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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # (Senior) Data Engineer : SAP Data on RDF Knowledge Graphs - **Company:** SAP AG - **Location:** Garching bei München, Germany - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Apache HTTP Server, Microsoft Azure, Databases, Information Engineering, Data Infrastructure, Extract Transform Load (ETL), Data Warehousing, Graph Database, Python (Programming Language), Neo4j, Open Source Technology, Resource Description Framework (RDF), Cloud Services, Cadence Virtuoso, SAP (Applications), SAP NetWeaver Data Management, SPARQL, SQL Databases, Data Streaming, Unstructured Data, Google Cloud, Enterprise Software Applications, Large Language Models, Generative AI, Sap Business Objects, Build Management, Information Technology, Data Pipelines, Service Stack, Databricks - **Published:** September 1, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.sap.com/talentcommunity/apply/1401962933/?locale=en_US ## About the Role * PhD or Master's degree in computer science, artificial intelligence, physics, mathematics or other relevant disciplines * 2+ years of related professional experience with a strong background in Data Engineering, ideally including working with Knowledge Graphs in a business context * Experience designing and operating large-scale data pipelines (batch and streaming) using modern data engineering tooling * Important: Good knowledge of SAP data and SAP applications - their data models and business objects. Not just the extraction interfaces but down to table level. * Experience mapping business operations and source systems into clear data models, ontologies, and organized schemas. * Awareness of latest trends at the intersection of Data Engineering, Knowledge Graphs, and LLMs - e.g. KG construction from unstructured data, graph RAG, KG embeddings. * Solid command of SQL, modern data warehousing/lakehouse concepts, and cloud data platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure, Databricks). * Experience in Data Engineering with a hands-on approach to solving data challenges. * Fluent in Python and the ability to convert your ideas into productive code. * Working proficiency in the RDF Knowledge Graph technology stack (RDF, RDFS, OWL, SHACL, SPARQL) and hands-on experience operating triple stores - familiarity with property graph solutions (e.g., Neo4j) is a strong plus - otherwise willingness and ability to learn and skill up in this area rapidly is required. . * Working knowledge of the current triple store ecosystem (commercial and open-source, e.g., GraphDB, Stardog, Virtuoso, Apache Jena, Blazegraph) and Enterprise Knowledge Graph architectures is a plus * Ability to advise diverse stakeholders on how to bring their data into an enterprise Knowledge Graph and apply it to business use cases. * Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-cultural teams. ## Description * Unique opportunity to build the data foundation for SAP's Knowledge Graphs - the source of explicit knowledge across multiple SAP domains. * Design and build robust data pipelines that ingest, transform, and load structured and unstructured business data (including SAP data) into RDF Knowledge Graphs at scale. * Map source data into ontologies and SHACL schemas, develop SPARQL-based transformations, and operate triple stores in production alongside Knowledge and Data engineering teams and stakeholders. * Collaborate closely with domain specialists and data owners to understand source systems (SAP and non-SAP) and translate their requirements into reliable Knowledge Graph data flows and provisioning. * Make critical design decisions on the data engineering stack - triple stores, ETL/ELT tooling, orchestration, and integration with downstream Generative AI applications. * Contribute to thought leadership at the intersection of Data Engineering, Knowledge Graphs, and Generative AI. * Present, discuss, and explain how high-quality Knowledge Graph data can benefit business use cases, and proactively propose new cases to relevant stakeholders., SAP's AI organization is dedicated to seamlessly infusing AI into all enterprise applications, enabling customers, partners, and developers to enhance business processes and generate remarkable business value. 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