The Sr. Lead Software Engineer will oversee production code development, architect features, drive data-informed decisions, and build team culture while leveraging TypeScript and Ruby.
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:
- Write, review, and ship production code — this is a hands-on role and will stay that way as the team grows
- Architect features across the full stack, primarily in TypeScript, alongside Ruby components
- Partner with product and design to translate supplier pain points into scalable solutions
- Help grow the Mexico pod: contribute to hiring, onboarding, and shaping team culture from day one
- Champion a high-velocity delivery culture — small iterations, continuous deployment, regular releases
- Drive data-informed decisions: instrument features, interpret results, guide what gets built next
- Leverage AI-powered development tools actively — we're aggressive adopters, and we expect our engineers to
be too
What You Will Bring to Coupa:
- 10+ years of hands-on experience building and shipping enterprise software at scale, with strong full-stack expertise and deep proficiency in TypeScript
- Experience with Ruby on Rails or similar frameworks, along with hands-on use of AI-assisted development tools (including Claude Code)
- Familiarity with multiple architectural approaches, including monoliths, microservices, and micro-frontends
- Solid grounding in agile practices, CI/CD pipelines, and DevOps culture
- Proven track record of raising engineering standards through code reviews, mentorship, and leading by example, plus experience contributing to hiring and team-building
- Strong communication skills across distributed, cross-cultural teams, a comfort with ambiguity, a bias toward action, and a Bachelor’s in Computer Science or equivalent experience
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