Job Description

We help the world run better
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.
Meet Our Team
SAP AI Product Engineering is part of the SAP Business AI unit and a key driver of the Intelligent Enterprise. Our mission is to infuse all enterprise applications with Artificial Intelligence capabilities, empowering our customers to maximize their business data.
We are responsible for foundational products such as SAP Generative AI Hub, AI Core, and AI Launchpad that help application developers embed AI capabilities into their solutions. Our global teams are located in Germany, Singapore, and India, working in an innovative, start-up-like environment where ideas are nurtured and cutting-edge solutions are built.
What You'll Do
As a Senior Platform Engineer , you will take end-to-end ownership of key platform components within SAP AI Core and the Generative AI Hub. You will design, build, optimize, and operate foundational services that power SAP's enterprise AI ecosystem.
This is a hands-on senior engineering role with a clear exposure to architectural responsibilities. You will influence system design, own cross-domain technical flows, and gradually evolve into an architectural leader while still actively coding.
End-to-End Engineering Ownership

• Own backend/platform components across design, development, testing, deployment, and operational support.
• Deliver complex features independently with high ownership and transparency.
• Drive deep technical investigations, performance tuning, and reliability improvements.

System Design
Participate in architectural discussions and propose scalable, secure, and maintainable design enhancements.

• Write technical design documents, sequence diagrams, and flow specifications.
• Understand and contribute to cross-component flows (executions, pipelines, monitoring, provisioning, model lifecycle)
• Evaluate technology choices, integration patterns, and long-term platform evolution.

Core Platform Engineering Responsibilities

• Build cloud-native microservices using Python / Java / Go
• Design secure, scalable APIs and integrate with SAP BTP and hyperscaler services.
• Enhance observability with logging, metrics, tracing, dashboards, and alerts.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines, automation, and developer productivity tooling.
• Implement strong engineering and security best practices.

DevOps, Stability & Performance Engineering

• Support productive customer workloads and internal platform consumers.
• Troubleshoot incidents, analyze root causes, and drive permanent fixes.
• Improve system throughput, performance, resilience, and cost efficiency.
• Ensure platform reliability through automated testing and continuous improvements.

Collaboration & Mentoring

• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and technical guidance.
• Collaborate closely with global teams across time zones.
• Contribute to org-wide engineering initiatives and platform-wide improvements.

What You Bring

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 5-10 years of strong experience in software/platform engineering.
• Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, OOP, design patterns, and software design principles
• Deep understanding of algorithms, distributed systems, API design, microservices, and clean coding principles.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, cloud-native patterns, and deployment on BTP or AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Expertise in at least one modern programming language: Python, Java, Go, TypeScript.
• Proven experience building and operating microservices at scale.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving capabilities across distributed systems.
• Solid experience with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Working knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or equivalent).
• Exposure to Generative AI, LLMs, embeddings, or RAG architectures.
• Ability to drive technical direction, write design proposals, and make trade-off decisions.
• Excellent communication, ownership mindset, and proactive attitude

Why Join Us?
At SAP, you'll work on the forefront of AI and cloud innovation, learning from experts while making a direct impact on how enterprises leverage AI. You'll have the opportunity to grow your career, collaborate globally, and work in a fast-paced, innovation-driven culture.
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: Careers@sap.com.
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the , according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.
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.
AI Usage in the Recruitment Process
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Please note that any violation of these guidelines may result in disqualification from the hiring process.
Requisition ID: 441686 | 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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