Principal Forward-Deployed Engineer

Docusign • UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE

3d • Remote

About The Position

As a Presales Principal Docusign Forward-Deployed Engineer specializing in Procurement, you will work alongside senior functional and technical client team members to rapidly prototype and deliver high-impact GenAI-enabled solutions on the Docusign Intelligent Agreement Management (IAM) for Procurement platform. The role bridges agreement intelligence with Source-to-Pay (S2P) and enterprise ERP/P2P ecosystems, including SAP Ariba, Coupa, and Oracle. It is an individual-contributor position reporting to the VP, Solution Consulting.

The position embeds with procurement teams and buying centers to identify business needs and turn high-value S2P and supplier-agreement use cases into production-ready IAM solutions. It combines client discovery, solution design, prototyping, integration, sales and delivery support, coaching, and contributions to reusable procurement assets and team practices.

This is a remote position. The role requires an average of 50% travel. The role is eligible for a sales incentive or company bonus plan, Restricted Stock Units, and the benefits described in the posting. Employment is limited to applicants authorized to work in the United States on a full-time, permanent basis without current or future sponsorship; the position is unavailable in Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Data Science, or Engineering.
• 12 or more years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, data science, or analytics engineering.
• At least 1 year of hands-on experience building and deploying GenAI/LLM-powered solutions in client sandbox environments, preferably for document intelligence or contract extraction.
• 12 or more years of experience leading project workstreams with procurement or legal stakeholders and translating business or sourcing problems into AI agreement solutions.
• At least 5 years of experience integrating applications with enterprise P2P/S2P software such as SAP Ariba, Coupa, or Oracle Procurement Cloud, or with CLM systems.
• Ability to travel 50% on average, based on the work and clients served.

Nice To Haves

• Deep understanding of Source-to-Pay procurement lifecycles, intake-to-procure orchestration, and supplier lifecycle management.
• Experience configuring or building solutions on Docusign IAM, Navigator, Workflow, or CLM platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to work directly alongside client technical teams, CPOs, and category managers in fast-paced, ambiguous delivery environments.
• Data engineering experience with contract data pipelines, table-extraction models, vendor master deduplication, or spend analytics.
• Experience integrating intake and orchestration tools such as Zip, LevelPath, Oro, or ServiceNow with procurement backends.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Familiarity with security, privacy, and compliance considerations.

Responsibilities

• Embed with procurement teams and buying centers to identify business needs and translate S2P and supplier-agreement use cases into production-ready IAM solutions.
• Partner with CPOs, sourcing directors, category managers, legal operations, and IT architects to align procurement priorities and technical delivery across the agreement lifecycle.
• Lead collaborative discovery and design sessions for intake, negotiation, contracting, spend analysis, and post-signature supplier management solutions.
• Prototype and deliver AI agreement solutions using IAM capabilities, vendor hubs, and automated obligation-extraction frameworks.
• Contribute independently within an FDE pod and mentor newer team members on procurement domain patterns and agreement-intelligence practices.
• Coach client procurement teams, sourcing managers, and end users on platform capabilities, supplier data model setup, and AI enablement, while building relationships to support long-term engagement success.
• Support sales and delivery end to end by developing procurement demos and proofs of concept, articulating quantifiable business value, and documenting solution-design handoffs.
• Mentor FDEs through design and code reviews, and contribute reusable procurement prompt libraries, workflow scaffolds, and agreement integrations.
• Build AI-enabled agreement solutions, agentic intake workflows, and obligation-management pipelines across Docusign IAM and enterprise procurement platforms.
• Prototype scalable bi-directional integrations between Docusign IAM and S2P/ERP platforms to synchronize vendor master data, purchase requisition and purchase order creation, and pricing terms.
• Make architecture decisions that balance quality, safety, latency, cost, and risk when extracting complex contractual terms.
• Deliver workflow configurations.
• Design extensible vendor hierarchy models, support contract-family tracking, and align solutions with senior technical and business architects.
• Contribute reusable procurement assets, including S2P workflow templates, extraction models, renewal-agent briefs, and ERP connector implementations.

Benefits

• Sales personnel are eligible for variable incentive pay based on achievement of pre-established sales goals; non-sales roles are eligible for a company bonus plan dependent on company performance.
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
• Paid time off and paid company holidays based on region.
• Up to six months of paid parental leave after birth, adoption, or foster care placement.
• Health plan options, including 100% employer-paid plans and plans with minimum employee contributions, from day one of employment.
• Retirement and pension programs with potential employer contributions.
• Learning and development options, including coaching, online courses, and education reimbursements.
• Paid compassionate care leave following the loss of a loved one and other life-changing events.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal