Full-Time

Forward Deployed Engineer

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Lio

Lio

51-200 employees

AI-powered multi-agent procurement platform for enterprises

No salary listed

Munich, Germany

In Person

On-site in Munich, Germany.

Category
Software Engineering
Required Skills
SAP Products
REST APIs

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Requirements
  • Enjoy solving technical problems across APIs, integrations, and distributed systems.
  • Take ownership. You care about building reliable, scalable solutions—not just getting things to work.
  • Like working closely with customers and translating real-world challenges into product improvements.
  • Communicate clearly and enjoy collaborating across Engineering, Product, and customer teams.
  • Enjoy fast-moving environments where you can learn quickly and have a direct impact.
  • Are excited about AI and the opportunity to bring it into enterprise operations.
Responsibilities
  • Build enterprise integrations across APIs, SAP, and other business systems
  • Work directly with enterprise customers to design scalable technical solutions
  • Debug and resolve complex issues across production environments
  • Own customer-driven product features from implementation to production
  • Build MVPs and evolve them into scalable platform capabilities
  • Automate deployment and implementation workflows with Product and Engineering
  • Turn recurring customer needs into reusable product features

Lio provides AI-powered procurement automation for large enterprises by using a multi-agent AI system that acts as a virtual procurement team. Specialized agents work in parallel to research vendors, negotiate terms, obtain approvals, and track deliveries, and the system integrates with ERP and P2P tools like SAP, Coupa, and Ariba, while running in familiar environments such as Microsoft Teams to accept natural-language requests. It refines unstructured requests, ensures policy compliance, and structures data for back-end systems, helping procurement cycles move from weeks to hours and offering cost savings through automated negotiations and spend optimization. Its differentiator is end-to-end, enterprise-grade integration and security (GDPR compliance and Microsoft Azure hosting in Europe), supporting global enterprises at scale and aiming to reduce manual work and total procurement costs.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$30.1M

Headquarters

Munich, Germany

Founded

2023

People at Lio

People at Lio who can refer or advise you

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • AI procurement automation reduces manual work by 85% and saves 10% in costs through agent-driven negotiations for over 100 clients.
  • Lio’s multi-agent system collapses weeks of procurement tasks into minutes for Fortune 500 companies like Munich Re.
  • Andreessen Horowitz’s $30M Series A investment validates agentic AI for enterprise procurement and funds U.S. expansion.

What critics are saying

  • Legacy ERP vendors like SAP will embed comparable multi-agent AI procurement by late 2026, displacing Lio’s standalone solution.
  • Agentic AI safety failures in autonomous negotiation could trigger $10M+ procurement fraud at a Fortune 500 client within 6 months.
  • Open-source procurement AI stacks adoption by Global 2000 enterprises will reduce Lio’s pricing power by 40% within 12 months.

What makes Lio unique

  • Lio deploys a multi-agent AI system that functions as a virtual procurement workforce, replacing manual workflows.
  • The platform enables natural language procurement requests via Microsoft Teams for two-click purchases integrated with ERPs.
  • Lio replaces outsourced labor and legacy tools like SAP Ariba with an agent OS achieving 95% adoption and 100% retention.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Remote Work Options

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Flexible Work Hours

Hybrid Work Options

Wellness Program

Mental Health Support

Conference Attendance Budget

Professional Development Budget

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

2%

1 year growth

2%

2 year growth

1%
TechCrunch
Mar 5th, 2026
Lio raises $30M from Andreessen Horowitz to automate enterprise procurement with AI agents

Lio has raised $30 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from SV Angels, Harry Stebbings and Y Combinator. The company has now raised $33 million in total funding. Founded in 2023 by Vladimir Keil, Lukas Heinzman and Till Wagner, Lio deploys AI agents to automate enterprise procurement processes. The platform handles tasks including supplier evaluation, contract negotiation and transaction completion across enterprise systems, replacing manual workflows that previously required large internal teams or outsourcing. The startup is already managing billions in enterprise spending. One global manufacturer automated 75% of its previously outsourced procurement operations within six months. Lio competes with legacy procurement software vendors like SAP Ariba and Oracle, as well as business process outsourcing providers. The funding will expand Lio's US operations and enhance its AI agent capabilities.