Staff Front-end Engineer (WMS Front)

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 commerce industry from the ground up. We are one of the fastest-growing retail companies that established an unparalleled reputation for being a leading 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 entrepreneurial, 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.

Warehouse Management System Front is a team that builds, owns and manages all warehouse client applications (mobile and web) that serve all functions for the warehouse workers like inbound and outbound, stowing, picking, rebinning and so on. We are central to all the Company because we are central to the fulfillment and warehouse work. We use modern technologies like React, Redux, and Playwright for web; Kafka, Java and Spring Boot for backend for frontend and mobile; and Java for native mobile for the best user experience.

What You Will Do

• Develop features, algorithms, simulation and systems at scale to improve warehouse and fulfillment centers technologies and client applications.

• Collaborate closely with the Operations and Product team to understand key business needs and ideate best User Experience and User Interface.

• Effectively collaborate with other teams, lead projects across teams and mentor team members.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in a quantitative discipline: computer science, informatics, IT, HCI, physics, mathematics, music, engineering, or equivalent.

• 9+ years of hands-on experience in building web applications (UI/UX)

• Strong coding skills in Node.js/JavaScript

• Expertise in TypeScript and JavaScript fundamentals (event loop, classes, modules, functions)

• Ability to deal with ambiguity in business and technology.

• Ability to work in a multicultural, cross functional team.

Preferred Qualifications

• 12+ years of hands-on experience in full stack building and owning production-grade client backend for frontend/mobile (BFF) APIs/services in REST, gRPC or GraphQL.

• Expertise in React.js, Playwright, npm, Redux or similar (Vue, Angular)

• Java SpringBoot experience for full stack development

• Knowledge of well architectured AWS principles

• Proficient in toolings like npm, webpack

• Good English written and verbal communication skills while addressing both technical and business people; ability to speak at a level appropriate for the audience.

• Experience in one of the domains: e-commerce, UX/UI, internal tools, supply chains, transportation or logistics.

Pay & Benefits:

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. At Coupang, your base pay is one part of your total compensation.

The base pay for this position ranges from $159,000/year in our lowest geographic market to $324,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

General Description of All Benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life, AD&D insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) program
• 401K Plan with Company Match
• 18-21 days of the Paid Time Off (PTO) a year based on the tenure
• 12 Public Holidays
• Paid Parental leave
• Pre-tax commuter benefits

General Description of Other Compensation:

“Other Compensation” includes, but is not limited to, bonuses, equity, or other forms of compensation that would be offered to the hired applicant in addition to their established salary range or wage scale.

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.

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