Coupa

Principal Software Engineer - 11686

San Francisco, California, United States · Principal

Sponsorship not specified$201k-$281kDetected 14 days ago

JavaGoRubyRailsAWSDockerKubernetesCI/CDSite Reliability EngineeringAPI DevelopmentLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoring

About the role

Coupa AI is informed by trillions of dollars of direct and indirect spend data across a global network of 10M+ buyers and suppliers.
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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.
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.
15+ years building B2B SaaS at scale. You've held leadership and architectural roles where your decisions stuck around.
Lead the architectural evolution.
Communication skills that work across engineering, product, and business. You build consensus without watering down hard truths.

We empower you with the ability to predict, prescribe, and automate smarter, more profitable business decisions to improve operating margins.
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.
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.
You know the trade-offs because you've lived them.

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.

Decisions related to hiring, compensation, training, or evaluating performance are made fairly, and we provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees.

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. 🔹
We value collaboration and teamwork, and our culture is driven by transparency, openness, and a shared commitment to excellence. 🔹
Join a company where your work has a global, measurable impact on our clients, the business, and each other.

Coupa complies with relevant laws and regulations regarding equal opportunity and offers a welcoming and inclusive work environment.

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