Coupa

Lead Platform Engineer

Posted 11 Hours Ago

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Hiring Remotely in Poland

Remote

Senior level

Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Information Technology • Logistics • Payments • Business Intelligence • Generative AI

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The Role

As a Lead Platform Engineer, you will design, develop, maintain, and scale Coupa's platform systems and services, collaborate on cloud infrastructure and microservices, and drive continuous improvements.

Summary Generated by Built In

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 Platform Engineer at 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.

What You'll Do:

Act as a hands-on contributor, designing, developing, maintaining, and scaling Coupa’s platform systems and services
Build reusable microservices, platform components, and frameworks to support standardized data flows (APIs, files, message queues)
Participate in architectural planning, code reviews, and operational design to ensure high-quality, scalable solutions
Promote engineering best practices including unit testing, automation, and clean code principles
Collaborate closely with other teams to simplify deployment, operations, and integration of platform components
Drive continuous improvement by identifying and implementing enhancements to the platform, processes, and overall business

What You Will Bring to Coupa:

7+ years of software development experience, with at least 4 years as a Senior Software Engineer
Proficient in modern MVC web frameworks, especially Ruby on Rails, and programming languages like Ruby and Go
Hands-on experience with cloud-native architecture and technologies such as Kubernetes, AWS EC2, and similar elastic cloud platforms
Skilled in working with SQL and NoSQL databases (MySQL, Redis, MongoDB) and high-throughput messaging systems like Kafka or Resque
Strong understanding of software development best practices, design patterns, and agile methodologies (Scrum preferred)
Self-motivated with excellent communication skills and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Extra considerations:

Experience managing and enhancing CI/CD pipeline software/tools, such as Jenkins
Experience with Docker

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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Top Skills

Aws Ec2

Docker

Jenkins

Kafka

Kubernetes

MongoDB

MySQL

Redis

Ruby

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The Company

2,500 Employees

Year Founded: 2006

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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Remote Workspace

Employees work remotely.

Our virtual-first approach is intentional. It gives you the freedom to do your best work in a space that supports focus, balance, and creativity, while staying connected to a global team of changemakers who are redefining the future of business spend

Typical time on-site: None