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About the Role

SAP is seeking an exceptional Senior AI Developer to join our AI Development Tools team, where we're revolutionizing how developers build and deploy AI-powered enterprise applications. This role sits at the intersection of developer experience, AI infrastructure, and cutting-edge tooling—combining your passion for developer productivity with the transformative power of artificial intelligence.

As a Senior AI Developer, you'll be responsible for designing and implementing AI-empowered development tools, automation systems, and infrastructure that enable thousands of SAP developers to build intelligent applications faster and more efficiently. You'll work on VSCode extensions, low-code AI solutions, and developer-facing tools that make machine learning accessible to enterprise application developers.

A key focus area will be SAP Fiori AI and SAP Smart Helpers—building intelligent assistants and AI-powered features that enhance the SAP Fiori experience, making enterprise applications more intuitive, predictive, and helpful for end users.

What You'll Do

AI-Powered Developer Tooling

• Design and implement intelligent VSCode extensions and IDE tools that leverage ML to enhance developer productivity
• Build low-code solutions with graphical interfaces for integrating AI capabilities into SAP Fiori and UI5 applications
• Develop code completion, diagnostics, and intelligent assistance features using Language Server Protocol (LSP) with AI enhancement
• Create tools and frameworks for developers to easily integrate SAP Smart Helpers into their applications

SAP Fiori AI & Smart Helpers

• Design and implement AI-powered Smart Helpers that provide contextual assistance within SAP Fiori applications
• Build intelligent features that enhance user productivity through predictive suggestions, automated workflows, and contextual guidance
• Develop frameworks and components that enable seamless integration of AI capabilities into Fiori Elements applications
• Create reusable AI patterns and best practices for SAP Fiori developers

AI Infrastructure & Automation

• Create and maintain AI operations pipelines for model serving, lifecycle management, and deployment automation
• Design scalable, performant infrastructure for AI-powered developer tools and services
• Implement automated testing strategies for AI-empowered systems, including integration and end-to-end testing
• Build CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, automated workflows) for AI component deployment

System Design & Implementation

• Develop full-stack AI-powered applications using React frontends with Python-based ML backends
• Implement real-time AI features using WebSockets and modern web technologies
• Design systems that meet both functional requirements and non-functional requirements (availability, throughput, latency)
• Optimize performance of AI-powered developer tools and applications

Collaboration & Communication

• Work closely with SAP UI5, Fiori tools, and SAP CAP teams to integrate AI capabilities
• Communicate technical concepts and results visually across different organizational levels
• Mentor team members on testing practices, automation, and tool development
• Contribute to open-source SAP projects and GitHub-based development workflows

What You Bring

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience with increasing responsibility in large-scale projects
• Expert-level proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and Python for building production systems
• Proven experience developing VSCode extensions or similar developer tools