Associate Architect/Technical Lead

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.

What you'll do

You will work in the context of the SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP) which provides the multi-cloud foundation and a layer of abstraction for all applications to run on both public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP, Al iCloud) and private cloud. More specifically you will work on a specific technical Backing Service, the Postgres as a service.

Roles and responsibilities:

• Design, code, test, and assure the quality of complex product features with team members
• Resolve complex issues within own area of expertise and support others
• Work in a multi-cloud environment within a DevOps setup.
• Use Infrastructure as Code methodologies to automate and manage infrastructure and services
• Learn new technologies/patterns and incorporate them into the product with minimal disruption.
• Perform self-code review and peer review.
• Define and formulate coding best practices and guidelines for clean code
• Initiate, collaborate, and inculcate positive development practices into an agile team
• Work with architects in designing and delivering robust, secure cloud-native applications

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Excellent university degree (bachelor, diploma, master, PhD) in computer science or related engineering discipline
• 9 to 12 years of relevant industry experience

Mandatory:

• Sound understanding of cloud-native architecture, development, design, and cloud platforms
• Good knowledge of software design patterns, including microservices and integrated systems.
• Excellent hands-on proficiency in NodeJS, Typescript/JavaScript, and possibly Go
• Sound knowledge of relational database management systems with a focus on SQL and administration.
• Experience running systems on container-based platforms (Kubernetes and/or Cloud Foundry)
• Confidence working within Unix / Linux shell environments with a focus on BASH/Python for automating scripting
• IaaS experience with at least one of AWS, Azure, GCP
• Experience working with CI/CD
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with fluency in English (written & spoken) . Experience and willingness to work in a project setup following agile principles and practices

MEET YOUR TEAM

The BTP Core Backing Services team is comprised by individual Scrum teams embedded into an international context, all contributing to the SAP Business Technology Platform. As a cloud platform development team, we design, develop, automate, integrate, operate, and support thoroughly crafted, resilient, secure, scaling, and well-tested backing services built on open source, Hyperscaler platform technology or SAP technology. We are dedicated to agile development practices. You will be the perfect match for our team if you fulfil the above profile and also love to innovate, influence, and have an impact, and if you remain eager to learn and improve while also enjoying and being apt to mentor and engage others.

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.

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