Lead Cloud Platform Engineer

Coupa; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Coupa is seeking a Lead Platform Engineer to architect and scale our cloud-native Kubernetes environment across a large fleet of clusters. You will champion automation, drive FinOps practices, and reduce manual toil to enable highly available services for customers.

You will partner with Engineering, DevOps, FinOps, and Finance to deliver cost-efficient, resilient platforms and robust CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and observability across the Kubernetes ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in AWS/GCP cloud services.
• Proven platform engineering or SRE experience at enterprise scale.
• Strong cross-functional communication and business alignment skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect, manage, and scale enterprise Kubernetes infrastructure (EKS/GKE) for high availability and performance.
• Oversee automated platform optimization and scalable resource management.
• Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines, IaC, and deep observability for Kubernetes.
• Mentor engineers and lead architectural initiatives to improve platform resilience and security.

Skills

Kubernetes

EKS/GKE

FinOps

CI/CD automation

IaC

Terraform

OpenTofu

Cross-functional

AWS/GCP

Karpenter

Tools

ScaleOps

Karpenter

Job description

• As a Lead Platform Engineer specializing in Cloud and Kubernetes, you will help oversee and architect our highly scaled, continuous growing cloud environment
• You will champion automation by default and apply FinOps principles to ensure efficiency, resilience, and scalable growth across our fleet of clusters
• Your work will directly eliminate manual toil and optimize resource management, empowering Coupa to deliver highly available and performant services to our customers
• Architect, manage, and scale our enterprise Kubernetes infrastructure (EKS/GKE) to ensure high availability and performance across a large fleet of clusters
• Oversee automated continuous platform optimization, shifting away from manual tuning and human toil to scalable, automated resource management systems
• Implement and manage intelligent resource automation platforms to automate workload sizing, placement, and Karpenter configurations by default
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Engineering, DevOps, Platform Engineering, FinOps, and Finance teams to drive sustainable cost avoidance and alignment, moving beyond retroactive cost savings
• Design, implement, and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and deep observability tools for the Kubernetes ecosystem
• Mentor engineers and lead architectural initiatives to improve platform resilience, security, and operational excellence

• Deep expertise in AWS/GCP cloud services, containerization technologies, and managing large compute footprints
• Strong understanding of FinOps principles and experience driving cost avoidance strategies in a dynamic cloud-native environment
• Proven experience as a Platform Engineer, Cloud Engineer, or SRE managing Kubernetes (EKS/GKE) at massive enterprise scale
• Excellent cross-functional communication skills with a track record of aligning technical objectives with business and financial goals
• Hands‑on experience with intelligent resource automation platforms (e.g., ScaleOps) and automated scaling tools like Karpenter
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, OpenTofu) and configuration management