Software Architect for Cloud Foundry Runtime and Core

ABOUT THE PROJECT

SAP is a recognized leader in the cloud space with its Business Technology Platform running solutions for the largest companies across all businesses. In SAP, we are strongly committed to and very passionate about the success of our customers and the efficient development and operations of the solutions we provide. The BTP Cloud Foundry environment enables customers to develop new business applications and business services, supporting multiple runtimes, programming languages, libraries, and services.

The Role

If you are interested in cloud development and want to have impact, this is the job for you. We are looking for Software Architect to join our Business Technology Platform Runtime teams. As such you will be working with multiple teams in the organization to help solve complex design and architecture issues in the area of container management of cf applications, scalability, platform evolution towards K8s and other projects that will arise.

Responsibilities

• Leading the technical evolution of cloud platform components in scope
• Ensure architectural integrity of solutions
• Lead or participate in research and Proof of Concept activities that span across multiple technologies and platforms
• Mentor development teams by delivering quality technical/technology recommendations, proposals, and documentations
• Keep track of new advances in internal technology areas and propose improvements
• Mentor and inspire Scrum teams
• Influence to improve E2E development, testing and operational excellence practices
• Collaborate with key stakeholders (internal & external) and share / sell the solution that is being proposed
• Contribute with task, ideas and estimates to planning process
• Responsible to produce technical designs and communicate them to development team and enable efficient build of the solutions
• Participate in reviews of software engineers’ code to deliver high quality solutions
• Provide technical training within the team to ensure continuous knowledge growth

Requirements

• 3+ years of relevant experience as Software Architect or Senior Software Engineer
• Experience with and an appreciation of the benefits of software engineering practices and design such as: coding standards, agile (scrum) methodologies and test-driven development
• Proficient in one of the following: Python, Go Java or JavaScript and Node.js as well as other software technologies including Rest/JSON, Postgres, Single Sign-On (SSO), HTML5, Performance Tuning/Profiling, Testing frameworks
• Excellent communication, negotiations, presentation, organizational, interpersonal, programming, troubleshooting, analytical & problem-solving skills
• Enjoy working in a dynamic, fast-moving and challenging environment

The Following Skills Will Be Considered An Advantage

• Experience in designing solutions for high performance, scalability and reliability
• Knowledge/experience in development with one or more of Go, Ruby, Python programing languages
• Knowledge/experience in build engineering, code quality and continuous delivery using technologies like K8S, OpenShift, Docker, Gradle, Kafka, Prometheus, Grafana, Postgre, Oracle, etc.

WHAT YOU GET FROM US

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 – apply now. You will also:

• Work with present day technologies like Cloud Foundry, K8s, Gardener, Kafka, etc.
• Be able to help customers solve real business problems and have impact
• Work in a cross-functional team of talented and motivated colleagues, following agile methodologies and industry’s best practices
• Have fun working on enterprise ready cloud platform bringing millions in revenue

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