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Senior Software Engineer - Analytics Applications

Yesterday Foster City, CA

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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The Impact of a Senior Software Engineer - Analytics Applications at Coupa:
You will design and develop scalable, high-performance web applications that power advanced analytics across Coupa's platform. By building secure API-driven backend services and crafting interactive, data-rich frontends, you'll enable users to visualize and act on complex datasets with ease. Your leadership in building end-to-end data ingestion pipelines and orchestrating microservices will ensure reliable, efficient data flows and robust application performance at scale. Collaborating closely with product, design, and engineering teams, you will transform complex business requirements into innovative solutions that drive data-driven decision-making and enhance user experience.

What You'll Do:

    • Design and develop robust, scalable, and maintainable web applications for analytics, leading both frontend and backend development.
    • Architect, build, and manage API-driven services to support complex analytics applications, ensuring secure and efficient data access.
    • Implement sophisticated user interfaces that effectively visualize large datasets and provide highly interactive experiences.
    • Lead the development of end-to-end data ingestion pipelines to integrate with diverse, complex data sources and services.
    • Direct data modeling, microservice orchestration, and platform architecture to optimize application performance and reliability at scale.
    • Drive collaboration with product, design, and engineering teams to translate complex requirements into advanced functional applications and system designs.

What You Will Bring to Coupa:

    • 5+ years of senior software engineering experience building scalable web applications in fast-paced B2B SaaS environments.
    • Proven expertise in backend development with Ruby on Rails, Python/Django, or Java/Spring, and frontend frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js.
    • Deep understanding of complex application architectures, distributed systems, and advanced software development principles.
    • Strong experience with data-driven applications, working with structured/unstructured data, stream processing, and big data storage.
    • Skilled in designing secure, scalable APIs (REST, GraphQL), database optimization (MySQL, PostgreSQL), and CI/CD workflows.
    • Proficient with Git, automated testing frameworks, and modern DevOps practices for continuous integration and deployment.

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The estimated pay range for this role is $117,300 - $179,500

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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Client-provided location(s): Foster City, CA
Job ID: Coupa-64440a10-6053-44f8-8eab-8615cc295f4b
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2025-08-13T18:30:14

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • FSA
    • HSA
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • Virtual Fitness Classes
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Health Reimbursement Account
  • Parental Benefits

    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Adoption Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Casual Dress
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • Happy Hours
    • Company Outings
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Volunteer Time Off
    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Unlimited Paid Time Off
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Pension
    • Performance Bonus
  • Professional Development

    • Leadership Training Program
    • Mentor Program
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Promote From Within
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Unconscious Bias Training
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program

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