Staff, Android Engineer(CX Engineering) - Coupang Play

Coupang Play is an OTT video streaming service. We offer a wide range of content, including Original Series, TV Shows, Movies, and Sports.

We are in the business of delivering exceptional storytelling. We produce award-winning scripted and unscripted Original Series, such as “Boyhood”, “Anna”, and “SNL Korea”. We believe Sports can also be elevated by creative storytelling. Play is now an authoritative destination for Sports, broadcasting K-League, La Liga, Bundesliga, F1, NFL, and other leading leagues and tournaments. We also offer some of the latest movies that were just released in local theaters, bringing more exceptional storytelling to our Customers.

To ensure that we deliver all content seamlessly, we invest in Engineering, Product, and Design. Coupang Play is available on all mobile devices, tablets, PC, Smart TV, Apple TV, and Android TV. Our teams keep optimizing how Customers discover and stream both VOD and Live content. That includes investments in frontend, backend, and infrastructural developments. We also embrace Machine Learning to refine our CX.

We are still very early in our growth stage. If you enjoy solving complex problems using industry-leading technology or unconventional business approaches, please join us. We are building a world-class team of problem-solvers, all dedicated to delivering exceptional storytelling to our Customers.

The CX (Customer Experience) Engineering team is responsible for the core user journey of millions of Coupang Play customers. We lead the development of key customer touchpoints such as home feed, content discovery, premium content experience (Sports Pass, Content Pass), subscription, and user growth, focusing on delivering optimal value based on data.

As a Staff Android Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader within the CX team, elevating the engineering standards across the entire Android platform. Beyond simple feature implementation, you will lead initiatives for scalable architecture design, performance optimization, and development productivity enhancement. Additionally, you will work closely with cross-functional teams (Product, Design, Backend) to technically realize business requirements and foster the growth of fellow engineers as a mentor.

• Lead CX Product Engineering: Spearhead the technical design of key features with high traffic, such as home feed, content discovery, premium content experience (Sports Pass, Content Pass), subscription, and user growth, and solve complex business problems.
• Architecture Modernization: Drive modularization based on MVVM/MVI patterns and Clean Architecture, introducing dependency management and scalable design patterns.
• Accelerate Jetpack Compose Transition: Formulate strategies to migrate legacy XML-based UIs to declarative UI (Compose) and build reusable Design System Components to maximize development efficiency.
• Optimize Performance & Stability: Continuously monitor and improve app startup time, scroll frame rates, and memory usage; maintain high app stability utilizing Crashlytics and Observability tools. Design and build client-side performance metrics collection and monitoring dashboards to proactively detect and respond to incidents.
• Establish Engineering Standards & Mentoring: Establish development standards by leading code reviews, API design reviews, and technical spec writing; mentor junior engineers to help them grow technically.
• Global Scale Collaboration: Collaborate with Product Owners, Designers, and Backend Engineers to technically refine the product roadmap and support data-driven decision-making using A/B testing and experimentation platforms.

• 7+ years of experience in Android app development or equivalent depth of expertise.
• Deep understanding of Kotlin and Android SDK internals (Components, UI Toolkit, Concurrency, Networking).
• Proficiency in handling both Jetpack Compose and the legacy View system (XML).
• Experience optimizing performance (CPU/GPU, Memory, Startup) for large-scale consumer apps processing massive traffic.
• Experience building robust CI/CD pipelines and setting up automated testing environments (JUnit, Espresso/Kaspresso).
• Ability to communicate smoothly with other teams based on data-driven problem-solving skills and logical thinking.

• Experience developing for Android TV (Leanback) and various form factors (Tablet, Foldable).
• Experience in the media domain, such as ExoPlayer customization, DRM (Widevine), and HLS/DASH streaming.
• Experience migrating asynchronous processing from RxJava to Coroutines/Flow or conducting large-scale refactoring.
• Experience with GraphQL.
• Cross-functional technical leadership experience beyond Android development.

Recruitment Process and Others   

Recruitment Process    

• Application Review > 1st Tech & Coding Interview > 2nd Tech & Coding Interview > 3rd Leadership Interview > Offer 
• The exact nature of the recruitment process may vary according to the specific job and may be changed due to scheduling or other circumstances.  
• Interview schedules and the results will be informed to the applicant via the e-mail address submitted at the application stage.  

Details to Consider   

• This job posting may be closed prior to the stated end date for application if all openings are filled.     
• Coupang will be prioritizing applicants who have a current right to work in Singapore and do not require company sponsorship for an employment visa.
• Coupang has the right to rescind an offer of employment if a candidate is found to have submitted false information as part of the application process.     
• Coupang does not discriminate against disabled applicants or those with veteran status. We are proud to offer equal opportunities for all applicants.  
• Job titles and responsibilities may be subject to change depending on the candidate’s overall experience, etc. This will be communicated to the candidate at the appropriate time before the offer.  
• This is a full-time regular position and includes 12 weeks of probation period; provided, however, the probationary period may be either skipped, shortened or extended if necessary for business purposes. 

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