SAP China iXp Intern - AI Developer Intern - Shanghai

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.

About the SAP Internship Experience Program:

The SAP Internship Experience Program is SAPs global paid internship program that provides university students with the opportunities to find purpose in their careers.

Three reasons to intern at SAP

1. Culture of collaboration: meet with mentors make new friends across the globe and create a thriving personal network.
2. Project-driven experience: gain cross-functional skills from our virtual and in-person learning sessions diverse subject matter experts and project deliverables.
3. Gain visibility: with SAP Internship Experience Program in your title youll have a global network of SAP leaders entrepreneurs and career development opportunities at your fingertips.

What youll do:

• Translate insights from AI research academic papers and industry updates into working prototypes and real-world applications.
• Design build and iterate on AI-powered applications integrating APIs vector databases and agent frameworks.
• Develop and maintain evaluation datasets define success metrics and run systematic tests to guide iteration and improvement.
• Document experiments and prototypes clearly to ensure reproducibility and support team learning.

What you bring:

Were looking for someone who takes initiative perseveres and stay curious. You like to work on meaningful innovative projects and are energized by lifelong learning.

• Currently pursuing or enrolled full-time with a degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or related field
• Available for a 6-month internship working 3 days per week
• Foundations: Working knowledge of transformers embeddings RAG and the trade-offs between prompting and fine-tuning.
• Strong coding: Proficiency in Python; able to move from idea to prototype quickly. Git/GitHub proficiency required.
• Data & pipeline basics: Familiarity with Pandas/NumPy and/or basic SQL; able to build small data pipelines write clean data loaders log experiments/results and present findings in a visualizedway.
• Integration fluency: Skilled at wiring up LLM APIs and common tooling (e.g. Hugging Face LangChain LlamaIndex or equivalents).
• Curiosity & rigor: Asks sharp questions challenges assumptions and follows evidence.

Preferred Qualification:

• Full-stack prototyping: Basic frontend/UI skills (Streamlit Gradio or React) and simple deployment experience (Docker small VM or serverless).
• Experiment tracking: Familiarity with MLflow Weights & Biases or a lightweight custom logging setup.
• Model tinkering: Hands-on experience with SFT/LoRA/PEFT and running small GPU jobs.
• Agent/tool use: Experience with function/tool calling memory handling and multi-step chains.
• Evaluation mindset: Experience (through coursework or projects) in creating evaluation datasets defining meaningful metrics running A/B or benchmark-style tests and interpreting results.

What we Offer:

• Structured mentorship program with experienced engineers
• Real project responsibilities from day one
• Regular feedback and career guidance sessions
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment
• Modern tech stack and development tools
• Opportunities to work on innovative solutions
• Flexible work arrangements

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Requisition ID: 435094 Work Area: Administration Expected Travel: 0 - 10% Career Status: Student Employment Type: Limited Full Time Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid