Working Student (f/m/d) - Business AI Foundation Models

We help the world run better. At SAP, we keep it simple: you bring your best to us, and we'll bring out the best in you. We're builders touching over 20 industries and 80% of global commerce, and we need your unique talents to help shape what's next. The work is challenging – but it matters. You'll find a place where you can be yourself, prioritize your wellbeing, and truly belong.

Artificial intelligence is reshaping how businesses work. At SAP, we're building the foundation that makes this possible – creating intelligent systems that understand and process the complex data enterprises rely on every day. We're looking for a curious student to join the team pioneering this frontier. As a working student in our AI organization, you'll contribute to cutting-edge research that turns AI breakthroughs into real business value.

What you'll build

As a working student in our AI organization, you'll support the team tackling one of AI's critical frontiers: Foundation models for structured data and knowledge graphs. Your hands-on tasks will include:

• Support advancing data privacy for foundation models on structured data – in collaboration with privacy experts
• Evaluate experiments, such as inference attacks aiming to extract information from training data, and assess mitigations
• Investigate memorization capabilities, such as the impact of duplicates and outliers in training data, and memorization-susceptible training settings and parameters
• Adapt experiments from recent papers and apply to our models
• Prepare experiment write-ups that clearly communicate evaluations findings with statistical rigor such as confidence intervals or ablations

What you bring

We are looking for an enrolled Master’s / Bachelor’s student (f/m/d) at a university or university of applied sciences, preferably in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or a related field with studies extending beyond the first half of 2028. We expect:

• Proficiency in Python for machine learning, e.g., PyTorch and pandas, and basic shell scripting
• Experience with Azure ML or similar cloud-based workspaces
• Strong analytical and structured thinking skills, with the ability to quickly grasp new topics and concepts
• Experience with privacy-preserving machine learning, differential privacy, inference attacks, or related concepts is a plus
• Fluency in English

We are looking for a team player with a proactive, problem-solving mindset who thrives in collaborative environments.

Where you belong

SAP's AI organization is dedicated to seamlessly infusing AI into all enterprise applications, enabling customers and partners to enhance business processes and generate remarkable business value. Our team pioneers transformative advancements in Foundation Models for structured data – leveraging cutting-edge AI research combined with SAP's unparalleled enterprise data assets to explore new frontiers in AI development.

Application Requirements

Your set of application documents should contain a cover letter, a resume in table form, school leaving certificates, certificate of enrollment, current university transcript of records, copies of any academic degrees already earned, and if available, references from former employers (including internships). Please also describe your experience and skills in foreign languages and computer programs / programming languages.