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Senior Security Engineer

  • Company: Coupa
  • Location: Los Angeles, California
  • Salary: Pay not listed
  • Work type: Remote
  • Full Time
  • Company site
  • Pay not listed
  • Remote

Coupa at a glance

coupa.com
  • Founded 2006

SEC filings mentioning "Coupa": 980search EDGAR

Coupa (coupa.com) is a U.S. technology firm focused on AI-driven total spend management and supply chain, founded in 2006 and based in Foster City, California, with offices across Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. It helps customers see and control spend, optimize supply chains, and manage cash. Recent coverage highlights agentic product momentum and outcome-based pricing, plus procurement transformation work with customers such as Uzabase.

3,214 Wikipedia views in July 2026 — a rough gauge of public visibility.

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Senior Security Engineer at Coupa, Los Angeles, California

About the Role

Coupa is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join our team in safeguarding enterprise, product, platform, and customer data. As a key member of our security engineering group, you will take ownership of complex, ambiguous security problems end-to-end, building cloud security controls, setting engineering standards, and partnering closely with Engineering, IT, and Compliance teams.

  • Build and maintain durable, automated security tooling rather than one-off fixes
  • Set the technical standard for remediation and automation within the team
  • Provide root-cause analysis when needed, ensuring long-term solutions are implemented

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

Your day-to-day will involve:

  • Tackling complex security challenges with a focus on cloud and platform security controls
  • Working closely with Engineering, IT, and Compliance teams to ensure robust security practices are in place
  • Developing and enforcing engineering standards for security across the organization
  • Partnering with cross-functional teams to ship durable, automated security solutions
  • Performing root-cause analysis on findings to drive long-term improvements

Who We're Looking For

We are looking for a Senior Security Engineer who:

  • Has experience in building and maintaining cloud security controls
  • Can set technical standards and enforce them within the team
  • Is adept at performing root-cause analysis to drive long-term improvements
  • Has strong collaboration skills, working effectively with cross-functional teams
  • Has a passion for innovation and staying ahead of evolving security threats

About Coupa

Coupa is a pioneering technology company that empowers businesses large and small to make margins multiply through its community-generated AI and industry-leading total spend management platform. Our culture is driven by collaboration, transparency, and a shared commitment to excellence. Join us in making a global impact on our clients and the business.

Learn more about life at Coupa on our blog and hear from our employees about their experiences working with us.

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Working in Los Angeles, California

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Los Angeles is California’s largest city and the commercial and cultural hub of Southern California—home to millions of residents and a major tech and business market. The role lists Los Angeles with remote eligibility, so day-to-day work may not require a fixed downtown office. California sits on the Pacific Coast and is the nation’s most populous state (state overview).

California is a U.S. state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, and Nevada and Arizona to the east; it also shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With over 39 million residents across an area of 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), it is the largest U.S. state by population and third-largest by

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National unemployment rate in US: 4.2%via World Bank

Private-sector wage growth (year over year): 3.1%via FRED

National quits rate: 2.0%via FRED (BLS JOLTS)

Weekly initial unemployment claims: 199,000via FRED

GDP per capita in US: $90,027via World Bank

Consumer price inflation in US: 2.9% (annual) — via World Bank

Real GDP growth in US: 2.2% (annual) — via World Bank

Average hours worked per year in US: 1,800via OECD

Cost of living in California: 10.7% above the national averagevia BEA

Minimum wage in California: $16.90/hrvia FRED

Real GDP per capita in California: $86,110via FRED

Home prices in California (year over year): +1.8%via FRED

Median household income in Los Angeles County: $87,760via US Census ACS / Data USA

Average commute time in Los Angeles County: 31 minvia US Census ACS / Data USA

Most common commute in Los Angeles County: Drove Alone (65%) — via US Census ACS / Data USA

Households with home internet in Los Angeles County: 93%via US Census ACS / Data USA

Nearby history: Federal Building, listed 2021 (289m away) — via National Register of Historic Places

Typical climate: average high 79°F / low 56°F year-round (summers around 88°F, winters around 48°F) — via NOAA 1991-2020 Normals

Walkability: Most walkablevia EPA National Walkability Index

Typical rent nearby: $2,085/mo · $2,601/movia HUD Fair Market Rents

  • Elevation 105m (344 ft)

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About this role & career path

Security engineering work (see O*NET) often includes assessing threat levels, running audits for vulnerabilities, designing security policies and programs, and defining requirements for monitoring and access-related systems. At a senior level you also influence design choices and how security work is budgeted and sequenced.

Traits that fit this role

  • Stress Tolerance
  • Achievement Orientation
  • Cautiousness
  • Integrity
  • Attention to Detail

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Typical preparation needed: Job Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not. — via O*NET

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Salary & compensation

Workers in Business & Financial Operations occupations earn a national median of $76,859via US Census ACS / Data USA

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Be ready to walk through how you assess risk, run or respond to audits, and design access/monitoring controls for a multi-tenant SaaS product. Expect scenarios on prioritizing vulnerabilities, writing practical policy, and partnering with product and platform teams at a spend-management company like Coupa.

Strong fit if you want senior security ownership on a mature SaaS spend platform (Coupa), with Los Angeles listed and remote available. Thin public salary and workplace-review data here—validate pay, team scope, and stack in the process.

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Listing facts

  • Role Senior Security Engineer
  • Employer Coupa
  • Location Los Angeles, California · Remote-friendly
  • Type Full Time
  • Pay (from listing) Pay not listed
  • Posted August 12, 2026
  • Apply by September 11, 2026
  • Country United States
  • Overview Full job description on this page (326 words)

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Typical work in Security Engineer

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  • Assess the nature and level of physical security threats so that the scope of the problem can be determined.
  • Budget and schedule security design work.
  • Conduct security audits to identify potential vulnerabilities related to physical security or staff safety.
  • Design security policies, programs, or practices to ensure adequate security relating to alarm response, access card use, and other security needs.
  • Design, implement, or establish requirements for security systems, video surveillance, motion detection, or closed-circuit television systems to ensure proper installation and operation.
  • Develop conceptual designs of security systems.

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