Lead Software Engineer

• 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. 

What You’ll Do

Team Leadership & Growth: Lead, coach, and empower a cross-functional development team through problem-solving sessions. Act as a servant leader, ensuring the team understands the business context behind our risk-domain due diligence initiatives.
Strategic Execution: Drive the development of "Coupa Risk" and lead the evolution of our risk-scoring capabilities to deliver more precise, actionable insights for our customers.
Process & Innovation: Partner with peer engineering managers and architects to drive continuous process improvements. Lead initiatives to adopt new technologies (e.g., AI-assisted log querying, multi-skill orchestrators) that enhance triage and production reliability.
Technical Stewardship: Oversee the adoption of Coupa’s architectural advancements. Ensure the team maintains high engineering standards (code reviews, unit testing) while delivering maintainable, scalable microservices and robust integrations.
Collaboration: Establish trust and coordinate with product management, support, cloud operations, and other engineering teams. Work closely with Product to align the team’s roadmap with the broader "Risk Aware" vision.
Hiring & Mentorship: Partner with the recruiting team to grow the team. Provide continuous feedback, create career action plans, and foster a culture of mentorship for both under- and high-performing team members.
Metrics & Delivery: Track key business and technical metrics, including feature delivery speed, code quality, and security posture (e.g., Snyk findings, Pentest remediations).

What You Will Bring to Coupa

• Experience:
• 12+ years of experience building enterprise, SaaS web applications using one or more of the following modern frameworks technologies: .Net, SQL, and Typescript and strong knowledge of Javascript, CSS, HTML5.
• 5+ years of relevant technical lead or management experience. You have a proven track record of growing into management from a successful individual contributor role.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong background in web application or platform development. While deep familiarity with Ruby on Rails is a significant plus, you can understand complex technical architectures, review design work, and provide meaningful feedback across various technology stacks.
• Engineering Discipline: Commitment to best practices, including CI/CD, code reviews, and the delivery of testable code. You prioritize building frameworks that improve long-term system stability and prevent technical debt.
• Domain Insight: An interest in risk-based software solutions. You are excited by the challenge of handling complex data, regulatory compliance (e.g., DORA, GDPR), and improving customer confidence through data integrity.
• Communication: Strong listening, written, and verbal communication skills. You can translate complex functional requirements (like those for Risk-Aware dashboards) into clear technical tasks.
• Decision Making: Ability to manage priorities in a high-growth environment, set appropriate expectations with stakeholders, and deliver high-quality features on time.
• Agile Methodology: Experience with agile (Scrum) development processes and the ability to pivot as project roadmaps evolve.