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Machine Learning Scientist roles qualify for EB-2 sponsorship when they require an advanced degree in computer science, statistics, or a related field, and for EB-3 when the position demands at least a bachelor's degree. Employers file a PERM labor certification with DOL before petitioning USCIS, making early sponsorship conversations essential.
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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.
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Role Overview
As our Staff Software Engineer, ML infra Engineer for Search & Discovery organization, you will be in charge of designing and implementing durable & efficient software solutions that handle massive volume of structured and unstructured data needed to train complex ML models and efficiently serve them online.
The Search & Discovery organization is responsible for optimizing customers' navigation experience and driving long-term growth. Every week millions of customers use search in our app or on coupang.com, more than one third of them make purchases. Over half of the Coupang sales are directly attributed to search and recommendation. Many business initiatives and growth strategies are driven or boosted by ranking and recommendation.
This role is an opportunity to build scalable offline and online ML platforms to support ranking and recommendation, and business decision making. You will be handling billions of records of user interaction data, and petabytes of raw log files, and transforming them into data objects that can be easily consumed by engineers and scientists. You will also be responsible for serving complex ML models in real time to help millions of Coupang customers search and discover products. If you are passionate about big data engineering and scalable serving systems, you want to make real business impact, and you are a true problem solver, this is the right job for you.
What You Will Do
- Proactively drive the execution of end-to-end data platform, data quality roadmap for Search & Discovery ML efforts
- Take ownership, consolidate and optimize the Search & Discovery core data logging, processing, and ML model training pipelines
- Develop and scale data infrastructure that powers batch and real-time data processing, monitoring, and debugging for ML experiments
- Drive design and implementation of scalable ML based ranking system and online ML inference services
- Build strong cross-functional partnerships with Data Scientists, Analysts, Product Managers, Indexing Platform Engineers, Ranking Engineers and Data Platform Engineers to understand both the offline and online needs and deliver on those needs
- Research, analyze and select technical approaches for solving difficult and challenging development and integration problems, coach and mentor other engineers in process and methodologies
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, statistics or closely related fields
- 5 years of professional experience in applied machine learning
- Experience in machine learning, deep learning, and statistical modeling
- Proficiency in Python and/or Java, with experience in building production grade ML systems
Preferred Qualifications
- Computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, performance complexity, and implications of computer architecture on software performance (e.g., I/O and memory tuning)
- Experience with Big Data tools and ETL frameworks (Hadoop, Hive, Presto, Spark, Scala, Apache Airflow, etc.)
- Experience with ML frameworks such as Tensorflow and Pytorch
- Experience with deploying highly robust and scalable data pipelines processing petabytes of data
- Experience in managing mission critical services with high throughput and low latency
- Experience with integrating applications and platforms with cloud technologies (i.e, AWS and GCP)
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to conduct meetings and make professional presentations, and explain complex concepts and technical material to non-technical users
- Experience with machine learning platform for search & discovery related rankings is a strong plus
Pay & Benefits
Our compensation reflects the cost of living 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 $174,000K/year to $299,000K/year. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
General Description of All Benefits
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life, AD&D insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) & Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) program
- 401K Plan with Company Match
- 18-21 days of the Paid Time Off (PTO) a year based on the tenure
- 12 Public Holidays
- Paid Parental leave
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- MTV - [Free] Electric Car Charging Station
General Description of Other Compensation
"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.
Recruitment Process and Others
Recruitment Process
- Application Review - Phone Interview - Onsite (or Virtual Onsite) 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 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.
- Those eligible for employment protection (recipients of veteran's benefits, the disabled, etc.) may receive preferential treatment for employment in accordance with applicable laws.
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Your personal information will be collected and managed by Coupang as stated in the Application Privacy Notice located below: https://www.coupang.jobs/privacy-policy/
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 a reasonable accommodation in the application of recruiting process due to a disability, please contact us at usrecruiting@coupang.com.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Machine Learning Scientist
Document your research output before applying
PERM requires employers to demonstrate no qualified U.S. worker is available. Published papers, patents, or conference presentations strengthen your EB-2 petition by showing specialized expertise that generic candidates cannot replicate.
Target employers with dedicated immigration programs
Companies that run internal ML research labs and regularly sponsor green cards already have outside counsel and PERM workflows in place. Use Migrate Mate to filter for Machine Learning Scientist roles at employers with active EB-2 and EB-3 filing history.
Clarify the degree field requirement before the offer stage
PERM job requirements lock in the minimum degree field. If the posted role requires computer science but your degree is in applied mathematics, confirm with the hiring team that equivalent fields are acceptable before DOL certifies the labor condition.
Ask about concurrent I-140 and I-485 filing eligibility
If a visa number is immediately available for your country and category, your employer can file the I-140 immigrant petition and your I-485 adjustment of status application at the same time, cutting months off your path to permanent residency.
Verify prevailing wage tier before negotiating salary
DOL's OFLC Wage Search maps Machine Learning Scientist roles to specific wage levels by location. Your offered salary must meet or exceed the certified prevailing wage, so check the applicable tier early to avoid a PERM amendment after the offer is signed.
Check O*NET alignment when the job title varies
Employers use different titles for ML research roles. O*NET classifies Machine Learning Scientists under a specific Standard Occupational Classification code, which DOL uses for wage determinations. Confirm the SOC code on your PERM application matches your actual duties.
Green Card Machine Learning Scientist: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Machine Learning Scientist role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Most Machine Learning Scientist positions qualify for EB-2 because employers typically require a master's degree or PhD in computer science, statistics, or a related field. If the job description accepts a bachelor's degree with several years of experience, EB-3 professional sponsorship may apply instead. The degree requirement written into the PERM application determines the category, so the job posting language matters.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for this role?
H-1B visa is a temporary status capped at 85,000 new slots per year and subject to an annual lottery. EB-2 and EB-3 green card sponsorship has no annual lottery and leads to permanent residency, though the PERM labor certification process adds six to twelve months before USCIS even reviews the I-140 petition. For most nationalities outside India and China, priority dates are current, meaning the overall timeline to a green card can be comparable to waiting for H-1B approval.
How long does the PERM process take for a Machine Learning Scientist position?
DOL currently processes standard PERM applications in roughly six to twelve months, though audit-selected cases take longer. Before filing, the employer must complete supervised recruitment, including job postings and candidate review, which typically adds sixty to ninety days. From PERM certification to an approved I-140 at USCIS adds another three to six months under standard processing, or as little as fifteen business days with premium processing.
Can I negotiate my job offer while a green card is being sponsored?
You can negotiate salary before the PERM application is filed, but once DOL certifies the labor condition the offered wage is locked as the floor. Promotions or title changes after PERM certification can trigger an amendment or a new filing. Raises above the certified wage are fine. Discuss the sponsorship timeline with your employer before signing so you understand which terms are fixed once the DOL filing is submitted.
Where can I find Machine Learning Scientist jobs that already offer green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search specifically for Machine Learning Scientist roles at employers with documented EB-2 and EB-3 filing history, so you're not guessing about sponsorship willingness during the interview process. Filtering by sponsorship type upfront saves weeks of back-and-forth with recruiters at companies that don't have immigration programs in place.