As an AI Platform Engineer, you will join the team driving SAP Fioneer's Generative AI initiative within our Banking division. Working closely with AI Engineers and Software Developers, you will design, build, and operate the cloud platform, infrastructure, and operational capabilities that power enterprise-grade AI solutions. This role offers the opportunity to work with modern cloud-native technologies while contributing to the secure, scalable, and reliable deployment of AI applications into production.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and operate the infrastructure and platform capabilities required for enterprise-grade AI solutions.
- Develop and maintain containerized applications and deployment environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Drive production readiness across security, scalability, reliability, observability, and operational excellence.
- Design and implement multi-tenant architectures with strong isolation and governance concepts.
- Establish monitoring, logging, tracing, alerting, and operational dashboards.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, release processes, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
- Define and implement security controls, secrets management, identity integration, and secure deployment practices.
- Collaborate with AI Engineers and Software Developers to transition AI solutions from prototype to production.
- Contribute directly to application development with a focus on platform capabilities, integrations, operational tooling, and infrastructure-related code.
- Support architecture decisions related to cloud infrastructure, security, operations, and maintainability.
- Drive platform standardization, automation, and operational best practices across AI solutions.
Requirements
- Strong background in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Cloud Engineering.
- Experience operating production-grade cloud-native applications.
- Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration.
- Experience with CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and automation frameworks.
- Knowledge of observability platforms such as Langfuse, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, or Azure Monitor.
- Experience with cloud security, identity management, and multi-tenant architectures.
- Familiarity with Python and modern software development practices.
- Understanding of AI platforms, LLM applications, agent frameworks, or RAG systems is beneficial.
- Strong troubleshooting and operational mindset.
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes occupational pension provisions, support for health and wellbeing, various mobility options like bike leasing and transportation allowances, as well as additional perks such as celebration rewards, meal programs, jubilee recognition, and relocation reimbursement.
Skills Required
- Strong background in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Cloud Engineering
- Experience operating production-grade cloud-native applications
- Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration
- Experience with CI/CD, Infrastructure-as-Code, and automation frameworks
- Knowledge of observability platforms such as Langfuse, OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus, or Azure Monitor
- Experience with cloud security, identity management, and multi-tenant architectures
- Familiarity with Python and modern software development practices
- Understanding of AI platforms, LLM applications, agent frameworks, or RAG systems
- Strong troubleshooting and operational mindset
SAP Fioneer Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about SAP Fioneer and has not been reviewed or approved by SAP Fioneer.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered competitive in core roles, especially in Germany and for senior professionals, with signals that some roles sit above typical market levels in those locations. Feedback suggests overall sentiment toward pay and perks is broadly favorable across major geographies where information is available.
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Flexible Benefits — Hybrid and flexible work are emphasized and widely experienced as part of the package, contributing meaningfully to total rewards. Feedback suggests flexibility is a consistent strength even as specific perks differ by market.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Public postings and materials indicate generous paid time off and holidays in several locations. Feedback suggests time-off provisions are a noticeable plus where detailed benefits are shared.
SAP Fioneer Insights
What We Do
SAP Fioneer builds software and platforms that enable banks, insurance companies, and challengers to run, transform and grow – cost-efficiently and at scale and speed. Backed by global technology leader SAP and entrepreneurial investor Dediq, we are in a unique position to combine the speed and agility of a start-up with the experience and capabilities of a best-in-class software company. Benefiting from a broad network of partners, we aspire to be more than just a vendor: a reliable and safe pair of hands that is there today and tomorrow to put financial services organizations at the cutting edge – from established players to disruptive challengers. As a global business with over 1,000 employees in 22 offices, and over 1,200 customers across 17 countries, SAP Fioneer’s pioneering spirit is fueled by bold creativity and underpinned by its rock-solid technology.
