Senior Machine Learning Scientist

About the Position

We help the world run better

At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

We are looking for a seasoned machine learning scientist to join our team at SAP Concur to deliver world-class applied AI solutions to millions of users. We solve real-world challenges faced by SAP’s global customers with scalable and robust AI-augmented user experiences. This position is at the forefront of innovation and ambitious AI roadmap of SAP Concur. This is a high-impact individual contributor role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, data-driven environment, and have a passion for applied AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with our SAP Concur Spend AI team and the Spend product team to deliver real-world, high user-impact AI-driven product features in Finance and Spend domain.
• Explore, implement, experiment, and evaluate the most recent LLMs and agentic frameworks in AI field for our use cases.
• Push the frontiers of scalable applied AI with real-world data and application.
• Work with interdisciplinary teams of developers, designers, and business experts to develop solutions with real measurable customer impact.
• Help to ensure performance, reliability, and ongoing improvement of our model deliverables in continuous collaboration with development teams.

Requirements

• Proven hands-on experience with ML / deep learning frameworks, NLP, LLMs and agents.
• Strong track record in experimentation and evaluation of ML / AI models, LLMs and agents.
• Extensive experience with at least one major cloud platform, AWS preferred.
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL.
• Demonstrated ability to drive decisions using a data-driven mindset.

Nice to Have

• Experience with agentic systems and frameworks.
• Experience with LLM fine-tuning, distillation, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, grounding techniques.
• Experience with ML model / LLM deployment and productionization.

We Offer

• Competitive salary range of 108,100-222,800 CAD per year.
• Opportunity to work in a collaborative and innovative environment.
• Professional development and growth opportunities.
• Comprehensive benefits package.

About the Company

At SAP, you will collaborate across teams and geographies, sharing expertise and elevating Machine Learning engineering practices. You will act as a technical partner and lead by example, helping raise the quality and reliability of production of Machine Learning systems.

We win with inclusion

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.

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Requisition ID: 454735

Work Area: Software-Design and Development

Expected Travel: 0 - 10%

Career Status: Professional

Employment Type: Regular Full Time

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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