Lead AI Engineer

Overview

Lead an AI engineering team within SAP Fioneer's AI innovation group, combining hands-on AI engineering with customer engagement to drive adoption of AI-powered solutions in the banking industry.

What you'll do

• Design, develop, test, and deploy AI-powered solutions for 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.

What you'll need

• 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.

Nice to have

• Experience within banking, financial services, or regulated industries.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
• Willingness for regular travel to APAC (in particular Australia and New Zealand) to drive work with clients in the region.