The Role
Lead technical security engineering for cloud environments: design cloud controls, build policy-as-code and IaC guardrails, harden containers, automate remediation, own vulnerability management and incident escalation, translate compliance requirements into automated controls, mentor engineers, and maintain runbooks/on-call duties.
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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 Security Engineer at Coupa
Coupa's Security Engineering team protects our enterprise, product, platform, and customer data at scale. As Lead Security Engineer, you will be a hands-on technical leader on the Security Engineering team — architecting and building cloud security controls, setting engineering standards, and partnering closely with Engineering, IT, and Compliance to ship durable, automated security tooling rather than one-off fixes. You thrive on ambiguity, sweat the implementation details, and take pride in solutions that scale across hundreds of accounts and services.
What You'll Do:
- Architect and build multi cloud security controls across Coupa's cloud environment. VPC segmentation, security groups/NACLs, IAM policy design using least-privilege and permission boundaries, and Organizations/SCPs for guardrails at scale.
- Build policy-as-code and IaC security guardrails and wire them into CI/CD as pre-merge and pre-deploy gates rather than after the fact reviews.
- Harden containerized workloads - image scanning, admission control, pod security standards, and runtime detection.
- Write auto-remediation for cloud misconfiguration and drift so common findings close without manual ticket routing.
- Own Vulnerability management program, act as the technical escalation point for security incidents and vulnerability findings - leading forensics, containment, and root-cause analysis using cloud-native and EDR tooling, and driving remediation to closure.
- Partner with Risk & Compliance to translate audit framework requirements (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, FedRAMP) into concrete technical controls, and automate evidence collection by integrating cloud telemetry with GRC tooling.
- Mentor other security engineers through design review, threat modeling, and code/architecture review; raise the technical bar for the whole team.
- Own reference architectures, threat models, and runbooks for the security tooling you build; participate in and help improve the on-call rotation.
What You'll Bring to Coupa:
- 10+ years of security engineering experience, including significant hands-on work securing production cloud environments at scale, plus experience leading projects or mentoring other engineers.
- Deep, hands-on AWS security expertise - IAM, VPC/networking, KMS, GuardDuty, Security Hub, Config, and Organizations/SCPs; working knowledge of GCP or Azure security is a plus.
- Production experience with Terraform (or equivalent IaC) and policy-as-code frameworks, plus container/Kubernetes security tooling.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals - Python and/or Go, Git-based workflows, and building/maintaining CI/CD security integrations (SAST, DAST, SCA).
- Experience with SIEM/SOAR platforms and vulnerability management tooling (e.g., Wiz, Qualys, Tenable) - building detections and workflows, not just consuming dashboards.
- Working knowledge of compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, FedRAMP, NIST 800-53) sufficient to translate control requirements into engineering work.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills - able to write clear technical design docs and explain risk trade-offs to auditors and engineering leadership alike.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Relevant certifications a plus: CISSP, CCSP, CISA, or AWS/GCP security certifications.
- Some international travel may be required.
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 of security engineering experience securing production cloud environments and leading/mentoring engineers
- Deep, hands-on AWS security expertise (IAM, VPC, KMS, GuardDuty, Security Hub, Config, Organizations/SCPs)
- Working knowledge of GCP or Azure security
- Production experience with Terraform or equivalent IaC and policy-as-code frameworks
- Container and Kubernetes security tooling and hardening experience (image scanning, admission control, pod security, runtime detection)
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and scripting in Python and/or Go; Git-based workflows and CI/CD security integrations (SAST, DAST, SCA)
- Experience with SIEM/SOAR platforms and vulnerability management tooling (e.g., Wiz, Qualys, Tenable)
- Working knowledge of compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, FedRAMP, NIST 800-53) to translate controls into engineering work
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical design documentation
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Relevant certifications (CISSP, CCSP, CISA, AWS/GCP security certs)
- Willingness to undertake some international travel
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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