Senior Backend Engineer, AI-Driven Procurement

Ramp; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Home-office equipment ordering

Health and wellness stipend

Budget for intra-office travel

Weekly coffee stipend

Job summary

Ramp is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to own a core part of the procurement system, shaping purchase order lifecycle, bill matching, and ERP integrations. You will design scalable data models, build robust APIs, and create auditable workflows that scale with enterprise demand.

You will work with product, design, and data partners to deliver flexible, reliable, and AI-enabled features that reduce manual work for finance and procurement teams, while mentoring teammates and driving technical

Qualifications

• Experience designing, building, and operating production backend systems, including APIs, data models, and asynchronous workflows.
• Track record of owning a system or product area end to end: identify problems, propose fixes, and shape direction over time.
• Strong system design judgment focusing on data correctness, auditability, and understandable workflows.
• Product sense: understand customer problems, work through ambiguous enterprise requirements, and push back when needed.
• Clear communication and collaborative decision making across product, design, and engineering.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and evolution of a core Procurement system component, from design through launch and iteration.
• Build flexible request, intake, and approval workflows supporting complex policy and audit requirements.
• Design data models ensuring PO, receipts, bills, and accounting data remain accurate and traceable.
• Develop robust integrations with ERPs and supplier systems, handling retries and partial failures gracefully.
• Explore AI-assisted features (e.g., automated PO coding, intelligent matching) to reduce manual work.
• Set technical direction for the area and maintain long-term system health as complexity grows.
• Collaborate with product, design, and data teams, and with Bill Pay and Accounting to ship full lifecycle features.
• Raise engineering quality through design reviews, code reviews, and mentorship.

Skills

Backend systems

APIs

Data models

System design

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Ramp is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer to own a core part of the procurement system, shaping purchase order lifecycle, bill matching, and ERP integrations. You will design scalable data models, build robust APIs, and create auditable workflows that scale with enterprise demand.

You will work with product, design, and data partners to deliver flexible, reliable, and AI-enabled features that reduce manual work for finance and procurement teams, while mentoring teammates and driving technical