DocuSign

Principal Forward-Deployed Engineer

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3 days ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+

Base Salary

$158k - $266k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Embed with procurement teams to identify business needs and translate S2P and supplier-agreement use cases into production-ready Docusign IAM solutions.
  • Partner with procurement executives, sourcing leaders, legal operations, category managers, and IT architects across agreement lifecycle initiatives.
  • Lead discovery and design sessions covering intake, negotiation, contracting, spend analysis, and post-signature supplier management.
  • Prototype and deliver AI-enabled agreement solutions, agentic intake workflows, obligation management pipelines, and automated extraction frameworks.
  • Build bi-directional integrations between Docusign IAM and S2P/ERP platforms to synchronize vendor data, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, and pricing terms.
  • Develop procurement demonstrations and proofs of concept, articulate business value, and document solution handoffs.
  • Design vendor hierarchy models, contract-family tracking, workflow configurations, extraction models, renewal-agent briefs, and reusable ERP connectors.
  • Apply architecture decisions balancing quality, safety, latency, cost, and risk when extracting complex contractual terms.
  • Coach client procurement teams and end users on platform capabilities, supplier data models, and AI enablement.
  • Mentor newer FDEs through design and code reviews and contribute reusable procurement intellectual capital.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Data Science, or Engineering.
  • 12+ 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 or LLM-powered solutions in client sandbox environments.
  • 12+ years of experience leading project workstreams with procurement or legal stakeholders and translating business problems into AI agreement solutions.
  • At least 5 years of experience integrating applications with enterprise P2P/S2P software or CLM systems.
  • Deep understanding of S2P procurement lifecycles, intake-to-procure orchestration, and supplier lifecycle management.
  • Experience configuring or building solutions on Docusign IAM, Navigator, Workflow, or CLM platforms.
  • 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.
  • Ability to work directly with client technical teams, CPOs, and category managers in ambiguous delivery environments.
  • Strong presentation skills and familiarity with security, privacy, and compliance considerations.
  • Ability to travel 50% on average based on assigned work and clients.

Benefits

  • Remote work designation for the majority of the time.
  • Base salary ranges vary by location, from $157,900.00 to $266,350.00 annually.
  • Eligibility for a company bonus plan or variable incentive pay depending on role and performance.
  • Eligibility for Restricted Stock Units.
  • Paid time off and regional company holidays.
  • Up to six months of paid parental leave after birth, adoption, or foster placement.
  • Health benefit options including plans that may be fully employer-paid 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.
  • The position is not eligible for employment in Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, or Wyoming.

Categories

Forward Deployed
DocuSign

About DocuSign

5,001-10,000 employees

DocuSign builds e-signature, contract lifecycle management, and agreement workflow software used by businesses to prepare, sign, and manage contracts. It sells cloud-based subscriptions and APIs that integrate with systems like Salesforce, Microsoft, and Google to automate document workflows and compliance. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in San Francisco, DocuSign is a public company on NASDAQ with over 1.5 million customers in more than 180 countries.

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