Principal Software Engineer - Platform Architecture

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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What You'll Do:

• Lead the architectural design and hands-on implementation of our transition from a monolithic to a microservices-based architecture
• Develop a comprehensive strategy to incrementally decompose the monolith while ensuring business continuity
• Identify and prioritize services for extraction based on business value, scalability needs, and technical considerations
• Mentor and guide the engineering team through the challenges of distributed systems development

What You Will Bring to Coupa:

• Hands-on experience building and operating microservices at scale
• 10yrs+ software development experience with at least 5 years architecting highly scalable SaaS applications
• Expertise in Java and at least one dynamic language (Python, Ruby)
• Experience building cloud native, containerized applications running in Kubernetes on AWS, GCP or Azure
• Strong communication and influencing skills to ensure teams are working toward shared goals

The estimated pay range for this role is as follows:
•Based in California: $209,525 - $246,500•Based in Colorado: $187,425 - $220,500•Based in New Jersey: $209,525 - $246,500•Based in New York: $209,525 - $246,500•Based in Washington: $194,650 - $229,000
The successful candidate’s starting salary will be determined based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as skills, experience, and geographic location within the state.
At Coupa, we celebrate diversity and recognize its value to our customers and employees. Coupa is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and affirmative-action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other applicable status protected by state or local law. 
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