The Role
As a Lead Application Security Engineer, you will drive security architecture, perform design reviews, and mentor teams while enhancing Coupa's security features and compliance.
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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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The Impact of a Lead Application Security Engineer at Coupa:
We are looking for an extremely talented Lead Application Security Engineer to join our Application Security 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 drive security architecture, perform design and threat modeling reviews, and design, develop, maintain, and scale Coupa’s security features and application security tooling. This role is critical in ensuring the security of our cutting-edge, highly scalable platform, including the review and guidance for new technological domains such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) systems.
What You'll Do:
- Expand the application security landscape at Coupa
- Being a hands-on developer is a key responsibility in this role, with strong proficiency in secure coding practices
- Strong software development skills in languages such as Java, .Net, and Python
- Ability to perform code reviews and mentor junior team members
- Passion for building security-focused features that perform at scale
- Track vulnerability reports and contribute security fixes
- Design and implement application changes to meet security compliance requirements
- Lead and execute Security Architecture Reviews, Threat Modeling, and Design Reviews for new and existing platform components to proactively identify and mitigate security risks.
- Conduct Security Reviews for AI/ML models and systems, addressing unique risks associated with data integrity, model poisoning, privacy, and adversarial attacks.
- Evaluate new security technologies and make recommendations to strengthen our application
- Be a champion of Coupa’s Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) methodologies, integrating security earlier into the development pipeline.
- Work closely with the Operations Security team to review and define our best practices
What You Will Bring to Coupa:
- Leadership & Experience: 2+ years as a Lead Software Engineer or Lead AppSec Engineer; able to independently drive projects from design through delivery.
- Technical Expertise: Strong in Java, .NET, or Python; experienced building secure web applications/microservices and designing complex, distributed systems.
- Security Architecture & Threat Modeling: Skilled in formal security architecture/design reviews and threat modeling methods (STRIDE, DREAD).
- Security Foundations: Deep knowledge of OWASP Top 10, SANS Top 25, identity and access management (SAML, OIDC, SSO), OAuth flows, and core cryptographic algorithms (DES, RSA, HMAC, SHA, etc.).
- Systems & Development Practices: Familiar with design patterns, scalability, high availability, concurrency, and SQL/NoSQL databases; strong communication, self-motivation, and continuous learning mindset.
- Additional/Preferred Skills: Background in AI/ML security (MLOps, adversarial robustness), compliance frameworks (HIPAA, PCI, SOX, FedRAMP), plus conference presentations or open-source contributions.
The estimated pay range for this role is $142,000 - $184,500
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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The Company
What We Do
Coupa is a global technology company that helps businesses run smarter by connecting all the ways they spend money — from procurement and expenses to payments and supply chain decisions — in one intelligent platform. In simple terms, Coupa gives organizations the visibility and control they need to make better financial choices, reduce waste, and drive real impact. It’s where technology meets purpose: helping companies manage their resources more responsibly while creating a positive ripple across their people, partners, and the planet.
Why Work With Us
At Coupa, we prioritize an inclusive and empathetic workplace where every voice is valued. Our teams are proactive and accountable, ensuring we collaborate effectively to achieve our goals. The foundation of our culture rests on our people; we believe in fostering an environment that encourages innovation and curiosity.
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