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Coupang, LINE, Naver (especially Naver Webtoon, Naver Labs, Naver Cloud), Krafton, Daangn, Smilegate, and Pearl Abyss are the largest Korean employers of foreign engineering talent. Among foreign-invested companies, Cloudflare, Palantir, Anthropic, OpenAI, MongoDB, Sendbird, Speak, RevenueCat, and Moloco actively hire engineers in Korea on English-only postings.
For roles tagged 'English JD' here, no — the team operates in English and the hiring process runs in English. Korean is a nice-to-have for company-wide all-hands and cross-functional work with non-engineering teams, but most foreign engineers function fine without it. For roles tagged 'Korean' or 'Bilingual', expect at least conversational Korean.
Mid-level (3-5 years) software engineering at a top Korean tech company runs ₩70-110M base. Senior (5-10 years) runs ₩100-160M base. Equity at the largest companies (Coupang, Naver, Krafton) is meaningful. Foreign-invested companies often denominate higher relative to their HQ band — Cloudflare and Palantir Korea pay close to their Singapore or US-EMEA bands.
Yes — software engineering and IT roles map to E-7 visa occupation codes (S210 for software development). The standard requirements: bachelor's degree in a related field + 1 year work experience, OR 5 years of relevant work experience without a degree. The employer files; processing is 2-4 weeks at a Korean immigration office.
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