Principal Forward-Deployed Engineer

Docusign • UNAVAILABLE, UNAVAILABLE

2d • Remote

About The Position

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

The position supports clients across the agreement lifecycle, from procurement intake and negotiation through contracting, spend analysis, and post-signature supplier management. It includes designing AI-enabled agreement solutions, agentic intake workflows, obligation management pipelines, and scalable integrations between Docusign IAM and procurement platforms. The role is remote, with an average travel expectation of 50%.

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 involving 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 an average of 50%, depending 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 with 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 high-value 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 working 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 trusted relationships.
• Support sales and delivery 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 bidirectional integrations between Docusign IAM and S2P and ERP platforms, including synchronization of 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.
• Eligible to receive Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
• Paid time off and paid company holidays based on region.
• Paid parental leave of up to six months following birth, adoption, or foster care placement.
• Health benefit plan options, including plans with 100% employer-paid coverage and plans with minimum employee contributions, available from the first day 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