Lead architecture and implementation of analytics and data applications, driving scalable API-driven microservices, AI/ML solutions, data governance on AWS, mentoring engineers, and ensuring performance, security, and cross-functional alignment.
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.
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The Impact of a Principal Software Engineer at Coupa:
The Principal Software Engineer - Analytics will serve as an architect and visionary leader, responsible for the overall design, strategy, and implementation of our analytics and data applications. This role will encompass all aspects of data engineering, analytics applications, and infrastructure, driving innovation, scalability, and performance across the entire ecosystem.
What You'll Do:
- Architect the overall vision and strategy for the analytics and data applications, ensuring alignment with business goals and scalability for future growth.
- Lead the architecture and development of advanced analytics tools and applications, including sophisticated user & agentic interfaces for data visualization and interactive experiences.
- Establish and enforce best practices for data transport, microservice orchestration, platform monitoring, and alerting across all data and analytics initiatives.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineering teams, guiding architectural decisions and ensuring code quality and performance optimization.
- Drive innovation by evaluating and implementing cutting-edge technologies in big data, cloud computing, AI/ML, and API development.
- Ensure stringent data security and governance across all AWS regions and data assets.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, design, and engineering, to translate complex business requirements into robust technical solutions.
What You Will Bring to Coupa:
- 15+ years of Software Engineering experience within an enterprise grade environment, with significant leadership and architectural roles.
- Must have hands on application building using tech stack: Java, .Net, or Ruby (Rails)
- Prefer to have experience in building AI Agents, NLP
- Advanced degree in a quantitative discipline or equivalent practical experience.
- Extensive experience in designing and developing API-driven services (REST, GraphQL), knowledge graphs and microservice architectures.
- Strong understanding and application of AI/ML techniques for data classification, harmonization, and predictive analytics.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor and guide engineering teams, providing technical leadership and strategic direction.
- Highly skilled in analytical problem-solving, root cause analysis, and optimization of complex data processes across structured and unstructured datasets.
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
The estimated pay range for this role is $173,000 - $225,000
The starting salary for the successful candidate will be based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location.
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Top Skills
.Net
Ai Agents
Ai/Ml
AWS
GraphQL
Java
Knowledge Graphs
Microservices
Nlp
Rest
Ruby On Rails
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