Enterprise Kubernetes Platform Architect & Lead

Coupa Software, Inc.

United States

Remote

USD 288,000 - 402,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Global Wellness Days

Birthday Time-Off

Volunteer Time Off (VTO)

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Business Travel Protection

Referral Bonus Program

Job summary

Coupa Software, Inc. is seeking a Sr Lead Kubernetes Engineer to be the technical cornerstone of a massively scaled cloud environment.

You will champion automation, apply FinOps, and drive resilience across 140+ clusters to deliver highly available services to Coupa’s global customers. You will mentor engineers, design Infrastructure as Code and deep observability tools, and collaborate with Cloud Engineering, FinOps, and Finance to optimize cost and performance while strengthening security in a

Qualifications

7–10+ years of experience as a Principal or Lead Platform Engineer for Kubernetes at massive enterprise scale.
5+ years designing and maintaining Kubernetes clusters.

Responsibilities

Architect, manage, and scale enterprise Kubernetes infrastructure for high availability and performance across many clusters.
Lead automated workload optimization to reduce manual tuning and toil.
Extend intelligent resource automation platforms for workload sizing and placement (Karpenter, Cluster Autoscaler).
Collaborate with Cloud Engineering, FinOps, and Finance to drive sustainable cost avoidance and alignment.
Design IaC and observability tools for the Kubernetes ecosystem.
Mentor senior and junior engineers to set a standard for technical excellence and security.