Chief AI Engineering Architect for Enterprise AI

SAP SE; United States; Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 272,000; Full time

Job summary

SAP SE in New York City is seeking a Chief Expert in AI engineering to set the technical direction for AI-native applications, govern architectures, and ensure scalable delivery across strategic customer engagements.

You will mentor engineers, influence SAP’s AI product and platform strategy, and collaborate with product, research, and go-to-market teams to translate field learnings into reusable assets and differentiated capabilities for enterprise customers.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and delivering production-grade AI native applications at enterprise scale.
• Ability to act as a technical strategist, defining AI engineering roadmaps.
• Strong leadership of cross-functional programs across multiple teams.
• Experience with SAP AI technologies is a strong advantage.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern AI engineering architectures and standards.
• Act as the highest-level technical escalation point for complex AI engineering challenges.
• Embed with SAP's most strategic customers to co-design transformational solutions.
• Drive alignment between business strategy, AI product roadmaps, and engineering execution.
• Mentor and elevate engineering talent across the team.

Skills

AI engineering

Technical strategist

Large language models

RAG architectures

Agentic systems

Vector databases

Cloud-native AI

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder influence

Communication skills

Tools

SAP AI Core

Vectorization

Joule Studio

RPT-1

Business Data Cloud

Job description

SAP SE in New York City is seeking a Chief Expert in AI engineering to set the technical direction for AI-native applications, govern architectures, and ensure scalable delivery across strategic customer engagements.

You will mentor engineers, influence SAP’s AI product and platform strategy, and collaborate with product, research, and go-to-market teams to translate field learnings into reusable assets and differentiated capabilities for enterprise customers.