Intern/Thesis/Working Student (f/m/d) - Evaluating and Improving LLM-based SE Solutions in SAP HANA

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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. What's in it for you? Constant learning, skill growth, great benefits, and a team that wants you to grow and succeed.

What you'll build

Large language model (LLM) have a huge impact on software engineering. The context of SAP HANA is rather unique: A software project with over 10 million lines code, but not contained in the training data of any public LLM. We found that many results from public research about LLM usage in software engineering do not translate to SAP HANA.

This student position supports an internal research project driven by a PhD to evaluate the usefulness of LLM in the context of SAP HANA. The goal is the determine concrete recommendations of how to apply LLM in the context of SAP HANA for various tasks.

Some example tasks: Test generation, fault localization, LLM-as-a-judge, software reliability engineering, incident analysis, health checks, software engineering task automation, code reviews, static code analysis automation, bug fix automation, bug fix analysis, performance analysis and improvements, cost optimization, test flakiness improvements, benchmarking.

The student will have access to recent LLM models and also to GPU-based hardware for executing ML workloads (inferencing, learning, and so on).

We support both thesis and working student positions, details will be discussed and aligned in a first interview.

What you bring

Expected qualifications:

1. Student of computer science, data science, computer linguistics, mathematics or related field at a higher education institution
2. Experience with programming, machine learning and LLMs, demonstrated by existing projects.
3. A solid foundation of machine learning and statistics, and of practical application of LLM
4. Comfortable with English for daily communication (B level). German (B level) is a plus.
5. Very good grades shown by a Transcript of Records (ToR) / Grades

The application must contain (English or German):

1. A cover letter showing your interest
2. A CV that provides information about your programming experience
3. A transcript of records (ToR) that contains grades of all university-level courses/degrees

This is not a remote position, working in Walldorf expected, some home office days can be negotiated.

Where you belong

The HANA organization develops SAP HANA. Our team contributes to software engineering research for this organization, to development of AI-based tools for software engineering, and towards processes and delivery of HANA.

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.

This is a SAP global, strategic, paid working student position that provides students with opportunities to find purpose in their careers.

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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.

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Requisition ID: 459240 | Work Area: Software-Research | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Student | Employment Type: Limited Part Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid