Development Expert (AI Project) - SAP Globalization Services

Development Expert

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We are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Development Expert to help lead the technical direction of our AI Project within SAP Globalization Services. This role requires deep expertise in cloud-native development, enterprise-scale architectures, and next-generation AI-driven engineering practices. The ideal candidate will combine architectural leadership with hands-on coding proficiency, guiding cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, intelligent, and future-ready solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define and evolve the solution architecture for the AI-driven automation platform, ensuring scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Translate functional requirements and product vision into robust technical designs, DB schemas, and cloud architectures.
• Provide hands-on coding and code reviews in Python, Java, and JavaScript, while setting architectural and coding standards.
• Architect and implement solutions on SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), integrating with cloud-native services and enterprise systems.
• Leverage AI and Knowledge Graph (triple store) technologies to build intelligent automation pipelines and data-driven decisioning frameworks.
• Collaborate closely with Product Owners, Engineering, and Data Science teams to ensure technical feasibility, compliance, and release readiness.
• Mentor, coach, and upskill team members, fostering a collaborative, innovative, and high-performing engineering culture.
• Ensure adherence to security, performance, and quality-by-design principles across the development lifecycle.
• Contribute to project management activities, helping estimate technical effort, shape roadmaps, and align architectural strategy with business priorities.

Required Qualifications:

• Proven experience as a Development Architect / Senior Technical Leader in enterprise SaaS or large-scale software environments.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Python, Java, JavaScript (Node.js runtime, React/Angular/SAPUI5), cloud architecture and SAP BTP services, database schema design, optimization, and large-scale data modeling.
• Demonstrated experience with Knowledge Graphs (triple stores), RDF/SPARQL, and semantic modeling.
• Working knowledge of AI/ML technologies (LLMs, embeddings, generative AI frameworks).
• Practical experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git/GitHub workflows, testing frameworks, and DevOps practices.
• Strong architectural design and code review skills with the ability to balance long-term vision with delivery excellence.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have:

• Background in ABAP development and SAP ecosystem integration.
• Exposure to hybrid migration architectures, cloud extensibility frameworks, and large-scale deployment.

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