Data Scientist - Agentic AI

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.

Job Title: Data Scientist - Agentic AI

We help the world run better

Our company culture is focused on helping our employees enable innovation by building breakthroughs together. How We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

SAP Business AI

SAP's Business AI growth area brings together product development, marketing, go-to-market, and services teams into a dedicated end-to-end unit. In this set-up we focus on accelerating our AI foundation, scaling AI swiftly across our product portfolio, and driving customer adoption of SAP Business AI. In doing so, we collaborate closely with all teams across SAP. Our goal is to leverage the Generative AI momentum to make SAP #1 in Business AI and redefine business process software for the next 50 years.

What you'll do

. Support the development of agentic AI workflows, including simple agent orchestration, prompt chaining, and tool-calling pipelines.

. Assist in the fine-tuning of large language models for tasks like code generation, code explanation, and automated transformations.

. Understand project needs and translate them into structured data and model tasks.

. Prepare and preprocess datasets to ensure clean, high-quality input for training and evaluation.

. Run experiments with different fine-tuning or configuration techniques, documenting results and insights.

. Analyze model and agent performance using basic evaluation metrics and help identify potential improvements.

. Participate in team discussions, sharing ideas and learning best practices around agentic AI development.

. Keep up with developments in generative AI, LLM frameworks, and agentic systems.

What you bring

. Bachelor's or Master's degree (or pursuing one) in Computer Science, Data Science, AI, or a related field.

. 3+ years of professional experience delivering machine learning and generative AI projects.

. Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.

. Ability to learn quickly and collaborate effectively with a technical team.

. Good written and verbal communication skills.

. Strong Python skills with exposure to ML/AI libraries.

. Strong experience in designing and implementing multi-agent systems for complex workflows, including orchestration, shared state, memory, and human-in-the-loop patterns.

. Ability to build agentic AI solutions with focus on reliability, evaluation, observability, and enterprise tool integration.

. Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure) is a plus, not mandatory.

Meet your team

The ABAP Foundation Model team is pioneering AI innovations within the SAP ABAP ecosystem. It is an integral part of the Generative AI foundation within Business AI at SAP. We focus on creating and refining our own Foundation Models using SAP Business Data, pushing the boundaries of what's possible with AI in business applications. By joining our team, you'll be an integral part of shaping the future of AI at SAP and driving significant advancements in the field.

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We build breakthroughs together

SAP innovations help more than 400,000 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 200 million users and more than 100,000 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, we build breakthroughs, together.

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 and more equitable world.

SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: [Confidential Information].

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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.

Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

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.

SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: [HIDDEN TEXT].

For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the , 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, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.

Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

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Requisition ID: 448366 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid