Sr Lead Cloud Platform Engineer - 11687

What You’ll Do

● Lead Platform Architecture and Strategy: Define and drive the long-term technical vision for cloud platform infrastructure, making strategic decisions on technology choices, architectural patterns, and platform evolution

● Design Enterprise-Scale Platform Solutions: Architect complex, multi-tenant platform systems that support high availability, scalability, and security requirements across global cloud environments

● Drive Technical Leadership and Mentorship: Lead and mentor a team of platform engineers, providing technical guidance, code reviews, and career development while fostering a culture of engineering excellence

● Establish Platform Engineering Standards: Define and implement best practices, coding standards, and architectural principles that ensure consistency, reliability, and maintainability across all platform components

● Build Advanced Automation and Tooling: Design and develop sophisticated automation frameworks, self-service platforms, and developer productivity tools that transform engineering workflows

● Lead Critical Cross-functional Initiatives: Drive complex, multi-team projects involving platform modernization, migration strategies, and infrastructure transformation initiatives ● Optimize Platform Performance and Costs: Analyze platform performance at scale, implement advanced monitoring and alerting solutions, and drive strategic cost optimization through FinOps leadership

● Shape CI/CD and Release Engineering Strategy: Define enterprise-wide deployment strategies, release management processes, and continuous delivery practices that enable safe, rapid software delivery

● Drive Security and Compliance Architecture: Lead the implementation of security-first platform design, automated compliance frameworks, and risk mitigation strategies across cloud infrastructure

● Influence Product and Engineering Strategy: Collaborate with senior leadership to align platform capabilities with business objectives and product roadmap requirements

● Champion Quality Innovation and Automation: Research, evaluate, and integrate cutting-edge quality engineering technologies, testing methodologies, and automation tools that advance Coupa's platform quality and reliability capabilities

● Build Quality-Focused Engineering Culture: Contribute to technical decision-making forums with a quality lens, lead quality-focused architectural reviews, and promote quality engineering practices and knowledge sharing across the engineering organization

What You Will Bring to Coupa

● Senior Platform Engineering Leadership: 10+ years of hands-on platform engineering experience with 3+ years in technical leadership roles, including experience managing complex cloud infrastructure at enterprise scale

● Advanced Cloud Architecture Expertise: Deep expertise in cloud-native architectures, multi-cloud strategies, and advanced services across AWS, Azure, or GCP, with proven experience designing systems that handle millions of transactions

● Technical Leadership and Team Building: Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams, mentoring senior engineers, and driving technical decision-making in complex, fast-paced environments

● Enterprise Platform Design: Proven track record designing and implementing large-scale platform solutions, including microservices architectures, container orchestration, and distributed systems patterns

● Advanced Automation and Programming: Expert-level programming skills in multiple languages (Python, Go, Java, etc.) with extensive experience building sophisticated automation frameworks and platform tools

● Strategic CI/CD and DevOps: Deep expertise in enterprise CI/CD design, infrastructure as code, and DevOps transformation initiatives, with experience implementing these practices across large engineering organizations

● FinOps & Cost Engineering: Advanced knowledge of cloud cost optimization, financial operations practices, and experience building cost management strategies and tooling at enterprise scale

● Security and Compliance Leadership: Strong background in security architecture, compliance frameworks (SOC2, ISO27001, etc.), and implementing security practices in cloud environments

● Performance/Chaos/Reliability Engineering at Scale: Experience with advanced monitoring, observability, and performance optimization techniques for high-traffic, mission-critical applications

● Architectural Decision Making: Proven ability to make complex technical trade-offs, evaluate emerging technologies, and drive architectural decisions that balance current needs with long-term scalability

● Cross-functional Collaboration: Excellent communication and leadership skills with experience working with product management, executive leadership, and diverse engineering teams

● Industry Recognition and Thought Leadership: Active participation in the platform engineering community through conference speaking, open source contributions, or technical publications (preferred)

● Educational Foundation: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience, with a continuous learning mindset and up-to-date knowledge of industry trends

● Change Management and Transformation: Experience leading large-scale technical transformations, platform migrations, and organizational change initiatives in enterprise environments