Applied AI Engineer

About Scoutbee

At Scoutbee, we've built the world's most sophisticated AI-powered supplier intelligence platform through rigorous innovation and engineering excellence. Now, as we join forces with Coupa, we're maintaining our distinctive team culture while scaling our technical impact globally. By integrating our cutting-edge AI search algorithms and rich supplier data with Coupa's $8T+ dataset, we're solving complex discovery problems at an unprecedented scale. As a high-velocity team within Coupa, we maintain our technical autonomy and rapid development cycles, all while gaining the resources to push the boundaries of what's possible. If you're passionate about applied AI, machine learning, and building systems that transform how businesses connect worldwide, there's never been a more exciting time to join us.

Scoutbee is launching the Applied AI Lab at Coupa, a small, highly skilled team dedicated to embedding AI into Coupa's products and shaping the future of AI-enabled development. We are seeking our first Applied AI Engineer , a founding member who will play a critical role in defining how AI is built and delivered at Coupa.

The role is ideal for an engineer who thrives at the intersection of AI research and product development. You will work directly with product leaders to design and implement AI-powered applications that deliver measurable value to Coupa's buyers and suppliers. As a founding engineer, you will also help establish the technical foundation, frameworks, and best practices that will guide AI development across Coupa, while staying deeply engaged in the fast-moving AI ecosystem and experimenting with emerging technologies to keep us at the frontier.

Your role in our beehive :

• Design, build, and deploy AI applications using modern AI building blocks (Leading LLM SDKs, RAG, embeddings, agent orchestration, vector / graph DBs, etc.).
• Develop API-first services that allow existing Coupa product teams to easily integrate AI capabilities.
• Rapidly prototype and iterate on AI solutions in collaboration with product and design teams.
• Establish coding standards, frameworks, and practices for scalable AI feature development.
• Collaborate with data scientists to transformCoupa's unique transaction dataset into differentiated AI products.
• Ensure all AI solutions adhere to compliance, security, and governance requirements.

What you bring to our beehive :

Why Join Coupa Applied AI Lab?

What's in it for you?

Worried that you don't quite tick all the boxes? Don't sweat it. For us, personality and willingness to grow and learn are more important than qualifications. We're aware that underestimation of one's own abilities or imposter syndrome can be reasons why someone doesn't apply. We say that not knowing it all can actually be a good thing and that we're more than happy to support – and learn from – our new employees while they find their feet at Scoutbee.

We'd love to hear from you!

At Scoutbee, we're on a mission to connect. Our employees focus on shared experiences so they can have a more accurate view of the world. This enables us to innovate, challenge our own ideas and assumptions, and be ourselves at work. For us, personality and cultural fit are more important than qualifications. If you're worried that you don't quite tick all the boxes, don't be. We say that not knowing it all can actually be a good thing and we're more than happy to support – and learn from – our new colleagues while they find their feet at Scoutbee.

Scoutbee is an equal opportunities employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to ethnic background, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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