Lead Software Engineer
Job Summary
Job Description
Coupa is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join its development team. This role involves designing and developing new architecture and major functional upgrades for advanced capabilities within the Coupa Platform, ensuring scalable and robust solutions. The engineer will develop deep expertise across the Coupa application suite, follow iterative development processes, and advocate for architecture standards. Collaboration with Engineering, Product, and cross-functional teams is key for co-creating feature designs and resolving customer issues. The role also includes providing technical guidance and mentorship to engineers. The platform is built using Ruby and React as a multi-tenant SaaS solution on cloud platforms like AWS, Windows Azure & GCP.
Must have:
- 6+ years of software development experience
- Enterprise SaaS web application development
- Experience with Ruby on Rails, ReactJS, SQL
- Full stack web development expertise
- Hands-on experience in responsive UI
- Strong knowledge of APIs and backend integration
Good to have:
- Familiarity with large language models (LLMs)
- Experience developing generative AI agents
- Experience with web accessibility standards (WCAG)
- Internationalization (i18n) best practices
- Cross-browser compatibility and performance optimization
- Passion for staying current with frontend trends
Perks:
- Pioneering Technology
- Collaborative Culture
- Global Impact
- Opportunity to work with latest technology
- Transparency and openness
15 skills required
Job Details
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.
Learn more on Life at Coupa blog and hear from our employees about their experiences working at Coupa.
The Impact of Lead Software Engineering to Coupa:
As a member of the development group, you will become part of a team that develops and maintains one of Coupa’s software products developed using Ruby and React, built as a multi-tenant SaaS solution on all Cloud Platforms like AWS, Windows Azure & GCP. You’ll have the opportunity to collaborate across software products with engineers all over the company and the globe to plan and deploy product releases
We expect that you are a strong leader with extensive technical experience. You have a well-founded analytical approach to finding good solutions, a strong sense of responsibility, and good communication and planning skills. You are proactive in your approach and a strong team player.
What You'll Do:
- Lead the design and development of new architecture and major functional upgrades for advanced capabilities within the Coupa Platform, ensuring scalable and robust solutions.
- Develop deep expertise across the Coupa application suite to design effective application and data frameworks that enhance overall system performance.
- Follow iterative development processes to deliver incremental value each release while driving and communicating a longer-term technical vision.
- Advocate for architecture standards and best practices through clear documentation, presentations, and active collaboration with project governing bodies to gain consensus.
- Collaborate closely with Engineering, Product, and cross-functional teams (Product Management, Integrations, Services, Support, Operations) to co-create feature designs and resolve customer-facing issues.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers, designers, and developers, fostering a culture of high-quality software delivery and continuous improvement.
What You Will Bring to Coupa:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
- 6+ years of software development experience building enterpriseSaaS web applications using modern frameworks and technologies such as Ruby on Rails, ReactJS, SQL, TypeScript, JavaScript, CSS, and HTML5.
- Full stack web development expertise with hands-on experience in responsive UI, Single Page Applications, reusable components, and a strong focus on UIdesign and usability.
- Familiarity with large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI or Anthropic and experience in developing generative AI agents or workflows is highly desirable.
- Experience with web accessibility standards (WCAG), internationalization (i18n) best practices, cross-browser compatibility, and performance optimization.
- Strong knowledge of APIs and backend integration, coupled with a passion for staying current with frontend trends and incorporating outside-in thinking into product development.
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