The Role
Lead and evolve Coupa's LLM/GenAI platform: define architecture and strategy, build MLOps pipelines, manage deployment/lifecycle of LLMs and embeddings, implement IaC and multi-cloud infrastructure, mentor platform engineers, ensure reliability, observability, and enterprise-grade scalability/security.
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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 Cloud Software Engineer at Coupa:
AI is reshaping how the world builds, learns, and connects. At our company, we believe the next generation of enterprise software will be powered by AI-driven platforms that are secure, scalable, and built for constant innovation. As our Lead of AI LLM Platform DevOps team, you will build solutions that enable this vision. From CI/CD pipelines, ML Ops, GenAI, Agentic AI platforms to AI governance and observability, you will define how our engineers build, test and ship the technologies that power global enterprises. This is your chance to lead & shape the evolution of Coupa’s AI platform. You will lead system design, code development, deployment, automation for our LLM/GenAI/Agentic AI platforms ensuring reliability, scalability of infrastructure.
What You’ll Do
- Lead Platform Architecture and Strategy: Define and drive the long-term technical vision for Agentic AI platform and LLM infrastructure, making strategic decisions on technology choices, architectural patterns and platform evolution.
- Design Enterprise-Scale Platform Solutions: Architect complex, multi-tenant platform systems that support high availability, scalability, and security requirements across global multi-cloud environments
- Drive Technical Leadership and Mentorship: Lead and mentor a team of platform devops engineers, providing technical guidance, code reviews, and career development while fostering a culture of engineering excellence
- Establish Platform Engineering Standards: Define and implement best practices, coding standards and architectural principles that ensure consistency, reliability, and maintainability across all platform components
- Involve in evaluation of new products and technologies like RAG, MCP servers. AI Agents, Agentic Workflows, etc.
- Deployment and Life cycle Management of LLM & Embedding Models.
- Build and manage MLOps pipeline.
- Infrastructure As Code (IaC e.g Terraform) with Multi Cloud Deployments.
- Ensure technical quality through code reviews, architecture discussions, and engineering standards.
- Collaborate with the Principal Architect and AI/ML Engineering Lead on technical direction.
- Collaborate with platform, Dev & QE teams to plan & deploy the releases.
- Participate in design reviews, code reviews, troubleshooting incidents & write, and review Incident RCAs
What You Will Bring to Coupa
- Senior Platform Engineering Leadership: 10+ years of hands-on platform engineering experience with 3+ years in technical leadership roles, including experience managing complex cloud infrastructure at enterprise scale
- Advanced Cloud Architecture Expertise: Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, multi-cloud strategies, and advanced services across AWS or GCP, with proven experience designing systems that handle millions of transactions
- Enterprise Platform Design: Proven track record designing and implementing large-scale platform solutions, including microservices architectures, container orchestration, and distributed systems patterns
- Advanced Automation and Programming: Expert-level programming skills in multiple languages (Python, Go, Java, etc.) with extensive experience building sophisticated automation frameworks and platform tools
- Strategic CI/CD and DevOps: Deep expertise in enterprise CI/CD design, MLOps pipelines, and DevOps transformation initiatives, with experience implementing these practices across large engineering organizations
- Architectural Decision Making: Proven ability to make complex technical trade-offs, evaluate emerging technologies, and drive architectural decisions that balance current needs with long-term scalability
- Enterprise AI platform infrastructure development experience
- Experience building enterprise grade, scalable, cost-efficient, secure AI/ML platforms with a focus on resiliency, automation, observability.
- Deployment and Life cycle Management of LLM & Embedding Models (OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker) and Vector Databases like LanceDB
- Exposure to evaluation of new products and technologies like RAG, MCP servers, AI Agents, Agentic Workflows, LangChain etc.
- Manage AWS core & AI /GenAI services (S3, IAM, EKS, Bedrock, etc), Expert in IaC (Terraform).
- Containerization and Orchestration: Deep knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes (especially GKE or EKS) for scaling inference services, Build, deploy workloads.
- A leader who thrives in fast-moving environments, motivates teams, and embraces innovation.
- Strong communication skills across geographies.
- BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
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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
- 10+ years platform engineering experience with 3+ years in technical leadership
- Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures and multi-cloud strategies (AWS or GCP)
- Proven experience designing and implementing large-scale, multi-tenant platform solutions
- Expert-level programming in Python, Go, Java
- Expert in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
- Deep expertise in CI/CD design, MLOps pipelines, and DevOps transformation
- Deployment and lifecycle management of LLM and embedding models (OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker)
- Experience with vector databases (e.g., LanceDB)
- Manage AWS core & AI/GenAI services (S3, IAM, EKS, Bedrock)
- Deep knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes (especially GKE or EKS)
- Exposure to RAG, MCP servers, LangChain, AI Agents and Agentic Workflows
- BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Strong communication and team leadership skills across geographies
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 — Health coverage is described as comprehensive from day one for employees and dependents, including medical, dental, vision, mental-health resources, and an Employee Assistance Program. Materials also highlight well-being initiatives that extend support to employees’ households.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible Time Off, paid parental leave, floating holidays, and 40 hours of annual volunteer time are prominently featured. Outside the U.S., a global minimum of 25 vacation days is noted.
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Retirement Support — A retirement savings program with a company match is offered, including a 401(k) plan. While exact match percentages are not publicly listed on the careers page, matching is presented as part of the total rewards package.
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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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