Coupang is one of the largest and fastest growing E-Commerce platforms on the planet. We are on a mission to revolutionize everyday lives for our customers, employees, and partners. We solve problems no one has solved before to create a world in which Customers ask “How did I ever live without Coupang?” We are looking for passionate engineers to help us get there. Powered by world-class technology and operations, we have set out to transform the end-to-end Customer experience -- from revolutionizing Last-mile Delivery to rethinking how customers search and discover on a mobile-first platform. We have been named as one of the “50 Smartest Companies in the World” by MIT Technology Review, “30 Global Game Changers” by Forbes in 2016, and ranked No. 2 in the 2020 CNBC Disruptor 50 companies list.

Coupang is a global company with offices in Seoul, Silicon Valley, Seattle, Los Angeles, Beijing, and Shanghai.

Job Overview:

Coupang’s information security team is looking for a Principal Application Security Architect with excellent experiences in Application security, DevSecOp, code review, K8s/container security automation, AWS security, and vulnerability management automation.

You will be joining a global security team at one of the biggest and fastest growing e-commerce companies in the world with some of the brightest minds. The team is responsible for developing highly secure and resilient security services to support Coupang's fast-growing customers, business, and innovations. It is a fast pace, result driven, and culture friendly environment. You will have the opportunity to secure one of the industry leading E-Commerce platforms and services (both software and hardware), leading the security initiatives and innovation, and gain trust from our customers with top notch security assurance. It is the best timing and opportunity to join a fast-growing e-commerce company in a critical team.

 Key Responsibilities:

• Provide guidance and subject matter expertise in application security, DevSecOp, security architecture, and data security to engineering teams across the company
• Lead secure code review and mitigation
• Apply risk-based thinking enabling teams to make the right security decisions and priorities
• Develop and promote the adoption of security patterns and practices of using AWS and other internal and third-party services
• Build tools and automation that enable Coupang developers to easily consume security services delivered by the security team
• Partner with platform and engineering teams to integrate security controls into continuous integration, delivery and deployment processes
• Build strong relationships with Coupang's technical teams and cultivate a culture of security awareness and ownership
• Provide hands on security training and secure coding best practices to developers
• Identify gaps in existing security architecture and design and recommend changes or enhancements

 Qualifications:

• Strong foundation and in-depth technical knowledge in application security, security engineering, computer and network security, authentication and security protocols, and applied cryptography
• Understanding of Software Security Architecture and Design, SDLC and the ability to clearly articulate best practices for application security
• Hands on experience in Threat Modeling, SAST, DAST, and Web application security including OWASP 10 and SANS 25
• Experience with public cloud environments and technologies, including Amazon Web Services (AWS) or other
• Experience in DevSecOps environments and automating security controls into the CI/CD process
• Experience with Jenkins or other CI tools and knowledge of technologies like containers and microservices
• Development experience in Python, Java, JavaScript, or Ruby

 Preferred:

• Bachelor degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience

Perks:

• Autonomy to lead high impact security initiatives in a rapidly growing e-commerce company
• Competitive Pre-IPO stock options
• 18 days PTO + 12 national holidays off 
• Outstanding 401K matching
• Mobile & fitness reimbursement
• Catered lunches

Coupang is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, transgender status), national origin, age, disability, medical condition, HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis C status, marital status, military or veteran status, use of a trained dog guide or service animal, political activities, affiliations, citizenship, or any other characteristic or class protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation in the application or recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at [email protected].