Staff Backend Engineer IAM

CompanyIntroduction

We exist to wow our customers. We know were doing the right thing when we hear our customers say How did we ever live without Coupang Born out of an obsession to make shopping eating and living easier than ever were 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 whats 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.

RoleOverview

We are looking for an experienced Staff Engineer to lead backend engineering efforts specifically focused on identity and access management (IAM) for our next-generation AI cloud platform.

Coupang is building a platform designed to power AI workloads at scale. As part of this multi-year initiative the Identity team is responsible for managing user and machine identities authentication authorization and secure service-to-service communication across the platform.

This role will drive the development of foundational identity services that enable secure scalable cloud infrastructure handling hundreds of thousands of authentication events daily with rapidly growing scale.

Youwillhavetheopportunityto:

• Buildandscaleidentityandauthenticationsystemsforanext-generationAIplatform
• Workoncutting-edgeIAMchallengesincludingOAuth2OIDCservice-to-serviceauthenticationandmachineidentity
• Operateandscalesystemshandling500Kauthenticationrequestsdaily
• CollaborateacrossglobalteamsinIndiaUSandotherregions

WhatYouWillDo

• Leadandgrowahigh-performingbackendengineeringteamfocusedonidentityandaccessmanagement
• DrivedevelopmentofcoreIAMcapabilitiesincludingauthenticationauthorizationandidentitylifecyclemanagement
• Designandbuildscalablesystemsforuseridentityandmachineidentitymanagementwithinacloudenvironment
• WorkonmodernauthenticationprotocolssuchasOAuth2OIDCandSAMLandimplementsecureservice-to-serviceauthentication
• BuildandevolveauthorizationframeworksleveragingRBAC/ABACmodelsandpolicyengines()
• Partnerwithcross-functionalteamstodeliversecurescalableinfrastructureforAIworkloads
• Drivetechnicaldesignexecutionplanninganddeliveryofcomplexdistributedsystems
• Ensurereliabilityscalabilityandsecurityofidentitysystemsastheplatformscalesrapidly
• Mentorengineersandfosterastrongengineeringculturefocusedonownershipandexcellence

BasicQualifications

• 1012yearsofbackendsoftwareengineeringexperiencewith3yearsinengineeringmanagement
• StrongexperienceinbackenddevelopmentusingJavaorPythonwithRESTAPIdesign
• Hands-onexperiencewithauthenticationandauthorizationtechnologies(OAuth2OIDCSAML)
• Solidunderstandingofidentitysystemsincludinguseridentityandmachine/workloadidentity
• Experiencewithservice-to-serviceauthenticationanddistributedsystemsecurity
• Strongproblem-solvingandexecutionskillswithabilitytobreakdowncomplexsystems
• Experienceworkingincloudenvironments(AWSpreferred)
• Strongstakeholdermanagementandcommunicationskills

PreferredQualifications

• ExperiencebuildingIAMsystemsincloudplatforms(AWSAzureGCP)
• FamiliaritywithPKIcertificatelifecyclemanagementandsecureidentityframeworks
• Experiencewithauthorizationframeworks(RBACABACOPA)
• ExposuretoKubernetesandcloud-nativearchitectures
• Experienceworkingonlarge-scaledistributedsystemshandlinghighrequestvolumes
• Backgroundinplatformengineeringorinfrastructureteams

Typeofworkmodel

• Hybrid/Onsite/Remoteworking

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.

Detailstoconsider

• Thoseeligibleforemploymentprotection(recipientsofveteransbenefitsthedisabledetc.)mayreceivepreferentialtreatmentforemploymentinaccordancewithapplicablelaws.

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