AI Platform Engineer, ML Engineering — Site Reliability

AI Platform Engineer, ML Engineering — Site Reliability

What you'll bring

You bring a developing foundation in site reliability engineering and ML operations, with hands-on experience in database systems, cloud platforms, and Python tooling. You build trust through clear communication, bring emotional intelligence to every interaction, and solve complex problems with a customer-focused mindset.

• Hands-on experience with SAP HANA administration, memory management, SQL analysis, or performance tuning.
• Python scripting skills for automation, data analysis, and ML pipeline operations.
• Familiarity with ML model monitoring or MLOps — including model drift, latency tracking, and evaluation pipelines.
• Knowledge of cloud platform systems such as SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) or equivalent enterprise environments.
• An analytical mindset with root cause analysis (RCA) skills on complex, multi-layer distributed systems.
• A practical approach to AI — you use automation and AI tools in daily workflows, design effective prompts, prototype solutions, and take responsibility for the quality and accuracy of AI-generated outputs.
• Degree not required for this role.
• Fluency in English is required for this role.

What you'll build

You'll keep IBP's backend and AI platform running reliably — from SAP HANA database incidents to ML model health in production.

• Monitor customer-facing IBP environments for performance, availability, and service-level agreement (SLA) adherence.
• Perform root cause analysis (RCA) and out-of-memory (OOM) analysis on SAP HANA incidents, coordinating resolution with development teams.
• Track ML model health in production — monitoring latency, correctness, usage, and drift across AI agents and ML pipelines.
• Build telemetry and observability pipelines to detect ML failures, model performance regressions, and data quality issues.
• Write Python automation tooling to reduce manual effort in recurring site reliability engineering (SRE) and ML operations workflows.
• Document RCA reports, runbooks, and standard operating procedures to support the wider team.

Where you belong

IBP Platform Engineering — Site Reliability & AI Platform works at the intersection of enterprise database reliability and AI-native operations. The team keeps SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) — SAP's flagship cloud supply chain planning solution — fast, stable, and cost-efficient for hundreds of leading enterprises worldwide. You'll work alongside cloud engineers, ML researchers, and domain specialists, building expertise that spans SAP HANA reliability and production ML systems. The team's scope is actively expanding: traditional SRE practice is evolving into AI-driven operations, and this role sits at that frontier. This role involves up to 10% travel.

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