
About Coupang
Delivering convenience to millions in South Korea
Key Highlights
- Publicly traded on the NYSE under the ticker CPNG
- Valuation of approximately $60 billion post-IPO
- Over 17 million active customers using the platform
- Employs 1,000-5,000 people across various roles
Coupang is a leading e-commerce platform in South Korea, founded in 2010 and headquartered in Seoul. The company serves millions of customers with its fast delivery service, Rocket Delivery, which promises same-day or next-day delivery on a wide range of products. Coupang went public in March 2021, ...
🎁 Benefits
Coupang offers competitive salaries, stock options, generous paid time off, and a flexible remote work policy to support work-life balance....
🌟 Culture
Coupang fosters a customer-centric culture, emphasizing speed and efficiency in its operations. The company values innovation and encourages employees...
Skills & Technologies
Overview
Coupang is seeking a Staff iOS Engineer for Coupang Play to build and maintain core iOS platform frameworks and tools. You'll work with Swift and Objective-C to enhance app performance and developer productivity. This role requires over 7 years of iOS development experience.
Job Description
Who you are
You have over 7 years of experience in iOS development using Swift and Objective-C, demonstrating a deep understanding of the iOS ecosystem. Your expertise includes a solid grasp of iOS internal structures, UIKit, SwiftUI, concurrency, networking, and persistent storage. You are well-versed in optimizing app performance, including CPU/GPU usage, memory management, and startup speed, ensuring a seamless user experience. You possess practical experience with App Store distribution, build pipelines, and automated testing, which allows you to navigate the complexities of iOS app deployment effectively. Familiarity with instrumentation tools, analytics, and crash reporting platforms is second nature to you, enabling you to monitor and enhance app performance continuously. Your background includes developing large-scale consumer applications, showcasing your ability to handle significant user loads and complex functionalities.
Desirable
Experience with tvOS development or familiarity with the broader iOS ecosystem, including macOS, is a plus. You have a keen interest in platform engineering and SDK development, which aligns with the innovative spirit of Coupang Play. Your collaborative nature allows you to work effectively with cross-functional teams, ensuring that app releases are smooth and compliant with App Store policies and security requirements.
What you'll do
In this role, you will design, build, and maintain core iOS platform frameworks, libraries, and shared components that are utilized across multiple teams. You will lead initiatives aimed at improving app performance, startup speed, and memory usage, driving architectural modernization efforts that focus on modularization, dependency management, and scalable design patterns. Your responsibilities will also include developing and enhancing tools that improve developer productivity, such as CI/CD improvements, build time optimization, and testing frameworks. You will implement and maintain observability tooling, including logging metrics, crash notifications, and real-time monitoring, ensuring that the app remains robust and user-friendly. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will guarantee seamless app releases while adhering to App Store policies and industry best practices. You will also support globalization efforts, including localization and configuration systems, to enhance the app's accessibility to a wider audience. Conducting design and code reviews will be part of your routine, as you guide best practices in iOS development across the organization.
What we offer
At Coupang, you will be part of a vibrant team that is dedicated to delivering the best OTT service in South Korea. You will have the opportunity to work with some of the brightest minds in the industry, tackling challenging problems and creating new value in the digital content space. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't match every requirement, as we value diverse perspectives and backgrounds. Join us in shaping the future of content consumption in Korea and beyond.
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