Senior Staff Cloud Backend Engineer - Observability and Site Reliability
Coupang is seeking a senior staff engineer to lead observability and site reliability efforts for their large-scale datacenter infrastructure. This role involves designing and operating high-performance monitoring platforms, driving SRE best practices, and optimizing system resilience. Candidates must have extensive experience in distributed systems, Go or Python, and deep expertise in Kubernetes internals. This position provides an opportunity to influence the infrastructure backbone for a global e-commerce leader.
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Experience
12+ years
Function
Engineering
Work mode
Onsite, India
Company
Tier 2
What you will work on
Coupang is seeking a senior staff engineer to lead observability and site reliability efforts for their large-scale datacenter infrastructure. This role involves designing and operating high-performance monitoring platforms, driving SRE best practices, and optimizing system resilience. Candidates must have extensive experience in distributed systems, Go or Python, and deep expertise in Kubernetes internals. This position provides an opportunity to influence the infrastructure backbone for a global e-commerce leader.
TAL's take
High-impact senior role at a major public e-commerce company with significant scale, though slightly below the Tier 1 global definition.
The JD is exceptionally clear, outlining specific infrastructure observability tasks, required languages, and technical domains.
Salaries at Coupang
65.3 LPA average
Based on 12 Grapevine salary entries for Coupang.
Engineering
0 - 2 years | L1
18 LPA average
Range: 18 - 18 LPA
Engineering
4 - 6 years | L1
55 LPA average
Range: 55 - 55 LPA
Engineering
6 - 8 years | L5
75 LPA average
Range: 75 - 75 LPA
Other roles
4 - 6 years | L1
46 LPA average
Range: 46 - 46 LPA
Must haves
- 12+ years of progressive software engineering experience
- Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes internals
- Strong proficiency in Go or Python
- Experience managing and optimizing large-scale datacenter environments
- Proficiency in observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack
Tools and skills
Nice to have: llm inference, kernel tuning, aws, azure, gcp.
About the company
Coupang is a large global e-commerce entity; it is a major regional player but does not fit the specific global Tier 1 FAANG+ definition provided in the taxonomy.
Posts mentioning Coupang
Coupang
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How’s coupang to work with as a senior/staff engineer.
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