for an experienced and passionate engineer leader that can drive this effort across the stack, including serving, pipelines, and machine learning.

The desired candidate can dive deep in underlying components, design and optimize the stack end-to-end and be a role model for building high-quality infrastructure and delivering results with grit. Key to this position’s success will require the ability to understand business needs and work backwards to develop technical solutions while working effectively with leaders of individual teams and align technical directions with key stakeholders.

This position will report directly to the engineering VP of Search and Discovery and will offer the autonomy to explore various areas and discover the next big innovation that infuses machine learning and deep learning into search stack.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee the end-end Search & Discovery systems and help design the next-generation systems to support the business growth
• Have strong execution with the ability to drive key developments and overcome technical blockers
• Ensure solid system designs and operational excellence
• Be metrics driven and can identify big opportunities
• Build strong collaborations with partner teams
• Recruit and develop world-class talent

Requirements:

• 10+ years of industry experience on technology companies.
• Have a broad and deep understanding on key technologies including storage, data processing, search, and serving.
• Solid track record of delivering large and complex systems with big business impacts.
• Strong design and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communications and collaborations across teams and across functionalities.

Preferred Skills:

• Working experiences on advertising systems.
• Leading or managing big teams.

Coupang is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race (including traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hair styles), color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ,ancestry, national origin (including language use restrictions), age (40 and over), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis C status, family status (including but not limited to marital or domestic partnership status), military or veteran status, use of a trained dog guide or service animal, political activities or affiliations, ancestry, citizenship, family and medical leave status, status as a victim of any violent crime, or any other characteristic or class protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Coupang is also committed to providing a safe work environment for its employees and its consumers. As a condition of employment, Coupang requires employees to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, subject to legally required accommodations. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application of recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at usrecruiting@coupang.com.