SAP iXp Intern - AI Engineer

Position Title SAP iXp Intern – AI Engineer Intern (Customer Success) Location Palo Alto, CA Internship Duration 12 months (minimum 3 months) Working Hours 20-40 hours per week Responsibilities Assist in developing and validating AI use cases that improve operational effectiveness. Participate in the lifecycle of AI projects from ideation and prototyping to pilot deployment under guidance. Support integration of AI capabilities into existing tools and services (APIs, microservices). Research emerging AI trends (LLMs, retrieval, evaluation) and summarize applicability to SAP scenarios. Create and maintain clear technical documentation, experiment reports, and implementation guides. What You Bring Education: Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field. Exceptions possible for candidates with strong resourcefulness and creative technical problem‑solving. Eligibility: Must be currently enrolled or recently graduated within six months of graduation from a coding academy/bootcamp, apprenticeship, associate, bachelor’s, master’s or JD/PhD program. Programming: Comfortable with Python; familiarity with JavaScript/TypeScript and basic front‑end development is a plus. AI & Machine Learning: Coursework or practical experience with open‑source ML/LLM frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, Hugging Face, LangChain or LlamaIndex). Data: Basic understanding of data analysis, SQL, and use of notebooks; exposure to evaluation/metrics is a plus. Other Skills: Strong problem‑solving skills, bias toward practical application; clear communication and teamwork; willingness to learn from feedback; business curiosity to connect AI work to customer and process outcomes. Helpful Qualifications Experience with REST APIs and simple backend services (e.g., FastAPI) and version control (Git). Experience with building full‑stack solutions, including UX (React, common web technologies). Exposure to cloud platforms (SAP BTP, Azure, GCP, or AWS), containers (Docker), and CI basics. Familiarity with retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG): embeddings, vector stores, chunking, and prompting. Knowledge of SAP technologies is a plus (e.g., SAP BTP AI Core/Launchpad, SAP HANA Cloud/SAP Datasphere). Prior involvement in student projects, hackathons, or agile teams; comfort writing unit tests and documentation. Helpful Additional Skills Interest in information retrieval and evaluation (offline/online tests, A/B basics, guardrails). Basic understanding of secure coding and data privacy concepts. Full‑stack familiarity (React or similar) to build lightweight internal UIs. Experience building small internal SDKs, templates, or scripts to improve developer productivity. Background in UX prototyping or user research to validate AI workflows. Team Description This role offers hands‑on experience at the forefront of applied AI within an enterprise context—contributing to real‑world solutions while learning how to ship responsibly, measure impact, and collaborate across teams. Equal Employment Opportunity and Accessibility SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and require accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or complete your application, please send an e‑mail to Recruiting Operations Team at View email address on click.appcast.io. Qualified Applicants Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, etc.), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability. Compensation Range Transparency SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted combined range for this position is 15 - 62 USD. The actual amount offered will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc., as determined through the selection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount and any actual payout amount is dependent on company and personal performance. Please refer to the SAP North America Benefits for details. AI Usage in the Recruitment Process For information on the responsible use of AI in our recruitment process, please refer to our Guidelines for Ethical Usage of AI in the Recruiting Process. Please note that any violation of these guidelines may result in disqualification from the hiring process. Additional Information Requisition ID: 446571 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Student | Employment Type: Limited Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid #J-18808-Ljbffr SAP