We help the world run better
At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.
About the Role
We are building a new model for enterprise software: working directly with customers to design, build, and deploy AI agents that automate real workflows and decision-making in production within weeks—not quarters.
As a Forward Deployed AI Engineer, you will partner directly with customers and product managers to design, build, and deploy production-grade AI agent systems that operate at scale—handling real business processes and high-volume interactions. You will own the end-to-end implementation of these systems, from architecture and integrations to deployment and iteration in live environments.
This is a high-ownership, fast-paced role at the intersection of engineering and customer delivery. You are expected to move quickly from concept to production, building full-stack solutions and agentic systems that are reliable, scalable, and continuously improving.
This is a deeply hands-on role. You are expected to design and build complete systems, create tooling and harnesses to accelerate development, and use modern AI tools to prototype, debug, and iterate rapidly—not just contribute isolated components.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and deploy agentic systems for enterprise workflows
Design and implement AI agents (and multi-agent systems) that reason and retrieve data across complex business processes and take action in enterprise systems. - Collaborate directly with customers and cross-functional teams
Work closely with customer stakeholders to refine solutions, test prototypes, and ensure they meet real-world needs. - Develop agentic harnesses to accelerate development
Create evaluation frameworks, toolchains, and workflows that enable rapid iteration and improve system reliability. - Own full-stack implementation and integrations
Build across LLMs, APIs, backend systems, and lightweight UIs to deliver complete, working solutions. - Design orchestration, reasoning, and workflows
Architect how agents plan, use tools, and coordinate across complex, multi-step processes. - Ensure reliability, safety, and production readiness
Implement guardrails, validation logic, and fallback mechanisms to ensure consistent and trustworthy behavior in production.
Qualifications
- 3-5+ years in software engineering (full-stack or backend)
- Experience building API-driven systems and integrations
- Familiarity with LLMs or AI-based systems
- Preferred: Experience with agent systems, orchestration frameworks, or AI tooling
What Success Looks Like
- Ship production-ready agent systems rapidly
- Build tooling that increases team velocity
- Deliver reliable systems in complex enterprise environments
Bring out your best
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.
We win with inclusion
SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.
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For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Compensation Range Transparency: SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP’s commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted annual combined range for this position is 106900-229400USD. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidate will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount and any actual payout amount is dependent on company and personal performance. Please reference this link for a summary of SAP benefits and eligibility requirements: SAP North America Benefits.
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Requisition ID: 454803 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid
