Coupa makes margins multiply through its community-generated AI and industry-leading total spend management platform for businesses large and small. Coupa AI is informed by trillions of dollars of direct and indirect spend data across a global network of 10M+ buyers and suppliers. We empower you with the ability to predict, prescribe, and automate smarter, more profitable business decisions to improve operating margins. Why Join Coupa Pioneering Technology: At Coupa, we're at the forefront of innovation, leveraging the latest technology to empower our customers with greater efficiency and visibility in their spend. Collaborative Culture: We value collaboration and teamwork, and our culture is driven by transparency, openness, and a shared commitment to excellence. Global Impact: Join a company where your work has a global, measurable impact on our clients, the business, and each other. Learn more on Life at Coupa blog and hear from our employees about their experiences working at Coupa. Job Overview As part of Coupa’s AI Transformation initiative, we are looking to add a Front Deployed Engineer Developer. This individual will work directly with Solution Advisory, Value Advisory and Sales customer teams to work at the intersection of solving customer problems and producing technical solutions while leveraging AI technologies within Coupa. You will partner directly with Solution Captains, AI Architects, Solution Advisory, Value Advisory along with enterprise customers to understand their operational pain points, translate those into technical requirements, and build out AI based proof-of-concept solutions leveraging Coupa Compose/Agent Studio to allow the Solution Advisors to demonstrate your custom built AI Agents. As a Prototype Developer, you will sit at the intersection of cutting‑edge AI technology and strategic sales. Your mission is to empower our Presales Solution Advisors by building high‑impact, functional prototypes of AI Agents that solve complex business spend management challenges. Leveraging the Coupa Compose platform and Agent Studio, you will transform conceptual use cases into tangible demonstrations that prove the value of our Business Spend Management ecosystem. What You’ll Do Own the design, build, test of AI Agents from scoping, coding, testing, deployment. You will work closely with our Sales and Services teams to ensure a complete knowledge transfer of your AI Agents to assist scoping out the implementation phase. You will work across the full Coupa platform of modules, and partner with the account team to help drive technical decisions that shape how the Coupa platform addresses spend management challenges. Agent Design & Build – Architect and develop intelligent agents using Coupa Agent Studio to automate complex workflows; utilize Coupa Compose to build solution proof‑of‑concepts using Coupa AI technologies; apply prompt engineering and LLM orchestration logic to ensure agents are accurate, context‑aware and performant. Systems Integration & API Management – Build and connect prototypes via MCP, A2A, BYOA to diverse systems and data sources including ERPs (SAP, Oracle, ServiceNow, NetSuite) and middleware systems, and third‑party data providers; develop and maintain middleware/scripts to facilitate seamless data exchange via APIs and JSON/XML formats; ensure bi‑directional data integrity between the AI agents and the 3rd party environments. Solution Advisor / Presales Collaboration – Partner with Solution Advisors to translate “customer pain points” into technical requirements for rapid prototyping; participate in discovery sessions to provide technical feasibility assessments for custom AI solutions. Application Development and Prompt Engineering – Proficiency in modern languages such as Python and JavaScript; participate in dry‑run and demonstration walk‑throughs reviewing your AI Agents. Additional Responsibilities Rapid Prototyping – Ability to move from concept to functional demo in 3-5 business days while handling multiple concurrent opportunities at various stages. API Knowledge – Experience consuming and designing RESTful APIs; proficiency with tools like Postman or Insomnia. AI & Agent Architecture LLM Knowledge – Understanding of LLM fundamentals (Tokenization, Retrieval Augmented Generation, and Context Windows). Agentic Frameworks – Knowledge of how to build autonomous loops, tool‑calling, and multi‑agent orchestration. Security & Compliance Auth Standards – Implementation experience with OAuth 2.0, SAML, and API Key management. Data Privacy – Familiarity with SOC 2, GDPR, and “Secure by Design” principles. What You Will Bring to Coupa Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Business Administration (or related). 4 + years of progressive experience in Software Engineering, with a focus on enterprise applications and application modernization, preferably within technology or SaaS. Full stack proficiency – strong hands‑on experience across the full application stack (front‑end, back‑end, database, infrastructure). Strong proficiency in one or more modern technology languages. Spend Management industry experience; hands‑on experience using AI‑related technologies. Excellent written and verbal communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills. Proven ability to manage multiple development projects concurrently. Strong problem‑solving skills. Reliable, adaptable, and comfortable working in fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environments. Strong relationship‑building, influencing, and teamwork skills. Experience with the Coupa platform, specifically the App Marketplace or Coupa App Studio. Knowledge of using Coupa Compose, Agent Studio, Navi is an asset. Coupa complies with relevant laws and regulations regarding equal opportunity and offers a welcoming and inclusive work environment. Decisions related to hiring, compensation, training, or evaluating performance are made fairly, and we provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified candidates and employees. Please be advised that inquiries or resumes from recruiters will not be accepted. 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