Senior Engineer for Gen AI projects
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At SAP, we amplify the strength of AI technology, fusing it with our robust industry-focused data and profound process knowledge. Our vision is to infuse every SAP application with sophisticated AI capabilities, revolutionizing the way businesses operate. Large Language Models (LLMs) hold immense potential to change the way we work and develop products. They are reshaping the landscape of Machine Learning across various domains. Our goal is to combine the power of LLMs with Knowledge Graphs for business AI problems in SAP applications.
We are building a nimble and versatile engineering team to empower our Data Scientists. This team will be responsible for developing cutting-edge tools, providing development resources for proof-of-concept projects, and collaborating on groundbreaking Gen AI initiatives. Our ultimate objective is to expedite the development and implementation of innovative Gen AI features throughout SAP. Join us in this exciting journey of revolutionizing the future of AI!
The SAP's Business AI organization is dedicated to seamlessly infusing AI into all enterprise applications, enabling customers, partners, and developers to enhance business processes and generate remarkable business value. Join our international AI team where innovation thrives, opportunities for personal development abound, and exceptional colleagues collaborate globally.
As the Lead Development Architect you will be responsible for guiding the team, providing direction and designs and support while also being a hands on developer.
The Role:
- Work closely with SAP data scientists to understand their projects and their needs.
- Create high level requirements and designs.
- Define and implement architectural / coding best practices and participate in software design and code reviews with the development team consisting of frontend-, backend-, full-stack, Dev-Ops and ML engineers.
- Guide developers while giving them space to learn and grow
- Support the product team with technical feasibility analysis, solution proposals, and ballpark effort estimations.
- Support customer workshops and engagements with holistic architecture and solution integration expertise
- Communicate with central architecture teams inside SAP for software design and integration tasks
- Stay on top of technology trends and actively participate in the SAP Expert community to share knowledge.
Required:
- Bachelor, Master or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or other relevant disciplines.
- Proven experience in designing, developing, deploying, and testing multi-tenant business applications in the cloud with a focus on backend infrastructure.
- Experience in developing data-driven microservices, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, TDD, hands-on experience with docker containers and Kubernetes, familiar with one of the cloud providers.
- At least 4+ years of professional experience as developer.
- Proven ability to work in an agile environment using SCRUM methodology
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-cultural teams.
Preferred:
- Experience in writing technical documentation.
- Experience in data science or data engineering
- Knowledge about the SAP Business Technology Platform
- Familiarity with JSON, Git, docker, kubernetes, AWS, GCP.
We build breakthroughs together
SAP innovations help more than 400,000 customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with 200 million users and more than 100,000 employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, we build breakthroughs, together.
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