Principal Software Engineer - 11686

Coupa; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global Wellness Days

Birthday Time-Off

Volunteer Time Off

EAP

Travel Protection

Referral Bonus Program

Job summary

Coupa seeks a Principal Software Engineer to lead architectural evolution for CSP, serving millions of supplier companies across multi-cloud deployments. You will define changes, drive reliability, and work with cross-functional teams to scale supplier workflows.

You will mentor engineers, shape API patterns, and collaborate with SRE on CI/CD, containers, and infrastructure-as-code while owning security and data governance across regions.

Qualifications

• 15+ years building B2B SaaS at scale.
• Experience evolving legacy systems into microservices in production.
• Deep knowledge of API-driven services and multi-tenant patterns.
• Experience with CI/CD, cloud deployments, and multi-cloud environments.
• Comfort across Rails, Golang, Java stacks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural evolution as traffic grows and features expand.
• Set patterns for API design, deployment pipelines, monitoring, and reliability.
• Mentor engineers and review architecture and code.
• Join Architectural Steering Group and share learnings across Coupa.
• Partner with SRE on cloud-native infrastructure (CI/CD, containers, IaC).
• Own security, multi-tenancy isolation, data governance, and compliance across regions.
• Collaborate with product, design, and business teams to scale supplier workflows.

Skills

Leadership

Microservices

API design

Cloud-native

CI/CD

Docker/Kubernetes

Multi-cloud

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Coupa makes margins multiply through its community-generated AI and industry-leading total spend management platform for businesses large and small. Coupa AI is informed by trillions of dollars of direct and indirect spend data across a global network of 10M+ buyers and suppliers. We empower you with the ability to predict, prescribe, and automate smarter, more profitable business decisions to improve operating margins.

Why join Coupa?

• Pioneering Technology: At Coupa, we're at the forefront of innovation, leveraging the latest technology to empower our customers with greater efficiency and visibility in their spend.
• Collaborative Culture: We value collaboration and teamwork, and our culture is driven by transparency, openness, and a shared commitment to excellence.
• Global Impact: Join a company where your work has a global, measurable impact on our clients, the business, and each other.

Learn more on Life at Coupa blog and hear from our employees about their experiences working at Coupa.

The Impact of a Principal Software Engineer at Coupa:

We're looking for someone who's rebuilt a production system while it was running. CSP (Coupa Supplier Platform) serves millions of supplier companies—it's where they find work, receive orders, issue invoices, and get paid. The platform started as a Rails monolith. It works, but it needs to evolve. More traffic, more features, multi-cloud deployment, higher availability requirements.

You'll report to the VP of Engineering. CSP operates as a nimble team outside the larger engineering org, moving fast and pioneering approaches that demonstrate what's possible. You'll work with Ruby on Rails, Golang, Java— and introduce whatever else the architecture needs.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural evolution. Traffic is growing, functionality is expanding, robustness matters more than ever. You'll define what changes, in what order, and why.
• Set the patterns: API design, microservice boundaries, deployment pipelines, monitoring, reliability. Make them real, not theoretical.
• Mentor engineers. Guide decisions. Review architecture and code. Build the kind of team that ships ambitious work.
• Join the Architectural Steering Group. Share what you learn with Principal Engineers across Coupa. Import what works elsewhere.
• Partner with SRE on cloud-native infrastructure: CI/CD, containers, infrastructure-as-code, multi-cloud capabilities.
• Own security, multi-tenancy isolation, data governance, and compliance across all regions.
• Work with product, design, and business teams to turn supplier workflows into systems that scale.

Requirements

• 15+ years building B2B SaaS at scale. You've held leadership and architectural roles where your decisions stuck around.
• Real experience evolving legacy systems into microservices—in production, with users depending on uptime.
• Deep knowledge of API-driven services, multi-tenant architectures, and B2B integration patterns that handle millions of users.
• Solid foundation in modern deployment: CI/CD, Docker/Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, working with cloud providers like AWS or GCP.
• Comfort across technology stacks (Rails, Golang, Java) and the judgment to pick tools that solve problems, not resume lines.
• Track record mentoring teams—providing direction without micromanaging, staying technical without bottlenecking.
• Problem-solving skills that balance scale, performance, technical debt, and shipping features. You know the trade-offs because you've lived them.
• Communication skills that work across engineering, product, and business. You build consensus without watering down hard truths.

At Coupa, we are 100% committed to creating and nurturing an environment that supports your physical, mental, and community well-being. We offer a comprehensive suite of benefits designed to help you and your family thrive:

Global Well-Being Perks (For All Employees Globally)

• Global Wellness Days: Enjoy two designated, company-wide paid wellness daysoff each year (typically the first Friday in March and the last Friday in September) so the entire global team can unplug, step away, and recharge together.
• Birthday Time-Off: Celebrate your day! Coupa provides a paid dayoff on your birthday or another day of your choice within your birthday month.
• Volunteer Time Off (VTO): Giving back is in our DNA. We offer 40 hours of paid VTO annually to support the community initiatives and volunteer programs you are passionate about.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Access free, confidential, 24/7/365 counseling and resources for emotional support, work-life solutions, financial advice, legal guidance, and support for new parents.
• Business Travel Protection: Travel with peace of mind. Zurich Travel Assist provides medical, safety, pre-trip planning, and emergency support during any business travel.
• Referral Bonus Program: Share the Coupa experience! Receive generous monetary referral bonuses when you successfully refer talented friends or acquaintances who are hired into open roles.

Please note: In addition to these global well-being perks, Coupa offers highly competitive, location-specific benefits packages (which include comprehensive medical/dental insurance, retirement/pension plans, and life or accident protection) tailored to your primary work location. Your recruiter will walk you through the specific regional benefits package for this role during the interview process.

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