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8 Locations
In-Office or Remote
142K-199K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Information Technology • Logistics • Payments • Business Intelligence • Generative AI
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The Role
Lead design automation and maintenance of cloud-based database infrastructure (primarily SQL Server and MySQL). Improve reliability with monitoring HA/DR automation troubleshooting on-call support and mentoring of junior engineers while collaborating across teams.
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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 Lead Database Reliability Engineer at Coupa:
As a Lead Database Reliability Engineer you will focus primarily on Cloud based MySQL environments. You will be responsible for designing automating and maintaining reliable database infrastructure that supports mission-critical applications.
As a senior member of the team you’ll be a hands-on technical leader—driving automation mentoring engineers and partnering with development and infrastructure teams to deliver resilient secure and performant data platforms.
What You’ll Do
- Lead database architecture and design initiatives delivering scalable high-performance reliable solutions aligned with business needs and long-term strategic goals.
- Leverage AI/ML technologies to improve database operations through performance optimization capacity planning anomaly detection predictive maintenance and automation.
- Develop maintain and enhance database monitoring alerting backup and disaster recovery systems to ensure system health data integrity and high availability.
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex database issues providing technical leadership guidance and operational support including participation in on-call rotations.
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies by conducting regular database audits assessments and governance reviews.
- Collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams mentor junior database engineers stay current on emerging database technologies and best practices and remain flexible to support global teams across multiple time zones.
What You Will Bring to Coupa
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering Science or a related field (or equivalent practical experience) with 8+ years of hands-on database administration management and performance optimization experience.
- Deep expertise in MySQL including database design implementation configuration security troubleshooting maintenance backup/recovery replication and performance tuning.
- Strong automation and cloud experience including scripting with Bash Python or Ruby and managing large-scale AWS environments with knowledge of cloud-native database services such as RDS and Aurora; Azure or GCP experience is a plus.
- Experience building and maintaining database observability solutions including monitoring dashboards and alerting using tools such as PMM New Relic VividCortex or similar database management platforms.
- Expertise in high-availability and disaster recovery solutions including failover clustering Orchestrator and strategies that ensure database reliability resilience and business continuity.
- Preferred qualifications include experience with PostgreSQL or MongoDB configuration management tools (Chef/Puppet) Terraform GitHub-based workflows and relevant database administration or automation certifications.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering Science or related field (or equivalent practical experience) with 8+ years of database administration experience.
- Deep expertise in MySQL including design configuration security replication backup/recovery and performance tuning.
- Experience working with cloud-based SQL Server environments.
- Strong automation and cloud experience including scripting with Bash Python or Ruby.
- Experience managing large-scale AWS environments and knowledge of cloud-native database services such as RDS and Aurora.
- Experience building and maintaining database observability solutions (PMM New Relic VividCortex or similar).
- Expertise in high-availability and disaster recovery solutions including failover clustering and Orchestrator.
- Willingness to participate in on-call rotations and provide operational support.
- Experience mentoring junior database engineers and providing technical leadership.
- Experience with PostgreSQL or MongoDB.
- Experience with configuration management tools (Chef Puppet).
- Experience with Terraform and GitHub-based workflows.
- Relevant database administration or automation certifications.
What the Team is Saying
Coupa Compensation & Benefits Highlights
- Healthcare Strength—Health dental vision and mental‑wellness resources for employees and dependents begin on the first day of employment. Recent updates to health‑insurance programs this year indicate active management of core coverage.
- Leave & Time Off Breadth—Flexible Time Off floating holidays paid parental leave and dedicated volunteer time off are emphasized as part of standard offerings. A global minimum vacation allowance outside the U.S. is also advertised.
- Retirement Support—Competitive compensation is paired with retirement savings programs including a U.S. 401(k) with company match. An Employee Stock Purchase Plan is also referenced as part of long‑term financial support.
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The Company
HQ: Foster City California
3000 Employees
Year Founded: 2006
What We Do
Coupa is a global technology company that helps businesses run smarter by connecting all the ways they spend money — from procurement and expenses to payments and supply chain decisions — in one intelligent platform. In simple terms Coupa gives organizations the visibility and control they need to make better financial choices reduce waste and drive real impact. It’s where technology meets purpose: helping companies manage their resources more responsibly while creating a positive ripple across their people partners and the planet.
Why Work With Us
At Coupa we prioritize an inclusive and empathetic workplace where every voice is valued. Our teams are proactive and accountable ensuring we collaborate effectively to achieve our goals. The foundation of our culture rests on our people; we believe in fostering an environment that encourages innovation and curiosity.
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