Lead Software Engineer, Technology Platform
Location: Elkins Park
Posted on: June 23, 2025
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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, were 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 Lead
Software Engineering to 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 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. In summary, the Technology Platform Team is
responsible for the backbone of Coupa’s Enterprise SaaS
Application. We evaluate and introduce new technologies where it
makes sense, we develop features that can impact all customers, we
develop tools and frameworks to improve our process, we work in
close collaboration with Operations, and we hold the bar very high
for what we deliver. What Youll Do: Being a hands-on contributor is
a key responsibility in this role Design, develop, maintain, and
scale Coupa’s platform systems and services Participate in
operational design and code review Architect and develop reusable
microservices and other Platform components Develop frameworks for
standardizing and enabling data flows via APIs, files, message
queues Advocate best practices (unit/automation testing, code
reviews, code quality, etc.) Engage with other teams to make
platform components simpler to deploy and operate A good team
player, works and communicates well with others Find creative,
elegant and maintainable solutions to complex problems Continually
look for opportunities to improve our platform, process and
business What You Will Bring to Coupa: Minimum of 7 years of
software development experience Minimum of 4 years of experience as
a Senior Software Engineer Expertise in one or more of the
following programming languages: Ruby, Go Proven understanding of
software development best practices and design patterns Experience
with RESTful API development using Golang Experience with
high-throughput message queueing systems (Kafka/Resque/etc)
Experience with modern MVC web framework, Rails highly preferred
Experience with building micro services in languages like Golang or
Ruby on Rails Experience with cloud native architecture and
technologies like Kubernetes, EC2 etc. Experience working in an
agile environment that follows Scrum or other agile methodologies
Experience working with SQL and NoSQL databases, including MySQL,
Redis, MongoDB Self-motivated, go-getter, passion for learning,
strong communication skills Bachelors degree in Computer Science
(or equivalent), or equivalent experience Extra considerations:
Experience managing and enhancing CI/CD pipeline software/tools,
such as Jenkins Experience with Docker Experience with Amazon AWS,
EC2, or similar elastic cloud environments Open source project
contributions, especially in Go The estimated pay range for this
role is as follows: •Based in California: $174,250 - $205,000
•Based in Colorado: $149,600 - $176,000 •Based in New Jersey:
$174,250 - $205,000 •Based in New York: $174,250 - $205,000 •Based
in Washington: $158,525 - $186,500 The successful candidate’s
starting salary will be determined based on permissible,
non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and
geographic location within the state. LI-TC1 LI-Remote 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. Please be
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