Data Engineer - Python Developer

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Data Onboarding & Platform Business Enablement, Enterprise Knowledge Graph

What you'll build:

The SAP Enterprise Knowledge Graph (EKG) integrates SAP's reference data — business data such as products, processes, and business objects, as well as system data such as ERP transaction codes — into a unified semantic layer. To create and maintain the EKG, we develop an internal platform that exposes the knowledge graph via data access APIs and AI-powered services, and powers a neuro-symbolic AI application that enables intelligent search, reasoning, and knowledge exploration across SAP's enterprise data.

As a consultant focused on data onboarding and platform orchestration in the Cross Solution Adoption & Content team, you will join a structured 6–9 month onboarding phase to deeply learn about the EKG, AI application, and the platform — and then transition into building a dedicated consulting practice around EKG data onboarding and service provisioning:

- Immerse yourself in the platform during a structured onboarding period: learn the data architecture, ontology standards, ingestion patterns, and platform capabilities hands-on alongside the core engineering team.
- You will onboard new datasets that are relevant for the Customer Value Group to grow the EKG into an actionable “Engagement Graph” for CVG.
- Own the end-to-end onboarding of new data sources into the EKG — from requirements gathering and data modeling to pipeline implementation, validation, and production rollout.
- Design and build scalable, automated data ingestion and transformation pipelines in Python, running on Kubernetes/Kyma, that reliably integrate diverse SAP data sources into the knowledge graph.
- Orchestrate complex, multi-step data workflows across the platform — coordinating dependencies, monitoring pipeline health, and ensuring data quality and consistency at scale.
- Act as a technical consultant to internal SAP teams seeking to contribute their data to the EKG: guide stakeholders through onboarding processes, translate business data requirements into semantic models, and build repeatable patterns that others can follow.
- Develop reusable frameworks, tooling, and playbooks that lower the barrier for future data onboarding — laying the foundation for a scalable, self-service onboarding capability.
- Build up a consulting business unit around EKG data onboarding and customer specific knowledge graphs: define service models, engagement patterns, delivery standards, and grow the practice.

What you bring:

- 5+ years of professional experience in software engineering or data engineering, with a strong focus on data pipelines, or data platform integration.
- Previous consulting expertise with completed projects
- Strong Python programming skills and hands-on experience building production-grade ETL/ELT pipelines and workflow.
- Experience with Kubernetes-based cloud-native development and deployment is a plus.
- Interest in and aptitude for knowledge graph or semantic technologies (RDF, OWL, SPARQL) — prior experience is a plus but not required. 
- Modeling skills with ontologies or UML object models
- A consultant mindset: you are comfortable engaging stakeholders, scoping requirements, structuring solutions, and communicating technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
- Excellent English communication skills — written and spoken — with the ability to present, document, and persuade across organizational boundaries; additional language skills are a plus.
- Ability to think in repeatable patterns and frameworks: you don't just solve the problem at hand; you build something others can use.
- Familiarity with SAP BTP or the broader SAP technology ecosystem is an advantage.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Engineering, or a related field.

Location : Bangalore / Gurgaon

Meet the Team:

Cross Solution Adoption & Content evolves the Enterprise Knowledge Graph to a true Customer Engagement Graph, unifying SAP's business and system knowledge — delivered via platform and explored through a neuro-symbolic AI application. We are a global team of engineers, data experts, and researchers building the semantic foundation of SAP's intelligent enterprise — and the consulting capability to scale it.

Bring out your best
SAP innovations help more than four hundred thousand customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with two hundred million users and more than one hundred thousand employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, you can bring out your best.  

We win with inclusion
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Requisition ID: 454344  | Work Area: Software-Design and Development  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Professional  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations:  #LI-Hybrid