Principal Architect

**We help the world run better**

At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.

We are seeking an experienced and dynamic Architect to join our team and represent the CTO office in India. This role will be pivotal in driving the architectural vision, ensuring alignment with our global technology strategy, and fostering collaboration with product and engineering teams. As a key member of the CTO office, you will have the unique opportunity to influence critical technical decisions, establish best practices, and work closely with engineering leads, product teams, and leadership to ensure successful delivery of the critical product innovations and technology initiatives.

**What You"ll Do**:

- Develop a long-term technology vision and roadmap for the responsible areas, ensure technical architecture supports business goals and drive architectural consistency across product areas.
- Work closely with engineering teams, product management, and other stakeholders to ensure successful implementation of architectural solutions, by providing architectural guidance and support.
- Lead the design of scalable and secure solutions for complex business requirements, ensuring integration with existing systems and alignment with technology standards.
- Establish technology standards (e.g., suite qualities and fundamentals) and ensure adherence to product standards, technology guidelines, architectural best practices, and compliance requirements.
- Drive the adoption of new technologies, tools, and practices across product and engineering teams in alignment with strategic objectives.
- Contribute to SAP’s technology strategy through Cross-Product Architecture (CPA), regularly communicate results and decisions to the architect community and other stakeholders.
- Represent the CTO office in key strategic discussions and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, including partners and customers.
- Provide mentorship to architects and engineers and foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

**What You Bring**:

- 10+ years of experience in software development, with proven experience in leading architectural decisions and large-scale solution designs.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to navigate complex technical and business challenges.
- Deep expertise in enterprise SaaS solutions, data architecture, and Business Technology Platform (BTP).
- Strong proficiency in microservices architecture, API and event-driven systems, containerization technologies (e.g., Kubernetes).
- Good understanding of **AI** technologies, including the integration of AI/ML into enterprise systems, driving intelligent automation, and enhancing data-driven decision-making processes.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Focused, responsible individual who enjoys working on a team and thrives under pressure
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.**
About the team**:
**Bring out your best**

**We win with inclusion**

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone - regardless of background - feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.

**EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability**:
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.

Requisition ID: 405981 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.