Jack Link's Protein Snacks · 3 weeks ago
Sr Data Engineer – SAP and AI Automation
600 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55403, USA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$135K/yr - $165K/yr
7+ years expJack Link's Protein Snacks is a global leader in snacking and the No. 1 meat snack manufacturer worldwide. This role is responsible for delivering high-quality, governed, analytics-ready data products that support enterprise reporting, advanced analytics, and AI-driven use cases, while collaborating with product owners and business stakeholders to optimize workflows and processes within SAP environments.
Consumer Goods
Responsibilities
Build & Operate SAP Datasphere Data Pipelines
Design and manage enterprise data pipelines within SAP Datasphere
Implement scalable ingestion using ODP, SLT, SDA/SDI, CDS extraction, APIs, and files
Engineer reliable delta handling, orchestration, and reconciliation
Design Enterprise HANA & Analytical Data Models
Build HANA-based analytical models and business-ready datasets
Develop semantic layers aligned to Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Sales
Optimize models for SAC, Power BI, and downstream platforms
Develop in SAP Datasphere & Enterprise HANA
Develop transformations using Datasphere flows, SQL, and SQLScript
Manage Datasphere Spaces, compute allocation, access, and lifecycle
Architect virtualization vs replication strategies
Integrate SAP Source Systems
Integrate SAP S/4HANA and SAP BW on HANA datasets into Datasphere
Leverage CDS Views, extractors, Open ODS Views, and BW InfoProviders
Design hybrid SAP and non-SAP integration patterns
Ensure Data Quality, Governance & Security
Implement validation, reconciliation, lineage, and metadata frameworks
Enforce security, PII masking, and regulatory compliance
Performance Optimization & Cost Management
Tune models, transformation logic, and analytical queries
Monitor performance, storage, and compute efficiency
Automate & Operationalize
Develop reusable automation frameworks using SQL, scripting, and SAP-specific tools to streamline data workflows and system integrations
Design and implement SAP automation solutions leveraging SAP Joule and AI-powered orchestration to optimize business processes and reduce manual effort
Integrate intelligent agents for predictive and prescriptive automation within SAP environments, enabling proactive issue resolution and process optimization
Support CI/CD pipelines, version control, and operational monitoring to ensure reliability and scalability of automation solutions
Enable Advanced Analytics & AI
Deliver analytics-ready feature-engineered datasets
Partner with data science teams to support AI/ML pipelines
Collaborate, Communicate & Mentor
Work closely with product owners and business stakeholders to translate business requirements and diagnostic issues into technical solutions, and communicate technical concepts back in clear, non-technical language
Partner with SAP functional, architecture, and analytics teams
Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices
Perform additional duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
7+ years in Data Engineering or SAP Analytics Engineering
3+ years of primary hands-on SAP Datasphere experience
Strong expertise in Enterprise SAP HANA, SAP BW on HANA, SQL/SQLScript
Deep understanding of SAP S/4HANA data models and CDS views
Experience in analytical modeling, semantic layers, and governance
Strong communication and product-oriented team collaboration skills
Strategic Thinking & Business Acumen: Ability to understand general operations and commercial processes, work closely with product owners and business stakeholders to translate data and analytics requirements and diagnostic issues into clear technical specifications, and communicate technical concepts back to non-technical teams in an accessible way
Preferred
Experience with SAP Datasphere as a strategic analytics platform
Experience designing, developing, and deploying AI agents in SAP ecosystem
Integration with SAP Analytics Cloud and enterprise BI platforms
SAP BTP governance and security exposure
Manufacturing, CPG, or supply chain industry experience
CI/CD and Git-based transport automation experience
Benefits
Medical, dental and vision benefits
Life and disability insurance
401k participation
Paid holidays
Paid time off
Company
Jack Link's Protein Snacks
When it comes to being wild, we know a thing or two. We're not afraid of trying something new or the hard work it takes to make it happen.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
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Late StageLeadership Team
Troy J. Link
CEO and President
Adam Smith
CFO - North America
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