Hybrid Director of Engineering, Security at Coupang
Coupang · Mountain View, California, US, United States Of America · Hybrid
- Senior
- Office in Mountain View, California, US
We are looking for a hands-on Director of Engineering with deep technical expertise and a passion for building secure, reliable, and scalable systems. This role combines technical architecture leadership with people and delivery management. You will lead a team of talented senior engineers while staying close to the code and system design.
Your mission: drive the security, quality, and reliability of our core platforms while mentoring engineers, scaling engineering excellence, and partnering closely with product and leadership on roadmaps.
- Build and grow a high-performing team of senior/staff-level engineers working in different geographic areas, fostering autonomy, trust, and accountability
- Design and lead the architecture of secure, scalable backend systems using Java (Spring Boot) and AWS cloud-native services
- Drive code quality standards, best practices, technical reviews, and system reliability across teams, own system reliability, performance, and security posture
- Lead by example — write and review code when needed, unblock engineers, and make critical architectural decisions, Create a culture of technical excellence, and continuous learning
- Partner with product and leadership to define and deliver on engineering roadmaps and strategic initiatives
- Integrate Generative AI capabilities (e.g., embeddings, RAG, LLM APIs) into product workflows responsibly and securely
- Lead design and implementation of authentication, authorization, and identity management solutions (SSO, OIDC, RBAC/ABAC, SCIM, etc.)
- 15+ years of backend/software engineering experience, with at least 3–5 years in engineering leadership, experience in AI/ML development highly desired
- Expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and AWS architecture and services (e.g., EKS, S3, Lambda, RDS, IAM, KMS)
- Track record of leading and scaling senior technical teams, especially in fast-paced environments
- Comfortable managing delivery and roadmap planning while staying close to technical details
- Prior experience in SaaS, platform teams, or cloud-native product environments is a must
- A leadership role with real technical impact — you’re not just managing, you’re helping shape the product
- Opportunity to scale a high-performance engineering culture from the ground up
- A team-first, no-ego engineering culture where excellence is expected and supported
Education & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (Master’s/PhD preferred)
- 15+ years of experience in software development/security engineering, or 8+ years if holding an advanced degree
- At least 6+ years of people management experience (leading teams, mentoring senior contributors globally)
- Strong hands-on experience in designing and developing large-scale distributed systems in recent years (last 3–4 years)
- Proven track record of delivering mission-critical, scalable systems in production at scale
- Experience working with cloud platforms—AWS, Azure, or GCP—especially for authentication/identity systems and ML infrastructure
- Domain knowledge in security architecture, authentication/authorization, cryptography, secure SDLC practices
Soft Skills
- Strong stakeholder alignment and influence across cross-functional teams
- Ability to draw roadmaps, prioritize under pressure, and execute in fast-paced or ambiguous environments
- Track record of building and growing high-performing security teams at scale
- 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
- MTV - [Free] Electric Car Charging Station
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