Associate AI Scientist / AI Scientist (Document AI) - Artificial Intelligence, SAP Labs Singapore

We help the world run better 

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

*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 
As part of the SAP Labs Singapore, the Artificial Intelligence team has experienced professionals taking on challenges posed by the SAP customers. Based in Singapore, you will have the opportunity to work on the SAP Document AI service, an intelligent document processing solution serving thousands of customers worldwide. You will address real-world challenges in training deep learning models, prompt engineering and finetuning of LLMs, model deployment and monitoring. 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 Scientist 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.

What you'll do

• Design, develop, and validate machine learning models for document information extraction, optical character recognition and layout analysis.
• Build and maintain scalable training pipelines for machine learning workflows focused on document processing.
• Collaborate with data engineers on the creation of high-quality annotated datasets, including defining annotation schemas and guiding synthetic data strategies.
• Experiment with state-of-the-art NLP and computer vision techniques for document understanding, contributing to research projects and translating research into product features
• Optimize models for accuracy, efficiency, and scalability across cloud-based production environments.
• Work closely with engineering teams teams to ensure seamless model deployment and monitoring.
• Stay current with advancements in AI and rapidly apply new techniques to improve model performance and coverage.
• Contribute to a culture of experimentation, documentation, and reproducibility in applied machine learnin

What you bring

Required 

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field.
• 0–3 years of experience in applied research or software development, preferably in AI or cloud-based applications.
• Solid understanding of machine learning fundamentals and MLOps
• Practical experience with training deep learning models, prompt engineering and LLM finetuning.
• Proficiency in at least two programming languages, preferably Python and Java.
• Strong problem-solving mindset and motivation to deliver customer value.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Optional

• Hands-on scripting experience (e.g., bash).
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Operational familiarity with Linux systems (Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc.).
• Skills in modern web development (JavaScript, HTML5, CSS)
• Experience with cloud platforms such as SAP BTP, AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.

 
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Bring out your best

SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world

SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.co

For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability

Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID: 431228  | Work Area: Software-Design and Development  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Graduate  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.