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The Senior Data Engineer - Intelligent Search (f/m/d) builds scalable crawlers, ingestion, enrichment, and indexing pipelines that power SAP's AI Search service offering for multiple scenarios within the company. Join a collaborative team delivering fresh, high-quality content and reliable search across the enterprise.
Join a global, agile delivery team to extract, enrich, and deliver high-quality data powering a wide range of SAP use cases
Develop and continuously evolve a JavaScript/TypeScript-based modular crawler framework for high-performance, large-scale data extraction
Configure new crawler jobs in close collaboration with data source owners and service teams
Integrate with REST and GraphQL APIs to acquire and enrich data
Ingest and process datasets with the use of AI/ML in Databricks using PySpark and Delta Lake to integrate processed data into target systems such as OpenSearch and Coveo
Improve data quality and optimize/maintain crawlers and modules using established tooling
5+ years of professional working experience in software development
~ js, TypeScript, and Python/PySpark
~ Proven web crawling, HTML parsing, and REST/GraphQL API integration skills
~ Experience applying AI/ML to data enrichment workflows
~ Hands-on with Databricks, Delta Lake, and Azure ADLS Gen2
~ Proficient in both German and English, with strong communication skills
The Intelligent Search team, a part of the Corporate Processes & Information Technology (CPIT) organization within SAP, is on an exciting journey to develop, enhance, and operate the strategic Intelligent Search Service end-to-end. This includes the whole process from gathering content from various source systems through crawling, AI Search and UI development, and integration into consuming websites, platforms, or agentic AIs. As we drive the adoption of our service, we actively collaborate with various critical LoBs and teams within SAP. We value curiosity, quality, and collaboration to support our organization-wide AI strategy.
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