Cloud Architect (f/m/d) for SAP Knowledge Graph

At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we’ll bring out the best in you. We’re builders across over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to shape what's next.

What You’ll Do

We’re integrating state‑of‑the‑art AI technology with industry‑specific data and deep process knowledge to innovate across SAP products and services. Large Language Models (LLMs) are transforming machine learning but pose challenges in business applications due to their limited understanding of structured and unstructured business data. Your role is to shape and execute the system architecture strategy for SAP Knowledge Graph that addresses these challenges by providing Knowledge Graphs as key differentiators and enabling foundation model development on structured data.

Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Define, own, and steer end‑to‑end architecture and implementation working closely with engineering teams
• Translate use‑case requirements into architecture definitions
• Drive execution and delivery of production‑ready KG solutions establishing a stable and reliable system architecture environment
• Ensure adherence to SAP and BTP development architecture standards and best practices
• Drive KG system architecture toward the long‑term vision of business knowledge graphs spanning across SAP, collaborating with the Chief Expert of Knowledge Graph and Semantic Technologies
• Maintain active communication and collaboration with other Development Architects and stakeholders within the organization’s architecture community on relevant architectural adjustments to the system architecture of KG solutions
• Identify opportunities for reuse of architecture concepts or software parts and cross‑team synergies; align architecture with stakeholders regarding architectural or technical dependencies
• Integrate inputs and ideas from AI Scientists, AI Researchers, Data Engineers and Knowledge Engineers toward a holistic product vision

What You Bring

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering with at least 5 years of professional experience as an architect
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or other relevant disciplines
• Expertise in architectural design, operation principles and patterns for large‑scale, distributed systems; experience with event‑driven architecture is a plus
• Strong experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Good understanding of SAP Business AI offerings such as Joule, AI agents, AI Core / Launchpad and Generative AI Hub
• Proficiency in any of the programming languages such as Python, Java, Scala, or others
• Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate all aspects of software architecture to various stakeholders, including non‑technical ones
• Experience with SAP products such as SAP S/4HANA, SAP Ariba, SAP SuccessFactors or others is a plus
• Experience in Knowledge Graph (KG) projects using Semantic Web technologies such as RDF, SPARQL, and SHACL
• Experience in delivering projects within the KG‑LLM domain is strongly preferred
• Proven ability to work in an agile environment with deep experience in design, development, deployment, and testing of multi‑tenant business applications in the Cloud
• Experience in large‑scale software development projects distributed across geographical locations and proven track record of delivering production‑grade Cloud / SaaS applications

SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities.

Requisition ID: • Work Area: Software-Design und Entwicklung • Expected Travel: 0 – 10% • Career Status: Berufserfahren • Employment Type: Vollzeit, unbefristet • Additional Locations: …