SAP

Principal Machine Learning Engineer

SAP
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12 hours ago
Palo Alto, CA, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$198k - $420k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Architect, design, deploy, and optimize large-scale ML systems, including LLM capabilities and infrastructure.
  • Lead ML platform development, advanced MLOps, observability, model governance, explainability, and production readiness.
  • Define architectural, engineering, and operational standards across teams and products.
  • Partner with stakeholders to gather requirements, resolve ambiguity, and propose solutions aligned with customer and product objectives.
  • Mentor engineers, guide teams, influence technical direction, and support adoption of modern ML techniques.
  • Ensure ML solutions meet business, performance, scalability, security, and governance requirements.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience delivering complex systems.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field.
  • Hands-on production experience with AI/ML, including LLMs, RAG, prompt engineering, vector search, agent workflows, and model evaluation.
  • Expertise in distributed systems design and large-scale enterprise product architecture.
  • Strong programming skills, proficiency with ML frameworks, and solid understanding of MLOps practices.
  • Excellent English communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively in global, multicultural teams.
  • Experience with large-scale ML architecture, model governance, explainability, observability, and performance and cost optimization.

Benefits

  • Flexible working models, health and well-being support, inclusion-focused culture, and additional benefits subject to applicable plans and eligibility requirements.
  • Accessibility accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.
  • The role is a permanent position unless otherwise specified by the applicable employment arrangement.

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SAP

About SAP

10,000+ employees

SAP builds enterprise application software and cloud services for finance, procurement, supply chain, human resources, and analytics, sold through subscriptions, licenses, and support. Its portfolio includes SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Ariba, and SAP SuccessFactors. Founded in 1972 and headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, SAP is a public company listed on the NYSE and Frankfurt (ETR) and serves enterprises and public-sector organizations worldwide.

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