Summary from listing
SAP is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to lead the design and evolution of a state-of-the-art search platform combining traditional information retrieval with AI and LLM-driven capabilities. The role focuses on scalable distributed search systems, hybrid retrieval, indexing and retrieval pipelines, backend services, streaming data processing, event-driven architectures, ranking quality, system reliability, and microservice ownership. It is a hybrid position based out of Palo Alto or San Ramon, California, with three onsite days and two remote days per week. Candidates need a bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field, at least eight years of backend or distributed systems experience, and at least five years of hands-on experience with large-scale data processing or streaming systems.
