AI Development Lead

Summary

Join SAP Fioneer as a (Gen)AI Development Lead and spearhead AI feature development for our banking products. You will be the central driver of our GenAI strategy, designing, coding, and deploying production-grade features integrated into our core banking software. This hands-on technical leadership role involves building prototypes, delivering production-ready code, and defining the technical vision for AI. You will also grow and mentor a dedicated AI development team and ensure best practices for scalable, secure AI solutions. Collaborate with product managers, solution leads, and customers to ensure AI features meet requirements and deliver tangible business value. Shape the future of AI in banking by leading the creation of AI capabilities embedded in mission-critical systems.

Requirements

• Technical expertise
• 7+ years of software development with a track record of delivering AI/ML solutions in production
• Deep understanding of LLMs, ML algorithms, deep learning frameworks, and GenAI methods such as RAG
• Hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex or similar frameworks
• Strong programming skills (e.g. Python, Java, JavaScript, C++, R)
• Cloud-native development experience (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud) with containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience in leading and scaling development teams
• Skilled at translating business requirements into scalable AI architectures

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical design, development, and deployment of (Gen)AI-powered features for our banking products
• Be part of the complete innovation process for AI capabilities – all the way from rapid prototypes and demos to production-grade solutions that can be deployed at large banks globally
• Work closely with core banking solutions and data – enabling AI agents to interact with transaction data, automate business processes, and generate insights as well as recommendations for our banking customers and their clients
• Lead and further grow a high-performing AI development team, setting technical direction and mentoring developers
• Collaborate with product managers, solution leads, and our customers to ensure AI features meet requirements and deliver tangible business value
• Provide architectural and technical guidance to implementation teams, including where AI features touch SAP/ABAP components

Preferred Qualifications

Proven ability to integrate AI into enterprise-grade systems; SAP/ABAP exposure and experience is a strong plus

Benefits

• Occupational pension provisions
• Support for health and wellbeing
• Various mobility options like bike leasing and transportation allowances
• Additional perks such as celebration rewards, meal programs, jubilee recognition, and relocation reimbursement