Senior Developer

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.

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

What You Will Build

As a Senior Developer focused on Platform Engineering and AI/ML, you will design, implement, and operate the cloud‑native infrastructure that powers SAP’s next‑generation Business Data Cloud solutions.
You will:

• Collaborate with engineering and operations to design and maintain build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment tooling.
• Develop high‑quality, secure backend services and automation tools supporting the end‑to‑end lifecycle of AI/ML features.
• Provide infrastructure expertise, best practices for cloud integration, CI/CD automation, and modern service architecture.
• Translate complex requirements from cross‑functional stakeholders into technical designs and executable implementation plans.
• Lead design reviews, produce clear technical documentation, provide peer feedback, and represent your work through demos, presentations, and retrospectives.
• Contribute to SAP’s intelligent technology portfolio by enabling reliable, data‑driven decision-making at scale.

What You Bring

• 3+ years of hands‑on experience in SRE/Dev Ops, systems engineering, cloud operations, or automation in enterprise environments.
• Proficiency in cloud platforms (SAP BTP, AWS, GCP, Azure) and container technologies (Kubernetes, Cloud Foundry, Docker, cloud databases, and data/event pipelines).
• Experience building and operating complex CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, Argo CD, Flux CD, Git Hub Actions) and automated delivery processes.
• Strong understanding of networking fundamentals and experience with modern load balancers (e.g., HAProxy, NGINX).
• Ability to write maintainable, production‑grade code in languages such as Python, Java, or similar.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to both technical and non‑technical audiences
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Designing highly available, horizontally scalable distributed systems; traffic management, autoscaling, and progressive delivery patterns.
• Ability to architect modular, reusable, distributed systems.
• Experience implementing Generative AI services, ML Ops tooling, or AI‑driven enterprise applications.
  
  Curiosity, continuous‑learning mindset, and passion for knowledge‑sharing.
• Master’s degree or equivalent experience.

Meet Your Team

You will join SAP’s Business Data Cloud Foundation Infrastructure organization, a multidisciplinary team building AI‑driven services that empower SAP’s cloud solutions used by global customers. We design and operate the platforms that accelerate SAP’s product development—leveraging AI/ML, automation, and modern cloud technologies. You’ll collaborate with:
Backend and full‑stack developers

AI/ML engineers and data scientists

Product teams building SAP’s next‑generation applications

Cloud operations and security specialists. Together, we move fast, iterate often, and work closely with internal partners to build reliable, customer‑ready solutions that shape the future of SAP technology.

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.

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