The Role
Lead design, automation, and maintenance of cloud-based database infrastructure (primarily SQL Server and MySQL). Improve reliability with monitoring, HA/DR, automation, troubleshooting, on-call support, and mentoring of junior engineers while collaborating across teams.
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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 Database Reliability Engineer at Coupa:
As a Lead Database Reliability Engineer, you will focus primarily on Cloud based MySQL environments. You will be responsible for designing, automating, and maintaining reliable database infrastructure that supports mission-critical applications.
As a senior member of the team, you’ll be a hands-on technical leader—driving automation, mentoring engineers, and partnering with development and infrastructure teams to deliver resilient, secure, and performant data platforms.
What You’ll Do
- Lead database architecture and design initiatives, delivering scalable, high-performance, reliable solutions aligned with business needs and long-term strategic goals.
- Leverage AI/ML technologies to improve database operations through performance optimization, capacity planning, anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, and automation.
- Develop, maintain, and enhance database monitoring, alerting, backup, and disaster recovery systems to ensure system health, data integrity, and high availability.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex database issues, providing technical leadership, guidance, and operational support, including participation in on-call rotations.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies by conducting regular database audits, assessments, and governance reviews.
- Collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams, mentor junior database engineers, stay current on emerging database technologies and best practices, and remain flexible to support global teams across multiple time zones.
What You Will Bring to Coupa
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Science, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience) with 8+ years of hands-on database administration, management, and performance optimization experience.
- Deep expertise in MySQL, including database design, implementation, configuration, security, troubleshooting, maintenance, backup/recovery, replication, and performance tuning.
- Strong automation and cloud experience, including scripting with Bash, Python, or Ruby and managing large-scale AWS environments, with knowledge of cloud-native database services such as RDS and Aurora; Azure or GCP experience is a plus.
- Experience building and maintaining database observability solutions, including monitoring, dashboards, and alerting using tools such as PMM, New Relic, VividCortex, or similar database management platforms.
- Expertise in high-availability and disaster recovery solutions, including failover clustering, Orchestrator, and strategies that ensure database reliability, resilience, and business continuity.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with PostgreSQL or MongoDB, configuration management tools (Chef/Puppet), Terraform, GitHub-based workflows, and relevant database administration or automation certifications.
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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 days off 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 day off 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.
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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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Science, or related field (or equivalent practical experience) with 8+ years of database administration experience.
- Deep expertise in MySQL including design, configuration, security, replication, backup/recovery, and performance tuning.
- Experience working with cloud-based SQL Server environments.
- Strong automation and cloud experience including scripting with Bash, Python, or Ruby.
- Experience managing large-scale AWS environments and knowledge of cloud-native database services such as RDS and Aurora.
- Experience building and maintaining database observability solutions (PMM, New Relic, VividCortex, or similar).
- Expertise in high-availability and disaster recovery solutions, including failover clustering and Orchestrator.
- Willingness to participate in on-call rotations and provide operational support.
- Experience mentoring junior database engineers and providing technical leadership.
- Experience with PostgreSQL or MongoDB.
- Experience with configuration management tools (Chef, Puppet).
- Experience with Terraform and GitHub-based workflows.
- Relevant database administration or automation certifications.
What the Team is Saying
Aditya Maheshwari
Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud
Alex Moon
Operations Analyst, Order Management
Jose Miguel Jimenez
Procurement
Jessica Fonseca
Technical Support Specialist
Daniela Aristizábal
Associate Planning & Operations Analyst
Coupa Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is described as comprehensive from day one for employees and dependents, including medical, dental, vision, mental‑health resources, and a no‑cost EAP. Additional options like FSAs and wellness initiatives are also cited.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is positioned around Flexible Time Off, floating holidays, and 40 hours of paid Volunteer Time Off, supported by a virtual‑first work model. These programs are highlighted as core elements of work‑life balance.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave and a digital program for paths to parenthood (including adoption and surrogacy) are explicitly called out. Resources also extend to family medical leave and, in some locations, an onsite Mother’s Room.
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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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