SAP · 3 hours ago
SAP iXp Intern - AI Platform Engineering- DevEx, laC, & LLMOps
Newport Beach, CA, US, 92660
Internship
Hybrid
Intern
$15/hr - $62/hrSAP is a global leader in enterprise application software, and they are seeking an AI Platform Engineering Intern. This role involves building and delivering AI-powered DevOps and platform tooling, working hands-on with cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes-based platforms.
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Responsibilities
Designing and building Generative AI–powered tools or agents that:
Generate, refactor, and validate Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, Helm, Crossplane)
Assist with Infrastructure-as-Data (IaD) migrations by transforming configs, scripts, and runbooks into structured, declarative formats
Act as developer or operational copilots for infrastructure and DevOps workflows
Applying LLMOps / MLOps best practices, including:
Prompt and workflow versioning
Structured outputs and validation
Evaluation, guardrails, fallback strategies, and cost/latency awareness
Working hands-on with:
Kubernetes, Helm, and cloud-native orchestration patterns
Azure Cloud platform
Building Developer Experience (DevEx) tooling such as:
AI-assisted CLIs, internal portals, or chat-based tools
“Golden path” workflows for infrastructure provisioning, deployment, or operations
Self-service abstractions that reduce cognitive load while preserving safety
Collaborating closely with DevOps, SRE, platform, and application engineers to:
Validate AI-generated outputs against production standards
Deliver production-quality code, automation, and documentation
Qualification
Required
Must be currently enrolled, or recently graduated (start date must be within 6 months of graduation date) from a coding academy/bootcamp, apprenticeship, associate, bachelor's, master's or JD/PhD program
Strong fundamentals in cloud infrastructure, automation, and software engineering
Proven hands-on experience applying Generative AI in practical systems
Demonstrated hands-on experience building with Generative AI / LLMs, including: Using commercial or open-source LLMs via APIs, Prompt engineering for code generation, transformation, or analysis, Producing structured outputs (JSON, YAML, schemas)
Exposure to LLMOps or MLOps concepts, such as: Prompt or model versioning, Evaluation and quality measurement, Deployment, monitoring, and rollback strategies, Evidence of this experience through internships, research projects, open-source contributions, or substantial personal projects (e.g., GitHub repositories or demos)
Strong understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code / Infrastructure-as-Data principles, including: Declarative infrastructure, Idempotency, reconciliation loops, and drift detection
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and core primitives
Hands-on experience with Helm charts and templating
At least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Familiarity with cloud orchestration or control-plane patterns (operators, controllers)
Strong programming skills in one or more of: Python, Go, TypeScript/JavaScript, or Java
Experience with Git-based workflows and CI/CD pipelines
Writing clean, maintainable, and testable code
Debugging distributed or asynchronous systems
Preferred
Experience building developer tooling or internal platforms is a strong plus
Familiarity with agent-based systems or workflow orchestration
Policy-as-Code (OPA, Kyverno) or security scanning
Observability tooling (logs, metrics, tracing)
Demonstrated ability to learn quickly, work independently, and make sound engineering decisions with minimal supervision
Benefits
SAP North America Benefits
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
Sandi de Souza
Chief Financial Officer: Africa
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