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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.

SAP started in 1972 as a team of five colleagues with a desire to do something new. Together, they changed enterprise software and reinvented how business was done. Today, we remain true to our roots. That's why we engineer solutions to fuel innovation, foster equality and spread opportunity for our employees and customers across borders and cultures. SAP values the entrepreneurial spirit, fostering creativity and building lasting relationships with our employees. We believe that together we can transform industries, grow economics, lift up societies and sustain our environment

What you'll do:

• AI Architecture Leadership: Drive adoption of generative AI and machine learning across procurement systems, utilizing SAP's AI services and custom AI models to revolutionize user experiences and automation.
• BTP Innovation Champion: Architect complex solutions leveraging the full breadth of SAP's Business Technology Platform, including Integration Suite, Analytics Cloud, AI Core, and custom extension development.
• Advanced CD Practices: Lead implementation of sophisticated continuous delivery patterns including progressive delivery, experimentation frameworks, and automated rollback mechanisms across global deployment regions.
• Enterprise-Scale Trunk Development: Master complex trunk-based development scenarios with large teams, implementing advanced feature flag strategies and merge conflict resolution at enterprise scale.
• Cloud-Native Leadership: Design high-performance, globally distributed architectures using SAP's cloud-native principles, service mesh technologies, and advanced observability patterns.
• Intelligent Automation: Build AI-powered automation for testing, deployment, monitoring, and incident response, pushing the boundaries of what's possible in enterprise software delivery.
• Platform Extension: Create innovative extensions and custom services on BTP that become reusable across SAP's product portfolio, contributing to SAP's platform evolution.
• Modern Architecture Evangelism: Drive adoption of modern architectural patterns including event sourcing, CQRS, and reactive systems within SAP's enterprise context.

• Technical Complexity: Multi-system AI integration, advanced BTP services, complex continuous delivery orchestration

• Ownership: Module-level ownership with AI-enhanced monitoring and automated reliability management
• Mentoring: Teaches advanced modern practices, AI tool mastery, and SAP's architectural principles
• Cross-team Collaboration: Leads cross-platform initiatives leveraging BTP's integration capabilities
• System Design: Architects AI-powered systems using BTP services and defines patterns for other teams
• Experience: 8+ years with expertise in modern practices, AI/ML, and enterprise platform development

What you'll bring:

• Advanced Programming Expertise:
• Java Mastery: Deep expertise in Java ecosystem, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, reactive programming
• Polyglot Leadership: Exceptional skills across multiple languages (Java, C#, Python, Go, JavaScript) with ability to make strategic technology choices
• Enterprise Data Management:
• Advanced RDBMS knowledge including performance tuning, query optimization, database design
• Experience with distributed databases, caching strategies (Redis, Hazelcast), and data consistency patterns
• Integration Architecture:
• Expert-level REST API design, OData implementation, and GraphQL schema design
• Deep understanding of enterprise integration patterns, ESB concepts, and event-driven architectures
• Experience with integration protocols (SOAP, gRPC, WebSockets, messaging systems like Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Platform & Cloud Architecture:
• Advanced microservices patterns, service mesh, and distributed system design
• Expert knowledge of cloud platforms, containerization orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code
• Modern Development Leadership: Experience leading teams in advanced DevOps practices, trunk-based development, and continuous delivery at scale

About the team:

You'll join the SAP Procurement Engineering organization within our Intelligent Spend Management group, contributing to transforming how enterprises manage their procurement processes.

Your Team: You'll work within the Buying organization team, learning critical procurement workflows including Requisition management, Purchase Order processing, Receipt handling, Guided Buying experiences, and Intake processes.

Your Leadership: You'll guide technical decisions across multiple teams and influence the evolution of procurement technology serving Fortune 500 companies worldwide.

Your Impact: You'll build core procurement capabilities that process billions in enterprise spend, directly enabling organizations to achieve efficiency and compliance in their supply chain operations.

Your Influence: Your technical expertise will directly shape how global enterprises manage billions in procurement spend through the systems you architect and optimize.

Your Platform Advantage: Build on SAP BTP's comprehensive suite of services including AI/ML capabilities, integration tools, and analytics platforms that give you superpowers compared to building from scratch.

Success is what you make it. At SAP, we help you make it your own. A career at SAP can open many doors for you. If you're searching for a company that's dedicated to your ideas and individual growth, recognizes you for your unique contributions, fills you with a strong sense of purpose, and provides a fun, flexible and inclusive work environment

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.

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.

SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team:

For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

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.

Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

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