Engineering Excellence at Coupa India: Meet Our Q2 2026 Extra Mile Award Winners

Atharva Kshirsagar, Sr. Software Engineer

Securing the Platform Through Rapid Execution

Atharva Kshirsagar demonstrated exceptional leadership and urgency when leading the response to a critical access control vulnerability. Recognizing the potential impact on upcoming product releases, Atharva immediately took ownership, assembling a cross-functional "Tiger Team" to rapidly architect a large-scale impact analysis.

He coordinated the audit of many APIs across multiple engineering teams and provided clear implementation guidance to resolve the issue in record time. His relentless execution unblocked a major global release and safeguarded the launch timeline for Agent Studio. Most impressively, Atharva led this emergency response while continuing to drive preparations and designs for our major developer conference, DevCon. His actions are a perfect example of what Total Ownership looks like in the Coupa Village.

Mehnaz Bano, Lead Software Engineer

Accelerating Development with AI Innovation

Mehnaz Bano has a unique ability to transform ambiguity into clear, actionable plans. In addition to stepping up to accelerate resolution timelines during critical incidents, Mehnaz recently drove a massive leap in engineering productivity by developing a custom, AI-powered solution.

Her innovation automatically generates configurations and code directly from UI/UX design screenshots, eliminating a time-consuming and error-prone manual process. Beyond her operational excellence, Mehnaz consistently extends her technical expertise to support other engineering teams, conducting comprehensive security reviews and evaluating long-term architectural solutions. Her proactive, highly collaborative mindset makes her an invaluable contributor to our collective success.

Rohit Sharma, Lead Performance Engineer

Ensuring Flawless Performance at Scale

Rohit Sharma demonstrated outstanding technical leadership during our recent DevCon performance and stability initiative. Taking ownership of the performance engineering workstreams for our most highly anticipated AI products, Rohit worked tirelessly to build the capability to simulate massive, real-world workloads within our performance lab.

By accurately modeling hundreds of instances, his efforts proactively identified and resolved over 40 critical scalability bottlenecks—including database throttling and memory leaks—before they could ever impact a user. Because of his immense dedication and collaborative approach, our products delivered a seamless, flawless experience during DevCon, significantly reducing operational risk and Ensuring Customer Success.

Nikhil Kumar, Lead Security Engineer

Fortifying Global Infrastructure Security

Nikhil Kumar has been instrumental in strengthening Coupa's infrastructure security by successfully leading a complex, multi-year cloud hardening project to 100% completion.

Delivering an initiative of this massive scale requires deep technical expertise and relentless persistence. Over the course of two and a half years, Nikhil consistently navigated architectural complexities and operational roadblocks, maintaining his momentum toward the end goal. By successfully securing and hardening our cloud environments, Nikhil significantly reduced organizational risk and enhanced the safety of the data and infrastructure relied upon by customers worldwide. His commitment to delivering long-term, strategic impact sets a high standard for Striving for Excellence.