AI Developer — Student Internship at SAP IT… · Sofia

Job Description

We are looking for a curious and motivated student in the final year of their Bachelor’s or Master’s studies to join the Agentic Orchestration team in Joule Studio as an AI Developer Intern. This is a hands-on, 6-month full-time internship where you will work on real engineering challenges — not shadow projects — alongside a team of trained AI and platform engineers.

You will be paired with a dedicated mentor, participate in agile sprint ceremonies, and contribute to components that ship to production. Whether your background is in software engineering, data science, or AI research, you will gain practical experience at the intersection of large language models, enterprise software, and agentic AI — one of the most impactful areas in the industry today.

What you'll do

Support senior engineers in building and testing AI-powered components for the Joule agentic orchestration runtime, including LLM integrations, RAG pipelines, and agent workflow reasoning

• Prototype and experiment with new AI concepts — prompt strategies, tool-use patterns, multi-agent coordination — and document your findings for the team

• Write clean, tested code in Java and contribute to shared codebases following SAP engineering standards

• Assist with integration of AI capabilities into SAP landscapes (SAP AI Core, GenAI Hub, SAP Joule), guided by the team’s architecture patterns

• Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, retrospectives, and design discussions — your perspective as a fresh pair of eyes is genuinely valued

• Help with technical documentation, runbooks, and knowledge-sharing materials

• Learn and apply SAP’s Responsible AI principles: privacy, transparency, and risk awareness in AI system design

Qualifications

What you bring

Required

• Enrollment: Currently enrolled in the final year of a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or a closely related field

• Java: Basic working knowledge of Java — you can write readable, structured code autonomously and are comfortable reading and contributing to existing codebases

• AI / ML basics: Foundational knowledge of machine learning concepts and at least exploratory exposure to LLMs, NLP, or AI agent frameworks — through coursework, a thesis, personal projects, or online study

• Curiosity: Genuine interest in how large-scale AI systems are built and operated in enterprise environments; a learning mindset and willingness to ask questions

• Communication: Ability to communicate clearly in English — written and spoken — in a multicultural, distributed team

Nice to Have

• Academic or personal project work involving LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, or AI agents (a thesis, Kaggle project, GitHub repo, or hackathon contribution counts)

• Python knowledge — scripting, data processing, or prototyping; useful for tooling and AI experimentation tasks alongside the primary Java stack

• Basic frontend skills (HTML, CSS, TypeScript, or a framework such as React or Angular) — helpful for building lightweight UIs or demo interfaces

• Knowledge of REST APIs and microservices

• Exposure to version control (Git) and basic CI/CD concepts

• Any hands-on experience with SAP technologies or enterprise software is a plus — but not expected

• Exposure to n8n or similar workflow orchestration / low-code automation tools — Joule Studio embeds n8n capabilities for visual workflow composition across agents and systems

Additional Information

Where you'll belong

Joule Studio is SAP’s development environment for AI. It helps users build, deploy, and manage AI agents, applications, and workflows. This product is one of SAP’s key investments in the SAP Business AI Platform. The Joule Studio organization is key to SAP’s vision for the Autonomous Enterprise. It assists developers and businesses in advancing beyond basic interactions with copilots. Instead, it emphasizes fully automated, multi-step AI tasks in both SAP and non-SAP environments.

Within Joule Studio, the Agentic Orchestration department manages the runtime layer that brings our vision to life. They create and provide the engine that helps Joule understand business intent. This engine coordinates assistants, agents, skills, and tools in a dynamic way. It also runs complex workflows consistently, with built-in governance and enterprise controls. As an AI Developer Intern in this team, you will contribute directly to the orchestration core that powers SAP’s next generation of intelligent automation.

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AI Usage in the Recruitment Process

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