쿠팡에서 Search AI Product & Mobile 팀을 이끌 Tech Lead Manager를 채용합니다. 모바일 개발 경력 8년 이상과 팀 관리 경험 2년 이상이 필수입니다. 검색 및 추천 시스템 아키텍처를 설계하고, ML 모델을 모바일 환경에 최적화하며, 고성능 앱 경험을 주도하게 됩니다. 기술적 리더십과 팀 성장을 이끌 역량 있는 분을 찾습니다.
We exist to wow our customers. We know we’re doing the right thing when we hear our customers say, “How did I ever live without Coupang?” Born out of an obsession to make shopping, eating, and living easier than ever, we are collectively disrupting the multi-billion-dollar commerce industry from the ground up and establishing an unparalleled reputation for being leading 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 since our inception. We are all entrepreneurs 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.
Our mission to build the future of commerce is real. We push the boundaries of what’s possible to solve problems and break traditional tradeoffs. Join Coupang now to create an epic experience in this always-on, high-tech, and hyper-connected world.
The Search AI Product & Mobile team sits within Coupang's Search and Discovery org. We're dedicated to crafting innovative search and discovery experiences for Coupang customers — using cutting-edge AI to empower users to navigate products with ease and find everything they need. As the mobile TLM of this team, you own one of the most critical product surfaces on Coupang's app — Search and Discovery, where 60%+ of transactions happen. We move at high velocity, work closely with ML and backend platform teams, and ship features that have direct, measurable impact on customer satisfaction and revenue.
We're looking for a Tech Lead Manager - Mobile, who will lead the Search API Product & Mobile team, drive the technical direction of the team and grow the team members. The main responsibilities is leading the team to drive the Coupang business and pave the way for the future AI search experience.
● Build, grow and mentor a team of mobile engineers includign iOS and Android.
● Build inclusive team culture to make every one belong, refine process to make team members’ work easier.
● Drive the cross team collaborations with Backend and ML teams, even cross organizations.
● Define and drive the architecture for Coupang's search and discovery features, including search results pages, query suggestions, zero-state discovery, and AI-powered recommendations
● Set technical direction for mobile-side integration of ML models (on-device inference, server-side ranking signal consumption, feature flag-gated experiments)
● Lead architecture reviews and design docs; your decisions have long-term codebase impact
● Own the end-to-end technical quality bar: performance budgets, memory footprints, latency targets
● 8+ years of industry experience in mobile development and 2 years of people management experience.
● Expert proficiency in either iOS or Android
● Strong grasp of mobile architecture patterns (MVVM, TCA, Coordinators, etc.) and when to apply them
● Experience building and shipping features in high-traffic, data-intensive consumer apps
● Demonstrated experience with A/B experimentation on mobile — instrumentation, analysis, iteration
● Proven technical leadership: you've shaped architecture decisions, written design docs, and driven alignment across teams
● Strong understanding of mobile performance: memory management, concurrency, rendering pipeline, network stack
● Track record of mentoring and growing engineers around you
● Experience in search, discovery, recommendation, or feed products on mobile
● Hands-on experience integrating ML-powered features on Mobile — whether on-device inference (Core ML, ONNX), server-side model APIs, or both
● Familiarity with LLM-based product features (conversational search, query rewriting, semantic ranking)
● Background in large-scale e-commerce or marketplace mobile apps
● Comfort reading and reasoning about backend APIs, data pipelines, and ML model outputs (you don't need to build them, but you need to work fluently with the people who do)
● Proven track record of strong ownership, ideally within an early-stage startup or high-growth tech environment
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. At Coupang, your base pay is one part of your total compensation.
The base pay for this position ranges from $194,000/year in our lowest geographic market to $243,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
“Other Compensation” includes, but is not limited to, bonuses, equity, or other forms of compensation that would be offered to the hired applicant in addition to their established salary range or wage scale.
Coupang is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race (including traits historically associated with race, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hair styles), color, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, ,ancestry, national origin (including language use restrictions), age (40 and over), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis C status, family status (including but not limited to marital or domestic partnership status), military or veteran status, use of a trained dog guide or service animal, political activities or affiliations, ancestry, citizenship, family and medical leave status, status as a victim of any violent crime, or any other characteristic or class protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Coupang is also committed to providing a safe work environment for its employees and its consumers. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation in the application of recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at usrecruiting@coupang.com.
Job Requisition ID: R0076403
