The Impact of a Sr. Lead Software Engineer at Coupa:
As a Senior Lead Software Engineer at Coupa, you are a hands-on strategic leader who drives the architecture, design, and roadmap of major enterprise product components . You will bring deep technical experience in evolving distributed architectures, a strong commitment to engineering discipline, and experience guiding high-performing technical teams.
What You’ll Do:
- Architectural Strategy: Architect and develop one or more major areas of Coupa’s SaaS products, guiding how monolithic systems evolve into microservices.
- Technical Leadership: Act as a hands-on lead, driving code/design reviews, establishing engineering standards, and defining the long-term technical direction for the .NET team.
- AI & Innovation: Lead the backend integration of LLMs, vector search, and AI platform tooling directly into core business spend capabilities.
- Scale & Resilience: Address database bottlenecks, coordinate complex background job execution, and ensure high-availability system designs as we scale.
- Agile Advocacy: Cultivate a modern DevOps model with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) and automated testing (TDD).
What You Will Bring to Coupa:
- Experience: 10+ years of hands-on experience in enterprise-grade software development, with a minimum of 2+ years of dedicated team leadership experience .
- Core Technical Skills:
- Backend & AI: Advanced .NET Core proficiency with practical experience designing/integrating LLMs and modern AI ecosystems.
- Architecture: Proven success managing massive, multi-tenant web applications, background job queues, and asynchronous messaging platforms.
- Database Mastery: Advanced data modeling across SQL and NoSQL database layers.
- Discipline: Passion for Test-Driven Development (TDD) and enterprise testing practices.
- Global Collaboration: Deep experience designing, estimating, and implementing systems alongside globally distributed cross-functional teams.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of hands-on enterprise-grade software development experience.
- Minimum 2+ years of dedicated team leadership experience.
- .NET Core proficiency (advanced).
- Practical experience designing and integrating LLMs and modern AI ecosystems.
- Experience architecting/evolving monolithic systems into microservices for multi-tenant web applications.
- Experience with background job queues and asynchronous messaging platforms.
- Advanced data modeling across SQL and NoSQL database layers.
- Strong commitment to Test-Driven Development (TDD) and enterprise testing practices.
- Experience designing and delivering systems with high availability, scale, and resilience.
- Experience working with globally distributed cross-functional teams, including design and estimation.
What the Team is Saying
Coupa Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, vision, and mental‑wellness resources for employees and dependents begin on the first day of employment. Recent updates to health‑insurance programs this year indicate active management of core coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible Time Off, floating holidays, paid parental leave, and dedicated volunteer time off are emphasized as part of standard offerings. A global minimum vacation allowance outside the U.S. is also advertised.
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Retirement Support — Competitive compensation is paired with retirement savings programs, including a U.S. 401(k) with company match. An Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also referenced as part of long‑term financial support.
Coupa Insights
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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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
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
