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Coupang

Director Client Engineering (Coupang Play)

August 8, 2024

About Coupang
We exist to wow our customers. We know we're 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, we're 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 at 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.
About Coupang Play
Launched in December 2020, Coupang Play is Coupang's OTT (over-the-top) service. Coupang Play aims to become the definitive destination for digital content. Backed by our strong Product and Engineering teams in Seoul, Singapore, and Mountain View — Coupang Play has been creating and optimizing the viewing experience for our customers.

Coupang Play is available on mobile devices, tablet PCs, smart TVs, and your preferred browsers. We are building a competitive content library that includes TV for children and all ages, movies, live sports, educational content, and more. Coupang Play also creates original content, catered specifically to our customers.

If you would like to work backwards and solve problems for our customers, join us. We are committed to redefining how our customers enjoy digital entertainment as one of the fastest-growing OTT services in Korea.

Role Overview
As the Director of Client Engineering at Coupang Play, you will define the experience of our service on all device platforms ranging from i OS and tv OS to Android and Android TV as well as web and smart TV. You will lead and grow a team of 30+ world class mobile and web engineers (based in Korea and Singapore) that are dedicated to delivering delightful and performant experiences to our users. Working in a fast-paced environment, you will institute scalable software development, testing and deployment practices and foster a culture of data driven insights including observability of key engineering metrics and instrumentation of key business metrics.
What You Will Do
  • Build and lead teams of client developers committed to delivering a delightful service experience to our users
  • Develop a long-term engineering vision for our application platforms
  • Ensure consistency of experience across different device platforms and form factors
  • Develop scalable practices for software development, testing and deployment
  • Foster a data-driven culture including meaningful app instrumentation for key engineering and business metrics and A/B testing driven product innovation
Basic Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, or Electrical Engineering or a related field
  • 15+ years of app development experience
  • 8+ years of management experience including experience in managing managers
  • Experience delivering mobile and web applications that were used at scale (millions of daily users) across a heterogeneity of device platforms with varying form factors and capabilities
  • In-depth knowledge of at least one of i OS or Android or web platforms
  • Excellent communication skills including working with business executives
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience working with on-demand and live streaming video
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in Korean
  • Working proficiency in English
Recruitment Process and Others
1. Recruitment Process: Application Review - Phone Interview - Onsite Interview - Offer
(The recruitment process may be different depending on the job and may be changed due to scheduling and circumstances.)
2. Others:
a. This job post may be closed early if all openings are filled.
b. If there is any false information in the application, the offer may be cancelled.
c. Veteran status or disability will not result in any disadvantages in the recruitment process.
d. Interview schedules and the results will be informed to the applicant via the e-mail address submitted at the application stage.
Equal Opportunities for All
Coupang is an equal opportunity employer. Our unprecedented success could not be possible without the valuable inputs of our globally diverse team.
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