# Staff Security Engineer (Penetration Tester) at Coupang

- Company: Coupang
- What the company does: Backed by SoftBank VF.
- Company website: https://www.coupang.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Seattle, USA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-11
- Apply by: 2026-10-26
- Apply: https://www.coupang.jobs/en/jobs/?gh_jid=8163502
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/coupang-staff-security-engineer-penetration-tester/

## About the role

We are looking for a new Red Team member in our Seattle office. The ideal candidate will be passionate around security and will love to dive deep in order to understand and exploit a potential security vulnerability. If you love finding security weaknesses and use those findings to bypass technical security controls, we would love to hear from you.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of technical work experience in offensive security
- Proficiency on web, mobile and API testing
- Experience with common penetration testing security tools (e.g., Burp Suite, Metasploit, Kali Linux, Nmap)
- Good understanding of OS security (e.g., Linux) and networking (TCP/IP)
- Proficiency with command-line tools and Linux
- Confident with at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Java) in order to develop scripts and tools that could aid the testing activities

Tags: Security & Privacy and Data Governance