SAP · 11 hours ago
AI Development Architect
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$192K/yr - $366K/yrSAP is a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services, helping over four hundred thousand customers worldwide. The AI Development Architect will set the AI architecture direction, drive enterprise-wide adoption of AI systems, and work across various stakeholders to build scalable and responsible AI solutions.
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Responsibilities
Define and lead the AI architecture strategy, including reference architectures, platform patterns, reusable components, and integration standards
Architect agentic systems, tool orchestration, and LLM-driven workflows to support intelligent and autonomous application behaviors
Partner with product engineering leaders to embed AI capabilities into core product experiences and foundational platform services
Establish AI governance frameworks, covering data lineage, model monitoring, human-in-the-loop controls, auditability, and responsible AI practices
Guide the selection and adoption of AI platforms, frameworks, and model providers, balancing performance, cost, compliance, and security
Drive engineering productivity improvements through reusable libraries, development environments, and standardized patterns
Measure and improve AI cost efficiency, including inference cost modeling and optimization strategies
Collaborate with global engineering, T&I, Product, and business leadership to ensure aligned technical decisions and scalable execution
AI Community of practice: Lead AI enablement programs—mentoring engineers, training architects, and promoting knowledge-sharing across teams
Prototype, validate, and launch reference implementations and accelerator solutions that unlock faster adoption and delivery
Communicate architectural direction clearly to executives, engineering teams, and cross-functional stakeholders, enabling decision-making at speed
Enterprise AI Enablement: Own the AI Pattern library, ensuring reusable templates for AI across SuccessFactors
Innovation Pipeline: Awareness, validation and recommendation of emerging AI tools/concepts
Bridge product vision and technical execution: translating AI use cases, concepts and strategic goals into scalable, governed architectures and actionable engineering plans
Stakeholder Enablement: Act as the bridge between research, engineering and product management to translate emerging AI capabilities into business outcomes
Evangelism: Represent AI architecture direction (across SAP, with a SuccessFactors focus) in executive customer engagements
Customer & Field Alignment: Support Product Management in customer discussions and supporting material creation to effectively educate and communicate the field and customer base
Metrics and Outcome Definition: Partner with Product Management to define success metrics and ensure the architecture is in place to enable their measurement
Qualification
Required
Deep engineering expertise in AI architecture and development
Experience in defining reference architectures and platform patterns
Ability to architect agentic systems and LLM-driven workflows
Experience in establishing AI governance frameworks
Knowledge of AI platforms, frameworks, and model providers
Experience in driving engineering productivity improvements
Ability to measure and improve AI cost efficiency
Experience collaborating with global engineering and business leadership
Experience leading AI enablement programs and mentoring engineers
Ability to prototype, validate, and launch reference implementations
Strong communication skills to convey architectural direction to stakeholders
Experience in managing an AI Pattern library
Ability to bridge product vision and technical execution
Experience in stakeholder enablement between research, engineering, and product management
Experience in representing AI architecture direction in customer engagements
Ability to support Product Management in customer discussions and material creation
Experience in defining success metrics in collaboration with Product Management
Company
SAP
SAP provides enterprise application software to various industries, including consumer, discrete manufacturing, public services.
Founded in 1972
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.3BKey Investors
Elliott Management Corp.
2019-04-24Post Ipo Equity· $1.3B
2015-06-01Grant· $1.37M
1998-08-03IPO
Leadership Team
Christian Klein
CEO & Member of the Executive Board
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CTO at PLAT.ONE, An SAP Company
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