Associate AI Developer/ AI Developer (Full stack) – Artificial Intelligence, SAP Labs Singapore

SAP ASIA PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

SAP Labs Singapore is seeking an Associate AI Developer to collaborate with AI scientists, data engineers, and engineers on building AI products for global customers. Based in Singapore, you will contribute to cloud-based data applications and scalable pipelines, delivering solutions within fixed timelines.

The role offers exposure to cutting-edge AI technologies, multi-team collaboration across time zones, and opportunities to grow within SAP's engineering community.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 0 to 3 years of working experience as software developer, preferably in AI focused cloud application development.
• Solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in algorithms, data structures, objects-oriented programming, design patterns, multi-threaded programming, and software design principles.
• Hands-on knowledge in at least two of the server/ client-side programming languages such as Java, Scala, Go, Python, node.js, C++
• Exposure to Big Data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark and Kafka
• Hands-on knowledge of the frameworks such as Spring, Play, AngularJS, Flask etc.
• Fundamental knowledge of container & orchestration technologies like docker, Kubernetes.
• Experience with cloud-based application development using platforms such as SAP’s business technology platform, AWS, Azure & Google Cloud Platform is a plus.
• Familiar with Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Strong desire to overcome obstacles and make your work benefit SAP's customers.
• Excellent written and communication skills in English language.

Responsibilities

• Push the frontiers of AI to create new solutions.
• Explore, understand, and implement latest technologies and approaches for cloud applications and data pipelines.
• Handle multi-terabyte data sets in scale-up and scale-out environments.
• Strive for automation and cloud operation readiness.
• Understand business processes which create and consume data to select best approaches, evaluate performance and relevance.
• Support machine learning research/project teams with data.
• Build scalable and re-usable data processing pipelines.
• Collaborate with team, customers, and partners to understand requirements and derive concepts.
• Perform quality assurance tasks and solve complex integration issues.
• Work in global teams with different time zones.
• Immerse yourself quickly into new topics and development tasks.

Skills

Java

Python

Scala

Go

C++

Node.js

Algorithms

Design patterns

OOP

Multithreading

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Hadoop

Spark

Kafka

Spring

Play

AngularJS

Flask

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

*SAP will be prioritizing candidates with full working rights in Singapore*

About SAP

A market leader in end-to-end business application software, SAP helps more than 425,000 customers worldwide work together more efficiently. We know that a diverse and inclusive workforce keeps us competitive and provides opportunities for all. We believe that together we can transform industries, grow economics, lift societies, and sustain our environment. Because it’s the best-run businesses that make the world run better and improve people’s lives. At SAP, we build breakthroughs, together.

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.

Your future team

Artificial Intelligence team as part of SAP Labs Singapore has experienced professionals taking on challenges posed by the SAP customers. Based in Singapore, you will have the opportunity to work on breakthrough projects addressing real-world problems, challenging norms with some of the SAP’s key customers. 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 Associate AI Developer / AI Developer, 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.

Applicants with relevant experience may be considered for AI Developer role.

Expectations and tasks

Your tasks include:

• Push the frontiers of what is possible in artificial intelligence to create new solutions.
• Explore, understand, and implement most recent technologies and approaches for cloud applications and data pipelines.
• Comfortably handle multi-terabyte data sets in scale-up and scale-out environments
• Strive for automation and cloud operation readiness.
• Understand business processes which create and consume data to be able to select best approaches, evaluate their performance and assess business relevance.
• Supports machine learning research/project teams with all aspects around data.
• Builds scalable and re-usable data processing pipelines.
• Create excellence both in terms of results quality and system scalability through continuous evaluation, analysis, and refinement of the system implementation.
• Work closely with the team, customers, and partners to holistically understand business and user requirements and derive adequate application development concepts.
• Performing quality assurance tasks and solving complex integration issues.
• Ability to work in global teams with different time zones.
• Immerse yourself quickly into new topics, terminology, and development tasks.

Educational and experience requirements

Required

• Degree in Computer Science or related field
• 0 to 3 years of working experience as software developer, preferrable in AI focused cloud application development.
• A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in algorithms, data structures, objects-oriented programming, design patterns, multi-threaded programming, and software design principles
• Hands-on knowledge in at least two of the server/ client-side programming languages such as Java, Scala, Go, Python, node.js, C++
• Exposure to Big Data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark and Kafka
• Hands-on knowledge of the frameworks such as Spring, Play, AngularJS, Flask etc.
• Fundamental knowledge of container & orchestration technologies like docker, Kubernetes etc.
• Experience with cloud-based application development using platforms such as SAP’s business technology platform, AWS, Azure & Google Cloud Platform is a plus.
• Familiar with Agile/Scrum methodologies
• Strong desire to overcome obstacles and make your work benefit SAP's customers.
• Excellent written and communication skills in English language.

Optional

• Hands-on experience in Shell Scripting, PowerShell
• Excellent web UI programming skills (JavaScript, HTML5, CSS)
• Experience with JavaScript frameworks (e.g., D3.js, jQuery, RequireJS, KnockoutJS, AngularJS, NodeJS etc.)
• Knowledge of UI Design Patterns and Interactions
• Operational knowledge of Linux distributions such as Redhat, Ubuntu, CentOS, CoreOS
• Exposure to deployment and container orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, Puppet, Chef, Ansible
• Knowledge of Machine Learning fundamentals

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