SAP Cloud Architect f/m/d SAP Business AI 

Germany, Baden-Württemberg 

944700561

What you’ll do
Summary:
At SAP, we're integrating state-of-the-art AI technology with our industry-specific data and deep process knowledge to innovate across SAP products & services. Large Language Models (LLMs) are transforming Machine Learning but pose challenges in business applications due to their limited understanding of structured and unstructured business data such as business data models, business process metadata and documentation, which slows the development progress. It is SAP's mission to overcome this challenge within the realm of Business AI. Our goal is to provide Knowledge Graphs (KGs) as key differentiators to address LLM challenges like hallucination and compliance, as well as enable the development of the foundation models on structured data to deliver distinctive generative AI solutions to our customers.
As a Cloud Architect (f/m/d), you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing the system architecture strategy for Business Knowledge Graphs. Your primary responsibility will be to provide system architecture guidance, concepts, and support to ensure the successful execution of Knowledge Graph initiatives.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Define, own and steer end-to-end architecture and implementation working closely with our engineering team based on the US West Coast
• Translate use case requirements into architecture definitions
• Drive execution and delivery of production-ready KG solutions establishing a stable and reliable system architecture environment
• Ensure adherence to SAP and SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) development architecture standards and best practices
• Drive KG system architecture towards the long-term vision of business knowledge graphs spanning across SAP, collaborating with the Chief Expert of Knowledge Graph and Semantic Technologies
• Maintain active communication and collaboration with other Development Architects and stakeholders within the organization’s architecture community on relevant architectural adjustments to the system architecture of KG solutions
• Identify opportunities for reuse of architecture concepts or software parts and cross-team synergies. Align architecture with stakeholders regarding architectural or technical dependencies
• Integrate inputs and ideas from AI Scientists, AI Researchers, Data Engineers and Knowledge Engineers towards a holistic product vision

What you bring

• 10+years of experience in Software Engineering with at least 5 years of professional experience as an architect
• Bachelors or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or other relevant disciplines
• Expertise in architectural design and operation principles (Golden Path) and patterns, with a keen understanding of SAP software development methodologies (CAP, DwC, CI/CD, Docker/ Kubernetes, etc.). Strong experience with SAP BTP services, CAP framework, UI5, and Kernel services
• Proven ability to work in an agile environment with deep experience in design, development, deployment, and testing of multi-tenant business applications in the cloud
• Experience in being part of large-scale software development projects distributed across geographical locations and proven track record in architecture delivering production grade cloud / SaaS applications
• Experience with SAP Products is necessary: SAP S/4HANA / SAP Ariba / SAP Success Factors or any other, along with a good understanding of SAP Business AI offerings such as Joule, AI Services, AI Core / Launchpad and GenAIHub
• Proficiency in any of the programming languages such as Python, R, Java, Scala or others
• Strong communication skills to ensure a holistic and accepted architecture definition
• Exposure to Knowledge Graph (KG), experience with Semantic Web (RDF, SPARQL, SHACL) and vector databases in combination with KGs is a plus
• Willingness to work during times overlapping with the US West Coast, including regular meetings after 6pm CET