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Senior Application AI Engineer - SAP Globalization AI

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3 days ago
Sofia, BulgariaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architecture, implementation, and end-to-end production operation of scalable AI-powered applications, agents, retrieval systems, and backend services.
  • Design advanced RAG systems and agentic workflows using distributed integrations, REST APIs, MCP, A2A protocols, and event-driven or streaming patterns.
  • Ensure production readiness through automated testing, resilience, observability, performance engineering, and resolution of complex cross-service issues.
  • Design secure identity and service-to-service integration patterns covering OAuth/OIDC, authentication, authorization, and secrets management.
  • Evaluate AI models, frameworks, and protocols; create reusable engineering patterns and guide responsible adoption across SAP Globalization.
  • Own critical systems, mentor engineers, lead code reviews, and collaborate with AI scientists, product managers, engineers, and domain experts.

Requirements

  • Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • Advanced Python proficiency and strong experience with async backend services, APIs, distributed systems, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and automated testing.
  • Hands-on expertise in LLM applications, advanced RAG, context engineering, tool calling, agentic workflows, and reliable handling of nondeterministic AI outputs.
  • Experience delivering AI-powered systems into production and designing cloud-native architectures.
  • Technical leadership and mentoring experience, including alignment across product managers, engineers, and domain experts.
  • Ability to apply AI usefully and responsibly, ensuring AI-generated outputs are high-quality, safe, and aligned.
  • Fluency in English is required.

Benefits

  • SAP offers an inclusive culture, health and well-being support, and flexible working models.
  • The role provides opportunities for learning, coaching, knowledge sharing, and technical leadership in an active enterprise AI build phase.
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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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