
Associate AI Scientist / AI Scientist (Document AI) - Artificial Intelligence, SAP Labs Singapore
- Singapore
- Permanent
- Full-time
A market leader in end-to-end business application software, SAP helps more than 425,000 customers worldwide work together more efficiently. We know that a diverse and inclusive workforce keeps us competitive and provides opportunities for all. We believe that together we can transform industries, grow economics, lift societies, and sustain our environment. Because it’s the best-run businesses that make the world run better and improve people’s lives. At SAP, we build breakthroughs, together.About SAP Labs Singapore
SAP Labs Singapore is the 20th engineering hub in the SAP Labs Network and is the newest innovation hub at SAP that drives product leadership, fosters the best talent, and aims to boost ecosystem and community engagement with a variety of initiatives.SAP Labs Singapore has the ambition to expand significantly and become the Embedded Artificial Hub for SAP, leveraging on core competencies in the current teams. It provides an open, modern working environment and the opportunity to become part of the global SAP engineering community.Your future team
As part of the SAP Labs Singapore, the Artificial Intelligence team has experienced professionals taking on challenges posed by the SAP customers. Based in Singapore, you will have the opportunity to work on the SAP Document AI service, an intelligent document processing solution serving thousands of customers worldwide. You will address real-world challenges in training deep learning models, prompt engineering and finetuning of LLMs, model deployment and monitoring. As part of the global product engineering team, you will participate in rich and engaging conversations with experts around the globe.Purpose and objectives
As an Associate AI Scientist you will work together with a team of dedicated experts including AI scientists, data engineers, dev-ops engineers, and architects with a single goal of building the best-in-class AI products. You will work against fixed timelines and your success will be measured by the ability to deliver solutions matching the performance of top-notch artificial intelligence systems.What you'll do
- Design, develop, and validate machine learning models for document information extraction, optical character recognition and layout analysis.
- Build and maintain scalable training pipelines for machine learning workflows focused on document processing.
- Collaborate with data engineers on the creation of high-quality annotated datasets, including defining annotation schemas and guiding synthetic data strategies.
- Experiment with state-of-the-art NLP and computer vision techniques for document understanding, contributing to research projects and translating research into product features
- Optimize models for accuracy, efficiency, and scalability across cloud-based production environments.
- Work closely with engineering teams teams to ensure seamless model deployment and monitoring.
- Stay current with advancements in AI and rapidly apply new techniques to improve model performance and coverage.
- Contribute to a culture of experimentation, documentation, and reproducibility in applied machine learnin
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related technical field.
- 0–3 years of experience in applied research or software development, preferably in AI or cloud-based applications.
- Solid understanding of machine learning fundamentals and MLOps
- Practical experience with training deep learning models, prompt engineering and LLM finetuning.
- Proficiency in at least two programming languages, preferably Python and Java.
- Strong problem-solving mindset and motivation to deliver customer value.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Hands-on scripting experience (e.g., bash).
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Operational familiarity with Linux systems (Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc.).
- Skills in modern web development (JavaScript, HTML5, CSS)
- Experience with cloud platforms such as SAP BTP, AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.