Forward Deployed AI Engineer (T2 AI Developer)

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.

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 challengingbut 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.

As a Forward Deployed AI Engineer (T2) you will independently build AI-native enterprise applications and work directly with customers to solve complex business problems. You will own technical workstreams design production-grade AI solutions and collaborate with architects to deliver scalable secure enterprise-ready AI applications. This role is designed for engineers with 48 years of experience who are passionate about Generative AI cloud-native engineering and customer success.

• Design and implement production-grade AI applications using modern software engineering practices.
• Develop AI agents using LLMs RAG MCP tool calling structured outputs and multi-agent orchestration.
• Build integrations with SAP products enterprise applications APIs databases and external services.
• Deploy and operate AI applications on SAP AI Core SAP BTP Kubernetes and public cloud platforms.
• Own customer-facing technical workstreams and translate business requirements into working AI solutions.
• Develop reusable frameworks accelerators and reference implementations.
• Perform code reviews and mentor Associate AI Developers.
• Optimize AI systems for performance reliability observability and cost.
• Collaborate with architects product engineering and customer stakeholders.
• Drive innovation through prototypes and emerging AI technologies.

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Information Technology or a related discipline.
• 48 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong Python programming skills with experience in Java TypeScript or JavaScript.
• Hands-on experience with LangGraph LangChain CrewAI Semantic Kernel AutoGen or similar frameworks.
• Strong understanding of LLMs prompt engineering embeddings vector databases RAG MCP and agentic AI.
• Experience building REST APIs microservices and cloud-native applications.
• Hands-on experience with Docker Kubernetes Git CI/CD and AWS Azure or GCP.
• Experience integrating enterprise applications and databases.
• Exposure to SAP BTP SAP AI Core Joule or SAP Business AI services is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication analytical thinking ownership and customer engagement skills.

• Experience with Knowledge Graphs GraphRAG AI evaluation and AI observability.
• Experience delivering enterprise AI projects in customer-facing roles.
• Open-source contributions hackathons or technical community involvement.
• Experience using GitHub Copilot Cursor Claude Code or similar AI-assisted engineering tools.

You will join a global Forward Deployed Engineering team delivering enterprise AI solutions for customers across the Americas Europe and Asia. You will independently own customer workstreams while partnering with senior engineers and architects on complex enterprise engagements helping shape reusable AI assets and delivery best practices.

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Requisition ID: 457493 Work Area: Software-Development Operations Expected Travel: 0 - 10% Career Status: Professional Employment Type: Regular Full Time Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid