Senior Machine Learning Engineer

Job Description

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 SAP Labs Singapore

SAP Labs Singapore is the 20th engineering hub in the SAP Labs Network and is the newest innovation hub at SAP that drives product leadership, fosters the best talent, and aims to boost ecosystem and community engagement with a variety of initiatives.

SAP Labs Singapore has the ambition to expand significantly and become the Embedded Artificial Hub for SAP, leveraging on core competencies in the current teams. It provides an open, modern working environment and the opportunity to become part of the global SAP engineering community.

What you'll build

• Design, build and maintain scalable data pipelines for machine learning workflows focused on document processing.
• Manage large-scale structured and unstructured data assets, ensuring quality and readiness for training.
• Develop tools for data annotation and synthetic data generation to support model development.
• Design and implement training, validation, and deployment pipelines
• Monitor and improve model performance through continuous evaluation and retraining.
• Automate ML and data workflows for efficiency and reliability in cloud environments.
• Translate business requirements into effective ML solutions with measurable outcomes.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to align data and model strategies.
• Ensure integration quality and operational readiness across global SAP environments.
• Quickly learn domain-specific document types and adapt to evolving AI technologies.
• Coordinate technical tasks and ensure transparent communication on progress

What you bring:

Required

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field.
• Minimum 8 years of experiences with 5+ years of experience in software development, preferably in AI or cloud-based applications.
• Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, object-oriented design, and software architecture.
• Understanding of machine learning fundamentals, pipelines, and data lifecycle management.
• Practical experience with ML or data processing frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, Spark).
• Proficiency in at least two programming languages, preferably Python and Java.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong problem-solving mindset and motivation to deliver customer value.
• Experience leading technical teams and projects
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Optional

• Ph.D. degree in computer science or related technical field
• Hands-on scripting experience (e.g., bash).
• Skills in modern web development (JavaScript, HTML5, CSS)
• Operational familiarity with Linux systems (Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc.).
• Experience with cloud platforms such as SAP BTP, AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams

Where you belong:

As part of the SAP Labs Singapore, the Artificial Intelligence team has experienced professionals taking on challenges posed by the SAP customers. Based in Singapore, you will have the opportunity to work on the SAP Document AI service, an intelligent document processing solution serving thousands of customers worldwide. You will address real-world challenges in ML engineering in data management and data synthesis, training automation, model deployment and monitoring. As part of the global product engineering team, you will participate in rich and engaging conversations with experts around the globe.

Purpose and objectives

As an Senior Machine Learning Engineer/ Machine Learning Engineer, you will work together with a team of dedicated experts including AI scientists, data engineers, dev-ops engineers, and architects with a single goal of building the best-in-class AI products. You will work against fixed timelines and your success will be measured by the ability to deliver solutions matching the performance of top-notch artificial intelligence systems.

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: Careers@sap.com.

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, 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

AI Usage in the Recruitment Process

For information on the responsible use of AI in our recruitment process, please refer to our Guidelines for Ethical Usage of AI in the Recruiting Process.

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

Requisition ID: 437339 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid