Chief Architect

**We help the world run better**

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. 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.

**Meet our team**

**What you'll do**
As a Chief Architect, you will lead the technical design and architecture of AI Core, ensuring that systems are robust, scalable, and efficient. Provide technical leadership and guidance to local & global development teams, ensuring adherence to architectural best practices and product standards. Author clear technical documentation and presentations in collaboration with product engineers and architects to communicate architecture and design options to educate engineering teams and product managers.

You will have a great opportunity to learn and work on emerging technologies, solving high impact real-world problems at the intersection of Cloud, DevOps, and Artificial Intelligence which is a strategic priority for SAP.

Your tasks will include:

- ** Architect and Design AI Core Features**:Lead the end-to-end architecture of AI solutions and platforms, ensuring scalability, security, and high performance.
- ** Drive Innovation**: Lead the evaluation, design, and integration of cutting-edge AI technologies, with a focus on generative AI, machine learning, and cloud-native architectures
- ** Collaborate Across Teams**:Work closely with cross-functional teams including developers, DevOps engineers, and AI researchers to create a unified technical vision and drive high-impact projects.
- ** Optimize System Performance**:Ensure that systems are optimized for large-scale data processing, AI workloads, and high availability.
- ** Mentor and Inspire Teams**: Provide technical leadership, mentoring junior engineers, and driving best practices for software architecture and full stack development.
- ** Strategize Future Growth**: Work with Product Leaders and management to align technical strategies with business goals, identifying expansion opportunities
- ** Oversee Quality and Security**: Ensure that systems meet the highest standards for security, performance, and scalability. Lead code reviews, architecture audits, and system evaluations.
- Explore, understand, and implement most recent technologies and approaches for enhancing the value and adoption of AICore.

**What you bring**
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields. Master’s degree preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in software development and architecture, with a focus on cloud-based AI solutions.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Go, or JavaScript.
- Strong expertise in hyperscaler platforms such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Deep understanding of DevOps practices, including CI/CD, as well as container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes. Additionally, familiarity with Cloud Native technology stack such as Istio, Helm, Argo, and Envoy is essential.
- Foundation in AI and machine learning model integration, particularly in generative AI and large language models (LLMs).
- Experience with secure Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Threat Modeling, vulnerability management, and knowledge of industry best practices.
- Experience with observability tools such as Dynatrace, Grafana, and Prometheus.
- Proven track record in technical leadership, mentoring, and collaboration across global, distributed teams.
- Ability to tackle complex architectural problems and deliver innovative solutions under tight deadlines.

Nice to have:

- Experience in developing AI tools or frameworks, especially in enterprise contexts.
- Exposure to Generative AI and build SAP Embedded AI solutions
- Knowledge of AI ethics and data privacy in AI deployments
- Familiar with AIOps

**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 and more equitable world.

**EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability**:
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 disab