(Junior) Applied AI Developer (f/m/d) for the AI Frontrunner team
We win with
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.
What you'll do: Summary: The Role:
- Scout for and apply frontier research in AI, emerging sytem designs, architectural patterns, models, frameworks in prototypes and POCs
- Design and build rapid AI prototypes and MVPs in short, outcome-focused exploration cycles.
- Translate user, customer, and product problems into technically feasible AI solution concepts.
- Implement end-to-end AI capabilities across SAP apps and backend services, data pipelines, APIs, and user-facing applications.
- Define and execute evaluation and testing approaches covering functional quality, model or agent behavior, latency, cost, reliability, privacy, and security.
- Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Project Leads, UX Designers, Architects, Data Scientists, and Developers from our team and partner organizations.
- Engage with SAP Lines of Business, product teams, customers, and customer-facing organizations to understand business processes and validate solution assumptions.
- Communicate technical decisions, progress, risks, and findings clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Contribute reusable components, templates, evaluation methods, and engineering practices that help the team accelerate future AI explorations.
- Support other developers through design discussions, code reviews, knowledge sharing, and hands-on technical guidance.
- Several years of hands-on experience building cloud-native software, AI applications, or data-intensive systems.
- Strong development skills in Python, TypeScript, Node.js.
- Practical experience with modern applied AI, such as LLM appls, RAG, agent frameworks, tools and skills etc.
- Experience designing and implementing APIs, services, integrations, and containerized applications.
- Ability to debug and improve systems across application code, model behavior, data flows, integrations, logs, and runtime environments.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills across engineering, product, design, architecture, and business stakeholders.
- Particularly valuable for this internal role:
- Familiarity with AI use cases, solutions, or strategic initiatives across SAP.
- Understanding of business processes and application landscapes in areas such as Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Human Resources, Customer Experience, or Industries.
- Exposure to customer projects, co-innovation engagements, design-partner programs, or technical workshops with customers and partners.
- Ability to navigate SAP’s product and organizational landscape and identify the right domain experts, product owners, data sources, and integration points.
- Experience working with SAP technologies such as SAP BTP, CAP, SAP AI Core, SAP AI Launchpad, HANA, S/4HANA, Knowledge Graph, etc.
- Experience implementing SAP Product Standards
We offer
What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed. #LI-SW1
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.
AI Usage in the Recruitment Process
For information on the responsible use of AI in our recruitment process, please refer to our Guidelines for Ethical Usage of AI in the Recruiting Process. Please note that any violation of these guidelines may result in disqualification from the hiring process. Requisition ID: 457148 | Work Area: Software-Design und Entwicklung | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Berufserfahren | Employment Type: Part-Time, or Vollzeit, unbefristet | Additional Locations: Berlin, or