Lead Software Engineer - SAP - BTP AI Developer

Next Frontier Capital; Kentucky; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care coverage

Retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Mental health support

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Kentucky is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to join the Corporate Technology Team as a senior technical contributor. You will partner with functional teams to design and deliver AI-enabled solutions across SAP environments, ensuring security and governance.

The role emphasizes production-ready AI use cases on SAP BTP, including Document AI, AI Foundation, and GenAI services, with a focus on governance, data strategy, and enterprise integration.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts with 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on AI/ML solution development, with deployment experience on SAP BTP or similar enterprise platforms.
• Strong experience within the SAP ecosystem, including SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Technology Platform.
• Proven capability with SAP Business AI services, such as SAP AI Core, AI Foundation, GenAI Hub, and AI Launchpad.
• Hands-on SAP BTP experience including SAP AI Foundation.

Responsibilities

• Partner with functional teams to identify, prioritize, and shape AI use cases that improve decision making and SAP S/4HANA performance.
• Design and deliver AI powered solutions on SAP BTP, using Joule Skills, SAP AI Core, and GenAI services to drive productivity.
• Build and orchestrate Agentic AI capabilities that automate and execute complex actions within enterprise SAP processes.
• Lead proof of concept initiatives to validate feasibility, impact, and scalability of AI solutions in a real business context.
• Define and document an AI adoption framework covering governance, data strategy, integration, and responsible AI practices.
• Design and implement AI-enabled solutions on SAP BTP (SAP Document AI, SAP AI Foundation, Generative AI Hub, SAP BTP Integration).
• Build production ready AI use cases including intelligent document processing, RAG, and AI agents.
• Define clean core compliant architectures using SAP BTP extensibility patterns.
• Ensure enterprise grade security, governance, and data privacy compliance.

Skills

Python

AI/ML development

Generative AI

RAG

APIs

MLOps

Security & governance

SAP S/4HANA

SAP BTP

OpenText ECM

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Joule Studio

SAP BTP

OpenText Extended ECM

Job description

Overview

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Corporate Technology Team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Partner with functional teams to identify, prioritize, and shape AI use cases that improve decision making and SAP S/4HANA performance.
• Design and deliver AI powered solutions on SAP BTP, using Joule Skills, SAP AI Core, and GenAI services to drive productivity.
• Build and orchestrate Agentic AI capabilities that automate and execute complex actions within enterprise SAP processes.
• Lead proof of concept initiatives to validate feasibility, impact, and scalability of AI solutions in a real business context.
• Define and document an AI adoption framework covering governance, data strategy, integration, and responsible AI practices.
• Design and implement AI-enabled solutions on SAP BTP (SAP Document AI, SAP AI Foundation, Generative AI Hub, SAP BTP Integration).
• Build production ready AI use cases including intelligent document processing, RAG, and AI agents.
• Define clean core compliant architectures using SAP BTP extensibility patterns.
• Ensure enterprise grade security, governance, and data privacy compliance.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on experience in AI/ML solution development, with deployment experience on SAP BTP or similar enterprise platforms.
• Strong experience within the SAP ecosystem, including SAP S/4HANA and SAP Business Technology Platform.
• Proven capability with SAP Business AI services, such as SAP AI Core, AI Foundation, GenAI Hub, and AI Launchpad.
• Hands-on experience with generative AI, including Joule Studio, custom Joule Skills, RAG techniques, and context engineering.
• Solid engineering foundation, including Python, ML frameworks, MLOps practices, APIs, and secure system integration.
• Hands-on SAP BTP experience including SAP AI Foundation.
• Experience with Generative AI and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
• Experience with OData, REST APIs, SAP Integration Suite.
• Understanding of SAP Clean Core principles.
• BTP AI architecture and design.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in integrating SAP solutions with OpenText Extended ECM.

Equal Opportunity and Benefits

We offer a competitive total rewards package including base salary determined based on the role, experience, skill set and location. Those in eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation, paid in the form of cash and/or forfeitable equity, awarded in recognition of individual achievements and contributions. We also offer a range of benefits and programs to meet employee needs, based on eligibility. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage, on-site health and wellness centers, a retirement savings plan, backup childcare, tuition reimbursement, mental health support, financial coaching and more. Additional details about total compensation and benefits will be provided during the hiring process.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Veterans