Senior AI Data Engineer (m/f/d)

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.

What you`ll do:

Following the “Software as a Service” (SaaS) approach, the operational and the maintenance activities for a software operated in the cloud are not on the customer side anymore. Getting more understanding about what is happening inside of the application with respect to the performance and the content usage is one of the major requirements of many customers of such cloud products of SAP as Analytics Cloud, Data Sphere and Business Data Cloud.

We are investing continiously in collecting and analyzing usage and performance metrics to enhance our SaaS cloud software. As a Senior Data Scientist, you will play an important role in transforming raw data into actionable insights—both to optimize our platform and to deliver high-impact value to our customers. You’ll work closely with engineering, product, and customer success teams to identify trends, predict outcomes, improve performance and stability and build scalable and enterprise-ready solutions. Your key responsibilitis are going to be

• Data-Driven Product Improvement: Analyze usage patterns, performance bottlenecks, and feature adoption to guide product roadmaps and engineering priorities.
• Customer Insights: Develop models and dashboards that surface actionable insights for customers, enabling them to maximize the value of our platform.
• Predictive & Prescriptive Analytics: Build and deploy ML models to forecast usage trends, detect anomalies, and recommend optimizations.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with engineering to instrument data collection, and with product teams to translate insights into features.
• Scalable Data Solutions: Design and implement robust pipelines, ETL processes, and data architectures to support real-time analytics.

What you bring :

• University degree in computer science, physics, mathematics or related areas
• Analytical skills, ability to work on complex problems and to do the conceptual work
• Good programming skills
• Strong background in statistical analysis
• Experience with data visualization and dashboarding.
• Knowledge and experience with SAP HANA is preferable
• Strong team player
• Fluent in German and English

Meet your team:

“BDC Core Cross Services, Performance and Reliability Excellence” team is part of a global development organization and we are working in close cooperation with other development and operations teams in multiple locations. We’re constantly looking for improvements, for optimizations and also for synergies in the team but also between the different teams. Within our team we practice a trust-based working model with a high degree of enablement and independence for the team members.

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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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AI Usage in the Recruitment Process

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Please note that any violation of these guidelines may result in disqualification from the hiring process.

Requisition ID: 454867 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid

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