Chief AI Engineering Architect

SAP SE; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 274,000 - 609,000; Full time

Job summary

SAP SE is seeking a Chief Expert in AI engineering to define architectures and lead enterprise-scale AI initiatives. You will guide design decisions, mentor teams, and liaise with customers to align roadmaps with business strategy.

This hybrid NYC-based role focuses on advancing AI capabilities, governance, and scalable delivery across SAP’s global engagements. You will collaborate with product, research, and leadership to shape SAP AI product strategy, accelerate adoption of foundation models,

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and delivering production-grade AI native applications at enterprise scale.
• Able to define AI engineering reference architectures, standards, and long-term technical roadmaps.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and influence across senior stakeholders and executives.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern AI engineering architectures, reference designs, and standards.
• Act as highest-level technical escalation point for complex AI engineering challenges.
• Embed with strategic customers to co-design transformational AI solutions.
• Drive alignment between customer strategy, AI roadmaps, and engineering execution.
• Lead evaluation and adoption of emerging AI capabilities including foundation models and responsible AI practices.
• Mentor engineering teams and establish best practices and guardrails.
• Partner with product and research to translate field learnings into product improvements.
• Influence long-term AI technology direction through thought leadership.

Skills

AI engineering

Technical strategist

Large language models

RAG architectures

Agentic systems

Vector databases

Cloud-native AI

Communication

Stakeholder management

Tools

SAP AI Core

Vectorization

Joule Studio

RPT-1

Business Data Cloud

Job description

SAP SE is seeking a Chief Expert in AI engineering to define architectures and lead enterprise-scale AI initiatives. You will guide design decisions, mentor teams, and liaise with customers to align roadmaps with business strategy.

This hybrid NYC-based role focuses on advancing AI capabilities, governance, and scalable delivery across SAP’s global engagements. You will collaborate with product, research, and leadership to shape SAP AI product strategy, accelerate adoption of foundation models,