At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we’ll bring out the best in you. We’re builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what’s next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You’ll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What’s in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.
The Role:
As an Expert Software Engineer, you will lead the design and development of enterprise-grade software solutions that seamlessly integrate advanced AI capabilities. This role demands deep technical expertise in software engineering combined with hands-on experience in AI implementation to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performing applications. You will influence architectural decisions, set engineering standards, and mentor teams on best practices for building agentic and generative AI solutions. Your work will drive innovation and enable cross-functional teams to leverage AI for solving complex business challenges.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain (agentic)AI software applications in enterprise grade settings
- Lead a scrum team of AI Engineers from a technical implementation perspective
- Collaborate with data engineers and AI specialists to implement machine learning models into production systems
- Build and optimize APIs and backend services for AI-driven applications
- Ensure code quality through reviews, testing, and adherence to software engineering best practices
- Implement CI/CD pipelines and contribute to DevOps processes for AI-enabled solutions
- Work with stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical designs
- Troubleshoot and optimize AI solution and software components for performance and scalability
- Document system architecture, workflows, and integration points for internal knowledge sharing
- Stay current with emerging AI frameworks and software development trends
What You Bring:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
- Expert-level programming skills in Python (mandatory) and proficiency with frameworks like Flask, Django, or FastAPI
- Deep understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and scalable system design
- Experience integrating AI/ML models into applications using platforms such as OpenAI, Hugging Face, or similar
- Strong knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) including their AI services
- Ability to mentor and guide teams on AI best practices and agentic AI solution design
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills in English
- Familiarity with MLOps tools (MLFlow, Azure ML)
- Understanding of GenAI/AgenticAI concepts and frameworks
Nice to Have:
- Experience with distributed data processing frameworks (e.g., Databricks, Spark)
Where you belong:
SAP Intelligent Enterprise Solutions (IES) exists to “Deliver and Run the Intelligent Enterprise.” As SAP’s technology backbone and reference customer, IES influences product development with a strong focus on customer experience.
Within IES, the Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence (AI CoE) drives SAP’s transformation into a data-driven intelligent enterprise. Our mission is to deliver business value through AI and establish SAP as a market thought leader in AI.
We implement both standard and custom AI solutions across all lines of business, acting as customer zero for SAP AI products and providing continuous feedback for improvement. We offer a robust AI platform and infrastructure for end-to-end ML development using MLOps, and operate a central chatbot platform via SAP Conversational AI, enabling digital assistant capabilities across SAP.
Our team culture is built on trust, collaboration, agility, and transparency. We follow an autonomous, agile team model (SAFe) and embrace SAP New Work principles, putting people at the center and encouraging creativity and experimentation.
Bring out your best
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand 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 two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand 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, you can bring out your best.
We win with inclusion
SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.
SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: [email protected].
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Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.
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Requisition ID: 439585 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 – 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid
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