Junior AI Engineer
Job Summary
We help the world run better
At SAP we keep it simple: you bring your best to us and well bring out the best in you. Were builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce and we need your unique talents to help shape whats next. The work is challenging but it matters. Youll find a place where you can be yourself prioritize your wellbeing and truly belong. Whats in it for you Constant learning skill growth great benefits and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.
We are developing anagentic AI platform for Cloud Operations: autonomous agents that classify alerts run operational playbooks investigate incidents and progressively refine their own skill library. The platform is organised into two layers acontrol planecovering agent registration skill governance and human-in-the-loop orchestration and theagentsthemselves which execute on SAP BTP / Kyma.
This position lives at the boundary between AI engineering and platform engineering. We are hiring someone who ships agents that operate reliably in production not proofs of concept.
What Youll Build
Designing and delivering LLM-driven agents based on skill-routing patterns (LangGraph Claude API / Anthropic SDK or comparable stacks)
Curating and evolving skill library self-contained skill definitions with clearly declared tool bindings trust levels and confirmation checkpoints
Wiring agents into the systems already in production use: ServiceNow alerting pipelines Kyma / BTP APIs and our internal knowledge sources
Contributing to shared agent memory and the feedback loops that lift skill quality over time
Packaging deploying and operating agents on SAP BTP / Kyma
Performing Agent testing and ensure Agents are production-ready including authorizing tests that assessdecision quality not merely whether a task ran to completion
Results and Outcomes
Delivers agents and skills within an established architecture autonomously
Performs comprehensive testing on agents they build
Effectively works in accordance with established compliance security and governance requirements
Understands ITSM and ITIL practices in the context of Cloud Operations and has them in mind to ensure Agent RoI performance and relevance
Mindset
You focus on efficiency value add and customer-centric experience
You actively communicate and collaborate with AI CoE and relevant teams to ensure compliance and effectiveness of AI Agents developed
Youdocument your work agent designs skill contracts and the reasoning behind decisions
You reason in terms ofboundaries and contracts: what an agent is authorized to do unattended what it must propose for approval and what it must never do
You embed input from Operation team testing in Agent workflows prior implementation
You continuously work to develop askill definition and initiate data-driven improvements over time
What You Bring
Essential
Strong command ofPython(primary language for agent work) with working fluency inTypeScript / Node
Practical experience building LLM applications that go well beyond prompt crafting including tool invocation structured output handling and agent control loops
A clear grasp of agentic design patterns: skill routing human-in-the-loop workflows and state-machine-driven execution
Working familiarity with at least one agent framework LangGraph LangChain AutoGen CrewAI or an equivalent
Comfort withcontainersand foundationalKubernetesconcepts since agents run on SAP BTP / Kyma
A sharp production-safety focus: recognizing the failure modes that matter hallucination tool misuse runaway loops breaches of trust boundaries
Strongly Preferred
Hands-on exposure toSAP BTP theCAP framework or enterprise integration patterns.
Familiarity withITSM and ITIL concepts ServiceNow the incident lifecycle SLA management since this is the domain in which the agents operate
Experience designing how AI systems areevaluated and measured
Hands-on experience in Cloud Operations or SRE with a proficient understanding of what safe remediation actually requires
A track record of contributing to ashared skill or tool libraryconsumed by multiple agents
Meet Your Team
As part of SAPs Global Cloud Operations Cloud Lifecycle Engineering & AI Ops organization youll join a team responsible for developing AI solutions related to operations of SAPs strategic cloud solutions such as SAP Business AI Platform Joule Business Data Cloud and AI Platform
Our mission is evolving beyond traditional cloud operations. We are embracing automation intelligent observability AIOps and AI agents to build the next generation of cloud operations. Our engineers partner closely with development and platform engineering to create smarter operational workflows reduce time to resolution and continuously improve customer experience.
If youre excited about cloud technologies enjoy solving complex problems through AI and want to help shape the future of AI-enabled operations at SAP wed love to meet you.
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
SAPs 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.
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Requisition ID: 459771 Work Area: Software-Development Operations Expected Travel: 0 - 10% Career Status: Graduate Employment Type: Regular Full Time Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid
Required Experience:
Junior IC
About Company
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