(Senior) Applied AI and Data Engineer (f/m/d)

Date: 04/01/2025
Company: SAP

We help the world run better

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

What you`ll do

Summary:
We are looking for a top-notch experienced (Senior) AI and Data Engineer to support our agile AI development team in engineering enterprise grade ML/AI and big data solutions for SAP’s internal business organizations.

The Role:

Work with a global, agile team of data scientists, AI/ML engineers and software engineers on AI and big data pipelines as well as on the E2E lifecycle
Support the development process of cutting edge data science and AI solutions and lead the development, maintenance, optimization and migration of data infrastructure and ETL processes across business domains
Introduce AI, data and software engineering best practices along the AI and big data application lifecycle in close collaboration with our Data Scientists and ML Developers
Execute enterprise-grade Data- and MLOps: continuous integration, continuous delivery, and continuous training for our ML models and data pipelines
Drive architectural decisions for enterprise grade AI solutions
Keep up-to-date with state-of-the-art algorithms and technologies in AI and data engineering and act as a thought leader in the AI and data engineering space

What you bring

We are looking for a driven and motivated team player with at least a Master's Degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, or related fields. You should have multiple years of experience in Python programming and in distributed computing frameworks such as Apache Spark. Additionally, solid experience with data modeling, ETL processes, and cloud infrastructure is required. A strong background with a wide range of ML/AI algorithms, statistical models and ML architectures rounds off the profile.

In more detail, candidates should have exceptional skills in:

Big Data processing and analytics (e.g., Apache Spark, Databricks)
Broad knowledge of MLOps best practices and the AI Lifecycle
Cloud platforms and services (e.g., GCP, Azure, BTP)
Data warehousing (e.g. Bigquery, SAP BW)
Data pipeline development and optimization
Enterprise grade AI best practices and architectures
Regular usage of software version control and automation tools (e.g., Git, Jenkins, etc.)
Comprehensive understanding of GitOps/DataOps best practices

As we are a diverse multi-cultural team, strong oral and written communication skills in English are a must. Good German language skills are desirable.

Since we provide cutting-edge, innovative AI/ML solutions to complex business problems, we value an open, out-of-the-box-thinking, creative, and solution-oriented mindset, supported by in-depth AI and data engineering experience.

Meet your team

The Infused Intelligence team belongs to the Corporate Processes & Information Technology (CPIT) organization. We are responsible for delivering innovative and user-centric solutions through different Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence technologies to internal stakeholders across a wide range of SAP’s own business processes. Our data comes from multiple internal and external data sources, containing structured and unstructured data. Our models are built on state-of-the-art AI development platforms while adhering to our AI model lifecycle management.
The team is responsible end-to-end for internal custom-tailored and innovative Business AI solutions.

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 and more equitable world.
SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide 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: Careers@sap.com.
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