Sr. Lead Platform Engineer - 10611

Coupa; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 167,025 - 241,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SaaS company is seeking a Sr Lead Software Engineer to design and scale platform systems. This role requires collaboration across teams, hands-on development experience in Ruby and Go, and understanding of cloud-native technologies like Kubernetes. The successful candidate will be part of a dynamic team driving innovation and best practices in software engineering and deployment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software development experience.
• At least 4 years as a Senior Software Engineer.
• Proficient in modern MVC web frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, maintain, and scale platform systems.
• Build reusable microservices and platform components.
• Promote engineering best practices.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Go

Cloud-native architecture

SQL and NoSQL databases

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipeline enhancements

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Jenkins

Docker

Job description

Overview

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.

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Role Summary

The Impact of a Sr. Lead Platform Engineer at Coupa: At a technical level your development team will offer application and infrastructure support for customer environments. You’ll have the opportunity to collaborate across software products with engineers all over the company and globe to plan and deploy product releases.

We are looking for an extremely talented Sr Lead Software Engineer to join our Technology Platform Team. You will be part of a global agile group that is responsible for building the best in class SaaS platform, deployment infrastructure, and services. The position will require a candidate to design, develop, maintain, and scale Coupa’s platform systems, services, and operational automation. Our main languages are Ruby and Go, and we expect you to be able to contribute in either.

What You'll Do

• Act as a hands-on contributor, designing, developing, maintaining, and scaling Coupa’s platform systems and services
• Build reusable microservices, platform components, and frameworks to support standardized data flows (APIs, files, message queues)
• Participate in architectural planning, code reviews, and operational design to ensure high-quality, scalable solutions
• Promote engineering best practices including unit testing, automation, and clean code principles
• Collaborate closely with other teams to simplify deployment, operations, and integration of platform components
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying and implementing enhancements to the platform, processes, and overall business

What You Will Bring to Coupa

• 7+ years of software development experience, with at least 4 years as a Senior Software Engineer
• Proficient in modern MVC web frameworks, especially Ruby on Rails, and programming languages like Ruby and Go
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native architecture and technologies such as Kubernetes, AWS EC2, and similar elastic cloud platforms
• Skilled in working with SQL and NoSQL databases (MySQL, Redis, MongoDB) and high-throughput messaging systems like Kafka or Resque
• Strong understanding of software development best practices, design patterns, and agile methodologies (Scrum preferred)
• Self-motivated with excellent communication skills and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Extra considerations

• Experience managing and enhancing CI/CD pipeline software/tools, such as Jenkins
• Experience with Docker

Compensation and Benefits

The estimated pay range for this role is $167,025 - $241,000. The starting salary for the successful candidate will be based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location.

Coupa complies with relevant laws and regulations regarding equal opportunity and offers a welcoming and inclusive work environment. Decisions related to hiring, compensation, training, or evaluating performance are made fairly, and we provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees.

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Job Details

• Seniority level: Not Applicable
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Finance and Consulting
• Industries: Financial Services and Hospitals and Health Care

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