Lead AI Engineer
At a glance
Senior AI Engineering role at SAP Fioneer. Bengaluru · full-time.
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What you'll do
- Build, test and launch AI features for banking products, staying involved in design and development
- Turn customer needs into workable AI use cases through discussions, workshops, demos and solution reviews
- Coordinate a small engineering team, organizing development work and tracking delivery against customer expectations
- Work with product, engineering and customer-facing teams to roll out AI capabilities at customer sites
- Prototype AI ideas and spot further use cases that can improve customers’ use of the technology
What you bring
- A degree in computer science, mathematics, engineering or a related discipline
- Several years building software and developing AI solutions, including hands-on customer delivery experience
- Strong grounding in generative AI and enterprise AI architecture, with programming ability in Python, Java or similar
- Experience with cloud-native development and containers, such as Azure, AWS or Docker
Who this fits
This senior role suits an engineer who combines hands-on AI development with customer work and coordination of a small team. You’ll be based onsite in Bengaluru and should be ready for regular travel across APAC, especially Australia and New Zealand.
From the employer
Be Part of Us:
Innovation is and will always be the core of SAP Fioneer.
SAP Fioneer builds on a heritage of outstanding technology and a deep understanding of corporate and consumer demands. At the heart of it all it is simple: We bring financial services to the next level with innovative software solutions and platforms.
We are empowering companies in the financial services industry to achieve speed, scalability, and cost-efficiency through digital business innovation, cloud technology, and solutions that cover banking and insurance processes end-to-end.
A global company, with rapid growth, innovative people, and a lean organization makes SAP Fioneer a place where you accelerate your future!
About the Role:
We are seeking an experienced AI Engineer to join our AI innovation team and help drive the adoption of AI-powered solutions within the banking industry.
In this role, you will combine hands-on AI engineering with customer engagement and solution delivery responsibilities. You will work closely with customers -especially in ANZ and APAC - to understand business requirements, shape AI use cases, and support the successful implementation of AI capabilities in real-world banking environments.
You will also coordinate a small team of AI engineers and help ensure timely and high-quality delivery while remaining actively involved in solution design and development.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, test, and deploy AI-powered solutions for our banking products.
- Work directly with customers to understand business needs and translate requirements into practical AI solutions.
- Drive customer discussions, workshops, demonstrations, and solution reviews throughout the project lifecycle.
- Coordinate a small team of AI engineers and support the planning and execution of development activities.
- Ensure successful delivery of AI initiatives by aligning customer expectations, delivery progress, and product capabilities.
- Contribute hands-on to software development, AI implementation, experimentation, and prototyping activities.
- Collaborate closely with product management, engineering teams, solution experts, and customer-facing teams.
- Support the rollout and adoption of AI capabilities at customer sites.
- Identify opportunities for additional AI use cases and help customers maximize the value of AI technologies.
- Stay informed about emerging AI technologies and contribute ideas for future product enhancements.
Requirements
Job Requirements:
- Degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
- Several years of experience in software engineering and AI solution development.
- Experience working directly with customers, managing requirements, and supporting solution delivery.
- Strong understanding of Generative AI technologies and enterprise AI architectures.
- Strong programming skills (Python, Java, JavaScript, or similar).
- Experience with cloud-native development and container technologies (Azure, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes).
- Ability to translate business requirements into scalable and practical AI solutions.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience coordinating delivery activities across distributed teams.
- Experience within banking, financial services, or regulated industries is a plus.
- Willingness for regular travel to APAC (in particular Australia+ New Zealand) to drive our work with the clients in the region.
Benefits
Benefits:
You will have the opportunity to collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry on an incredibly ambitious project to shape the ever-evolving financial sector. This is an environment where you can have it all - the agility, enthusiasm and dynamism of a start-up, combined with the established expertise, solid market presence and extensive customer network of a more established organisation.
At SAP Fioneer, you will benefit from a flexible work environment that encourages creativity and encourages you to think outside the box, bring new ideas to the table, and challenge the status quo. You will become part of a diverse and global team that we are proud of and are constantly growing and reinventing. As an employee, you will have the chance to chart your own career path and take advantage of competitive compensation packages and progression opportunities based on merit.
Join us for a rewarding career where your needs are not just met but exceeded
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